Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox

BOSTON – Sonny Gray’s magical season tapered off just a bit the previous two times he took the mound, as his streak of nine consecutive quality starts came to an end. But if you thought the 36-year-old righty was in the process of wearing down, Gray proved otherwise in convincing fashion on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. Gray started what he hopes will be a new string of quality starts with six innings of scoreless mastery against the White Sox while leading the scorching-hot Red Sox to a 4-0 victory. “I thought he was awesome,” said Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy. “Very, very locked in and determined from the time he got here, and he executed his pitches, had his spin pretty much whenever he wanted to. Got a lot of spin below the zone for swing and miss, and it was just a really, really good outing.” Not only did Tracy’s squad win their seventh game in a row, but they clinched their ninth consecutive series victory in the process. Boston (62-51) will go for the sweep of the White Sox in Thursday night’s finale of this three-game set. Since July 3, the Sox are 25-3. They are 30-5 since June 25. What is it like to play for a team on that type of torrid run? “Just \[a mindset of\