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Red Sox Beat Cubs 4-3 in Doubleheader Opener, Assure Wild Card Series Matchup Against Yankees
- On Friday, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-3, clinching the No. 5 seed in the American League playoffs and securing a Wild Card Series rematch against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
- Trailing 3-0 early, Boston rallied behind a fifth-inning two-run single from Adley Rutschman and a seventh-inning tiebreaking double by Connor Wong. The comeback snapped the team's recent offensive struggles.
- Outfielder Roman Anthony powered the Red Sox offense with a 3-for-3 performance, including two doubles and a triple. His production proved critical in the doubleheader opener against Chicago.
- Following starter Alec Gamboa, Southpaw Jake Bennett delivered 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, while Greg Weissert and Raymond Burgos held the Cubs hitless after the sixth inning. The bullpen preserved the narrow one-run lead.
- The Wild Card Series begins Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, with games scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday if necessary. The Red Sox face the Yankees in a rematch of last season's postseason matchup.
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Swept by Red Sox in weather-forced doubleheader, Cubs face pitching questions on eve of playoffs
<p>BOSTON – It’s the eve of the postseason, and the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> have some questions to answer.</p><p>Most pressingly, it’s who they’re going to face in an opening-round series and where that best-of-three series will be played.</p><p>They were swept by the Red Sox in Friday’s doubleheader, widening the gap between them and the first-place Padres in the NL wild-card standings.</p><p>But there…
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