Red Sox manager Alex Cora explained why he did not pinch hit for Connor Wong (.144 batting average) in the seventh inning.

All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one of five solo shots for the Cubs to back seven sharp innings by Shota Imanaga, and Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0.

Seiya Suzuki's three-run homer helped the Cubs score a 4-1 win over the Red Sox. But after cooling off baseball's hottest team, can the Cubs stand the heat in their own division?

CHICAGO — Alex Bregman and Roman Anthony will hit back-to-back in the Nos. 2 and 3 spots of the Red Sox lineup Friday. Boston (53-45) opens the second half here at Wrigley Field at 2:20 p.m. eastern. Righty Lucas Giolito (6-1, 3.36 ERA) will start for the Sox opposite Chicago righty Colin Rea (7-3, 3.91 ERA).

The team’s been mired in mediocrity since they last won it all in 2018. But let yourself believe in this run. It’s more fun that way.

Somehow, in a weird North Side/South Side ''Summer of Chi'' way, there’s hope in both while only hope for one.

The Chicago Cubs could turn to the struggling Minnesota Twins to land a controllable ace to head their struggling pitching rotation.

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