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09/25 15:15 CDT Red Sox beat Cubs 4-3 in doubleheader opener, assure Wild Card
Series matchup against Yankees
Red Sox beat Cubs 4-3 in doubleheader opener, assure Wild Card Series matchup
against Yankees
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) --- Connor Wong hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, and
the Boston Red Sox rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs
4-3 in a doubleheader opener on Friday that clinched the No. 5 seed in the
American League playoffs.
Boston will plays its Wild Card Series for the second year in a row at the New
York Yankees, who won last season's best-of-three matchup 2-1. It will be the
seventh Red Sox-Yankees postseason series.
Wind knocked down flies toward the Green Monster in left ahead of a forecast
weekend storm, turning potential homers into doubles off the wall. Tyrone
Taylor's first-inning RBI double was held up by 59 feet and Miguel Amaya's
two-run double in the second by 60 feet, according to Weather Applied Metrics.
The opener was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon but was moved up
because a significant storm was forecast.
Roman Anthony had two doubles and a triple, and scored three runs.
Chicago's Alex Bregman was 0 for 4 with a strikeout as a designated hitter, his
first game since sustaining multiple face fractures when hit by a foul ball in
the on-deck circle at Cincinnati last Sunday.
Greg Weissert (4-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings and Raymond Burgos two innings for
his second save, part of a Boston bullpen that didn't allow a hit after the
sixth inning.
Starter Alec Gamboa gave up three runs and four hits in two innings for
Chicago, which entered in the second NL wild card spot.
Aaron Civale (6-8) gave up Anthony's triple and Wong's double in a three-pitch
span.
Mickey Gasper started the game at catcher for Boston but was replaced in the
sixth inning by Connor Wong after experiencing right biceps discomfort.
Trailing 3-1 in the fifth, Boston tied the score on an Adley Rutschman
slow-rolling single up the middle that scored Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Anthony.
Up Next
Cubs LHP David Peterson (9-8, 4.96 ERA) and Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (6-7,
4.49) were to start Friday's nightcap.
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