BOSTON _ As the rebuilding White Sox continue their plummet, manager Rick Renteria said he is trying to keep his players focused on playing a "clean" brand of baseball, even in the face of mounting defeats.
With a 6-3 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park, the White Sox losing streak climbed to six games.
The White Sox had not been swept in a four-game series in Boston since 1988, and the schedule doesn't get any easier when they return home Tuesday for a three-game series against the Astros, who have the best record in the American League.
"We're going to go out there every single day to hopefully play clean baseball on every side of the ball _ on the bases, in the field and with the stick," Renteria said. "I know we've had a couple of days of some baserunning gaffes (prior to Sunday), and those are things we'll address and try to clean up.
"Hopefully when those moments occur, guys get a feel for what is going on and learn from each other's mistakes."
Chris Young made White Sox right-hander Mike Pelfrey pay for his mistakes Sunday.
Young, a White Sox draftee in 2001, tied a career high with five RBIs and had three extra-base hits _ a first-inning solo homer, a third-inning RBI double and a three-run homer in the fifth.
The last was the winning blow in what had been a 3-3 game. With a runner on second and two out, the White Sox intentionally walked Andrew Benintendi. Young then hit a 1-0 curveball out to left field.
Renteria said he went with what he thought was a better matchup by walking the left-handed-hitting Benintendi, but it backfired.
"I have no problem with it," Pelfrey said. "He's the manager, and he felt like that was best. I have to make a better pitch to the next guy after that. I failed to do that obviously, and he made me pay for it."
Yolmer Sanchez and Tim Anderson had RBI singles against Red Sox right-hander Doug Fister in a three-run second. Second baseman Yoan Moncada reached base in eight of 17 plate appearances in the series.
