Benintendi seemed to relish in his return to Fenway Park greeted to cheers by the Red Sox faithful and curving a home run around the Pesky Pole. That home run was his first hit after a minimum stay on the injured list and it was nice to see him stay hot. He’s played inspired ball so far this season with an .861 OPS and at least one hit in eight of his 11 games played at or near the top of the White Sox lineup.

Suzuki’s two-run homer off Marlins lefty reliever Anthony Veneziano gave the Cubs a commanding five-run lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. He’s hitting just .149 (7-for-47) in 11 games since the start of May, but three of those hits have left the yard.

Hill went deep in his return from the injured list, clobbering a no-doubter to left field two outs in the seventh inning to break up a potential shutout bid from Cubs starter Colin Rea. It was his second dinger of the season and first time he’s gone deep since April 8. It was also his lone hit in four at-bats in the low-scoring affair.

Pomeranz, who hasn’t allowed a run in seven relief appearances since making his Chicago debut back on April 25, got the call to protect a three-run lead with Porter Hodge likely unavailable after throwing 29 pitches in a pair of appearances over the weekend. It certainly appears the Cubs are going to try to stay away from Ryan Pressly in save situations for the time being. The 36-year-old veteran southpaw struck out Kyle Stowers and got Eric Wagaman to fly out to center field before Connor Norby delivered a two-out single. He froze Derek Hill on a 94.4 mph fastball to extinguish any hopes of a comeback and preserve the victory.