CHICAGO -- Alexei Ramirez hit a grand slam to fuel Chicago's seven-run fourth inning and Jose Abreu hit his major league-leading 13th homer and drove in two runs to lead the White Sox to an 8-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.Abreu was the designated hitter because of a nagging left ankle injury. He went 3-for-4 and leads the AL with 37 RBIs.Tyler Flowers also homered for the White Sox, who pounded out 15 hits.Andre Rienzo (3-0) allowed three runs on four hits in 5⅔ innings. 
Brandon McCarthy (1-6) allowed nine hits and seven runs -- all in the fourth inning.Arizona went up 2-0 on Gerardo Parra's two-run homer in the third inning.The lead appeared secure because McCarthy was cruising, retiring all nine batters he faced in the first three innings on a total of 33 pitches.Things quickly turned in the bottom of the fourth inning.De Aza broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff double and scored on a single by the next batter, Gordon Beckham. Following Conor Gillaspie's single, Abreu drove in Beckham with a single to tie the score at 2 and make it four straight hits.Things were just getting started.Following a strikeout by Adam Dunn for the first out, Dayan Viciedo singled to load the bases and Ramirez broke the game open by sending a 3-0 pitch into the left-field bullpen for the sixth grand slam of his career. The White Sox still weren't done as the next three batters singled. McCarthy, who threw 31 pitches in the fourth inning, was knocked from the game on the last of those hits, a run-scoring single by De Aza, to make it 7-2.The Diamondbacks got a run back in the top of the fifth on a run-scoring single by A.J. Pollock.Abreu then homered in the seventh -- a 442-foot blast to straight away center on a 3-0 pitch -- to make it 8-3. Flowers had a leadoff homer in the eighth to close out the scoring.Associated Press
Brandon McCarthy (1-6) allowed nine hits and seven runs -- all in the fourth inning.Arizona went up 2-0 on Gerardo Parra's two-run homer in the third inning.The lead appeared secure because McCarthy was cruising, retiring all nine batters he faced in the first three innings on a total of 33 pitches.Things quickly turned in the bottom of the fourth inning.De Aza broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff double and scored on a single by the next batter, Gordon Beckham. Following Conor Gillaspie's single, Abreu drove in Beckham with a single to tie the score at 2 and make it four straight hits.Things were just getting started.Following a strikeout by Adam Dunn for the first out, Dayan Viciedo singled to load the bases and Ramirez broke the game open by sending a 3-0 pitch into the left-field bullpen for the sixth grand slam of his career. The White Sox still weren't done as the next three batters singled. McCarthy, who threw 31 pitches in the fourth inning, was knocked from the game on the last of those hits, a run-scoring single by De Aza, to make it 7-2.The Diamondbacks got a run back in the top of the fifth on a run-scoring single by A.J. Pollock.Abreu then homered in the seventh -- a 442-foot blast to straight away center on a 3-0 pitch -- to make it 8-3. Flowers had a leadoff homer in the eighth to close out the scoring.Associated Press
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