Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

53-46, 21-26 Away

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Chicago Cubs

58-39, 31-16 Home

Seiya Suzuki homers as the Chicago Cubs cool off the Boston Red Sox with a 4-1 win

Colin Rea pitched five effective innings for Chicago in the majors' first game after the All-Star break. Working around a season-high four walks, the right-hander allowed one run and four hits in his fourth consecutive win.

Boston had won 12 of 13 to surge into contention in the rugged AL East. But Lucas Giolito got off to shaky start and the Red Sox left eight runners on base in the opener of a challenging six-game trip.

Pitching for the first time since July 9, Giolito (6-2) walked his first two batters of the game. Suzuki then drove a four-seam fastball deep to center for his 26th homer, delighting the crowd of 41,011 on a picturesque afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Nico Hoerner tacked on an RBI single for the NL Central leaders in the sixth.

Giolito was charged with four runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first loss since May 6. The right-hander went 5-0 with a sparkling 0.70 ERA in his previous six starts.

Boston scored its only run on Roman Anthony's two-out RBI double in the third. Anthony's hit put runners on second and third, but Rea (8-3) escaped the jam by striking out Carlos Narváez.

Brad Keller pitched a perfect eighth for Chicago before Daniel Palencia handled the ninth for his 13th save in 14 opportunities.

Key moment Boston had a chance to rally in the fifth, but Abraham Toro committed a costly mistake. With two runners on and no outs, Toro was doubled off second on Alex Bregman's liner to center.

Key stat The Cubs improved to 40-7 when they score first.

Up next Brayan Bello (6-3, 3.14 ERA) pitches for Boston on Saturday, and left-hander Shota Imanaga (6-3, 2.65) takes the mound for Chicago.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Toro flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Rafaela grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Mayer out at second.
	9th Inning	Mayer singled to right.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Keller
	8th Inning	Hoerner flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Swanson grounded out to pitcher, Kelly to second.

Statistics

BOS		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	1
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	11
36	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.4	Runs Created	3.7
.219	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.367
.156	Secondary Average	.333
.306	On Base Percentage	.294
.556	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.661
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
13.0	Batter Rating	30.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.64	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.031	Isolated Power	.167
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.133
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.8	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0