Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

54-47, 22-27 Away

Final
6 - 1

Chicago Cubs

59-40, 32-17 Home

Wilyer Abreu homers twice as the Red Sox beat the Cubs 6-1 to avoid a sweep

Alex Bregman crushes pinch-hit HR for Red Sox

Alex Bregman also connected as Boston rallied after managing just one run in its first two games after the All-Star break. Garrett Crochet (11-4) pitched six effective innings in his fourth consecutive win.

The Red Sox went ahead to stay when Trevor Story opened the seventh with a walk and Abreu hit a drive to right-center off Ryan Pressly (2-3) for his 19th homer.

Bregman broke it open with a pinch-hit shot off Drew Pomeranz for a three-run homer in the eighth. Abreu tacked on a two-out solo drive against Ethan Roberts.

It was Abreu's fourth multihomer game of the season and No. 5 for his career. He hit a total of 17 homers in his first two years in the majors.

Boston improved to 12-3 in July. It had won 10 in a row going into the series.

Chicago wasted a sharp performance by Cade Horton, who pitched 5 2/3 innings of two-hit ball. The Cubs had won five of six.

Crochet allowed eight hits in his first start since July 12. The All-Star left-hander struck out five and walked two.

Chicago scored its only run in the second. Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a leadoff double and Dansby Swanson followed with an infield single. After Crow-Armstrong was caught stealing third, Swanson raced home from second on Ian Happ's single to right.

Key moment The Cubs threatened in the fifth, loading the bases with two down. But Crochet escaped the jam when he got Carson Kelly to bounce into a fielder’s choice.

Key stat The Red Sox improved to 13-14 against the Cubs since the start of interleague play in 1997.

Up next Red Sox: RHP Walker Buehler (6-6, 6.12 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Philadelphia. RHP Zack Wheeler (9-3, 2.36 ERA) goes for the Phillies.

Cubs: Stay at home for the opener of a three-game set against Kansas City on Monday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Happ flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Swanson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alcala relieved Hicks
	9th Inning	Anthony struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duran flied out to right.

Statistics

BOS		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	8
6	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	2
148	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	10
38	Plate Appearances	35
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.3	Runs Created	2.0
.212	Batting Average	.242
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.515	Slugging Percentage	.303
.424	Secondary Average	.091
.316	On Base Percentage	.286
.831	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.589
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
42.0	Batter Rating	17.0
11.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.303	Isolated Power	.061
0.56	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.212	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.152
12.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
87.3	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0