Schwarber, Sale help Boston win 7th in a row, 12-5 over Mets

BOSTON (AP) — The red-hot Red Sox are rallying around their yellow jerseys, and even Chris Sale is on board.

That’s what a winning streak will do.

“I love them. I do,” Sale said after striking out eight in five innings to help Boston win its seventh straight game, 12-5 over the New York Mets. “I know that might be a surprise to some people, but I think it’s great.”

Before coming to Boston in 2017, Sale pitched for the White Sox and once hated the throwbacks set out for his start so much that he snipped them with scissors to make them unwearable. He was suspended five games.

But this is different, Sale said, because the jerseys are a tribute to the Boston Marathon and the city's connection to the race since the 2013 bombing at the finish line killed three people and injured hundreds of others.

“What it represents means even more to us,” Sale said. “It’s kind of crazy. We’re wearing baby blue and yellow and we're a red-white-blue-gray team. But I think you’re going to see them more because we play well in them. I think we’re going to keep that rolling.”

Kyle Schwarber homered twice and scored four times as the Red Sox scored in each of the first six innings to open a 12-3 lead.

They have not lost since dropping the opener of a three-game series at Seattle on Sept. 13. They had planned to wear the alternate jerseys for last weekend's series against Baltimore, but after sweeping the Orioles they stuck with them through the two-game sweep of the Mets.

The winning streak has lifted Boston from fourth place in the AL East — percentage points out of playoff position — into second and the top AL wild-card spot, with a two-game lead over the Yankees. New York beat Texas 7-3 on Wednesday to move ahead of Toronto, a 7-1 loser to Tampa Bay, in the race for the final wild-card...

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