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CHICAGO -- Adam Dunn has been insisting all season he feels great, even while he was piling up strikeouts at the beginning of the year. Its not so hard to believe him right now. Dunn hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Chicago White Sox handed Jon Lester his first loss with a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. "It was hard to sit here and keep saying over and over and over how good I felt, with no results," Dunn said. "Hopefully these results keep coming and people start believing me that I wasnt lying to them." Alejandro De Aza and Alexei Ramirez added consecutive RBI doubles in the second as Chicago took advantage of an ineffective Lester (6-1) to earn its fifth win in seven games in the opener of an eight-game homestand. The White Sox scored each of their runs with two outs. "The first innings good, but you know for me, that next inning when you get a couple doubles and you score like that, thats a good sign," manager Robin Ventura said. Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox, who had won five in a row. Saltalamacchia made a bid for a second two-run shot, but Dayan Viciedo brought in his drive on the warning track in left-centre with the White Sox clinging to a 6-4 lead in the seventh. Boston right fielder Shane Victorino was running the bases in the sixth when his left hamstring started to bother him, and he was replaced in the field in the bottom of the inning. He also missed games on Friday and Saturday with a back injury. "He felt the left hamstring grab him, little bit of a spasm," manager John Farrell said. "Given what hes been dealing with, low back, I wasnt going to take any chances in that situation." Farrell said Victorino was day to day, and the team would proceed cautiously. Lester was trying to become the first left-handed starter to win his first seven decisions for Boston since Roger Moret in 1973. But he was shaky in the first couple of innings while falling to 4-5 in 10 career games against the White Sox to go along with a 5.43 ERA, his highest against any AL team. "Chicago, for some reason, I dont feel like Ive ever pitched well here for whatever reason," Lester said. "It is what it is, and it always goes back down to executing pitches at the right time, and I didnt execute the pitch in the first inning. That changed the whole momentum of the game." Lester retired his first two batters before running into trouble. Alex Rios singled to extend his hitting streak to 15 games and Paul Konerko walked before Dunn drove a 2-0 pitch to right for his fifth homer in seven games and No. 11 on the year. Dunn also walked before Viciedo singled home Ramirez to make it 6-2 in the fifth. The burly slugger is batting .360 with 13 RBIs in his last seven games, raising his average 39 points to .172 for the year. "When hes right, he can do a lot of damage," Ventura said. "His pitch selection is good. I dont know mechanically exactly what it is but when a guy knows hes in the right position to hit and hes more confident, it comes down to pitch selection." Lester retired the side in order in the sixth, and that was it for him. He allowed five earned runs and seven hits, walked three and struck out two. While Lester struggled, Dylan Axelrod (2-3) pitched six effective innings to win his second straight start. The right-hander, who could lose his spot in the rotation when John Danks comes off the disabled list, gave up two runs and four hits. "Its easy to have a lead and pitch to contact and just let the defence work," he said. Axelrod acknowledged that he thinks about his role with Danks almost back from August shoulder surgery, but Ventura said theres still a bit to go before a decision has to be made. "Johns going to throw next couple of days, and then well find out exactly, go from there," Ventura said. "But again, its not going to be easy for anybody. Well make that decision when we get there." Matt Thornton yielded Will Middlebrooks two-run double in the seventh and Jesse Crain extended his scoreless streak to 17 innings before Addison Reed finished for his 15th save in 16 chances. With one out and a runner on first in the ninth, Middlebrooks hit a drive that De Aza caught at the wall in centre field. Konerko then made a diving stop on Stephen Drews grounder and flipped the ball to Reed covering first to end the game. The White Sox improved to 9-9 at home on the first night of a stretch of 17 of 23 games in Chicago that includes two against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. If the White Sox (20-23) can turn around their sluggish play at U.S. Cellular Field, it could be a chance to make up some ground in the bunched AL Central. NOTES: The Red Sox activated closer Andrew Bailey from the 15-day disabled list. He had been out since April 29 with right biceps inflammation. ... 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He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record.PHILADELPHIA -- Two nights after blaming himself for a late, game-tying goal in a shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators, Flyers goaltender Steve Mason looks to redeem himself against one of the NHLs most explosive teams.The Winnipeg Jets (9-7-2) carry a five-game points streak (4-0-1) into Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night but Wednesday, Masons thoughts were still on the wraparound goal he surrendered to Kyle Turris with 1:59 remaining in the Flyers 3-2 shootout loss to the Senators.Sometimes you just have to step away and gather your thoughts, Mason told the Philadelphia Inquirier. That goals on me. It put us in a situation where we have to go into overtime and eventually a shootout and we lost a point there.After a rough start in which he went 2-5-1 and owned one of the NHLs worst save percentages, Mason allowed only three goals in five full periods since replacing Michal Neuvirth (lower-body injury) in the second period of Saturdays victory over the Minnesota Wild.Still, Mason has not won consecutive games since the end of the 2015-16 regular season, when his strong play led the Flyers into the playoffs. Mason and Neuvirth are in the final year of their contracts with the Flyers and with Neuvirth sidelined the next 4-to-6 weeks, Mason has an opportunity to lay the groundwork for a new contract.The Jets, meanwhile, have a growing legion of believers around the NHL, thanks to a surprisingly strong start from their top line of center Mark Scheifele (10 goals, league-high 21 points), right winger Patrik Laine (league-high 12 goals, 17 points) and left winger Nikolaj Ehlers (four goals, 16 pooints).dddddddddddd. The trio is a combined plus-20 through 18 games.Laine, a 6-foot-5, 206-pounder, first showed his goal-scoring ability in the World Cup when he played for Team Finland. At 18 years old, he has a real shot at challenging for the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year.Ive seen a lot of video of him, basically on all the highlights, Mason said. He seems to be on there almost every night. Hes obviously got a shot that can be up with the (Alex) Ovechkins, Brett Hull or whoever you want to call it. Hes the type of guy where you have to beat the pass; you cant be getting there as hes already releasing the puck because his shot is obviously too quick to catch up to. You have to get there with your feet set and get a good line of sight on the puck.As well as the Jets have played offensively, they might be even better defensively. They are coming off a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks and have allowed only seven regulation goals in their last five games.I think were really buying into the D-zone, Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck told the Winnipeg Free Press. Were doing the little things correct and theyre getting in front of shots and theyre making my life easier, which is making it easier for them. Once they get in the offensive zone, they have so much talent.The Flyers (7-7-3) have also played sound defensive hockey their past two games, but have blown third-period leads in two of their last three contests and have lost four of their last five (1-3-1). ' ' '