Final: Red Sox 6, Cubs 1 - Bregman and Abreu combine for three home runs as Red Sox defeat Cubs

The Red Sox win the final game of their series against the Chicago Cubs with a 6-1 victory.

While the offense didn't look great through the first half of the game, Boston put together clutch at-bats against Chicago's bullpen leading to the win.

The Cubs scored the first run of the game in the 2nd inning with an RBI single from Ian Happ. Aside from Happ's RBI, Garrett Crochet put together another great game. Crochet pitched six innings of one run baseball keeping the Red Sox in the game when they struggled at the plate.

After a frustrating 6th inning where the Red Sox left Jarren Duran at third base, the Red Sox took the lead in the 7th inning with a two-run home run from Wilyer Abreu.

In the 8th inning, Boston extended their lead with a three-run, pinch hit home run by Alex Bregman along with another home run from Abreu.

These three home runs gave Boston the momentum they needed to come away with the victory. The bullpen pitched a scoreless outing the rest of the way keeping the Cubs at one run.

While this series in Chicago wasn't great, this was a massive win against one of the best teams in baseball. Bregman gets his first home run since coming back from his injury, and Crochet dominated once again.

The Red Sox will now travel to Philadelphia to start a series against the Phillies. First pitch will be at 6:45 p.m.

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WHO: Red Sox (53-47) vs Cubs (59-39)
WHEN: 2:20 p.m.
WHERE: Wrigley Field, Chicago
SERIES TO DATE: (0-2), (0-2)
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Garrett Crochet (10-4, 2.23 ERA) vs. RHP Cade Horton (3-3, 4.45 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, MLB Network, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran (L) CF
Roman Anthony (L) DH
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) 2B
Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
Trevor Story (R) SS
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Carlos Narváez (R) C
Marcelo Mayer (L) 3B
Romy Gonzalez (R) 1B

SP Garrett Crochet

CUBS

Nico Hoerner (R) 2B
Kyle Tucker (L) RF
Seiya Suzuki (R) DH
Carson Kelly (R) C
Pete Crow-Armstrong (L) CF
Dansby Swanson (R) SS
Ian Happ (S) LF
Justin Turner (R) 1B
Matt Shaw (R) 3B

SP Cade Horton

WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox play the final game of their series in Wrigley with Garrett Crochet taking the mound.

Boston lost yesterday's game 6-0 getting shutout by Shota Imanaga. Chicago scored all their runs off home runs.

Roman Anthony is “under the weather,” manager Alex Cora said. Masatake Yoshida will play left field today and Anthony will be DH.

Ceddanne Rafaela bats third for first time in career. He'll play 2nd base as well.