CHICAGO — The Red Sox infielders shuffled their feet and stared at the ground in the early innings on Thursday night, increasingly frustrated by the inability of Henry Owens to throw strikes.

The Red Sox ultimately outhit their pitching problems in a 7-3 victory against the White Sox.

Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez. and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit solo home runs, part of a 12-hit attack.

The 17-11 Red Sox have won 10 of 13. They took two of three on the road against a White Sox team that came into the series with the best record in the American League.

Now the Red Sox go to New York for three games against the reeling Yankees, who are 9-17 and were swept in three games at Fenway Park last weekend.

As the Red Sox played the White Sox, the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals, 5-3, 9 miles way at Wrigley Field. According to STATS Inc., it was the same time four first-place teams played in the same city on the same day.

The game on the South side was a bit ragged as nine pitchers combined for 16 walks. The Red Sox needed four relievers, and they allowed one run over six innings. The game lasted 3 hours and 57 minutes.

Matt Barnes was the winner, retiring all four batters he faced.

Owens was alarmingly inefficient. He lasted only three-plus innings and threw 33 of 64 pitches for strikes. Owens allowed only two runs on two hits but walked six.

With the Sox up, 1-0, Owens gave up a leadoff single to Adam Eaton in the first inning. A wild pitch moved Eaton to second. Owens then failed to pay attention to Eaton and he stole third without a throw.

Owens walked Jimmy Rollins. Eaton scored when Jose Abreu grounded into a double play.

Owens walked the leadoff hitter in the second inning but avoided damage. With the Red Sox up, 4-1, Owens walked the bases loaded in the third inning. He got out of the jam when Melky Cabrera fouled out and Brett Lawrie struck out swinging on three pitches.

When Avisail Garcia led off the fourth inning with a home run to left field, Red Sox manager John Farrell decided he had watched enough of Owens.

“Ideally, you want the shutdown inning,’’ Farrell said. “When you don’t get it, it’s frustrating. Our bullpen did a great job of giving us six innings.’’

Heath Hembree got through the rest of that inning then allowed a run on three hits and a walk in the fifth. With one out, Barnes came in.

Austin Jackson’s fly ball to shallow right field was deep enough for Lawrie to try to score. Mookie Betts made the catch then bounced a throw to the plate that was in time for catcher Ryan Hanigan to make the tag and end the inning.

Hanigan blocked the plate with his left leg and tagged Lawrie before he could get his foot down. The White Sox challenged the call, saying Hanigan violated the collision rule. But the out stood after a review.

“That was a big shift of momentum for us,’’ Farrell said. “That shut down their big inning.’’

Barnes retired all four batters he faced, recording five outs. Junichi Tazawa held the lead in the seventh, allowing a hit but striking out three. Robbie Ross Jr. finished it off with two scoreless innings.

Chicago recalled righthander Erik Johnson from Triple A to make the start. He lasted five innings and allowed four runs on eight hits.

Pedroia homered in the first inning, his fourth. Brock Holt, back in the lineup after two games out, singled in the second inning and scored on a double to left-center by Hanigan.

Ramirez connected for a home run in the third inning, going the other way for his third of the season and second in three games. Travis Shaw followed with a triple to center field and easily scored on Holt’s sacrifice fly.

Matt Albers came out of the Chicago bullpen to start the sixth inning. His streak of 35 innings without allowing an earned run ended when Bradley homered to left field. That extended his hit streak to 11 games.

Bradley jammed his right ring finger avoiding a pickoff throw in the third inning of Wednesday’s game. He was only cleared to play after taking batting practice.

The Red Sox loaded the bases with one out in the seventh inning but failed to score against Dan Jennings when Hanigan grounded into a double play.

Peter Abraham can be reached at pabraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.