Major League Baseball

FINAL Friday, September 25, 2026
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Boston Red Sox 2
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Match Report

Red Sox beat Cubs 2-0 to sweep doubleheader after setting Wild Card Series matchup with Yankees

— Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run double in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Friday night to sweep a doubleheader.

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Top Performers

CHC

  • Pete Crow-Armstrong · ·
  • Seiya Suzuki · ·
  • Michael Busch · ·
  • Michael Conforto · ·

BOS

  • Roman Anthony · ·
  • Jahmai Jones · ·
  • Wilyer Abreu · ·
  • Trevor Story · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning
  2. · 9th Inning Hoerner grounded out to third.
  3. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  7. · 9th Inning Jedixson Paez pitches to Nico Hoerner
  8. · 9th Inning

Head to Head

BOS wins series 2-1

Injuries

Boston Red Sox

  • Caleb Durbin Out
  • Garrett Whitlock Out
  • Roman Anthony Out
  • Tyron Guerrero Out
  • Masataka Yoshida Out

Chicago Cubs

  • Justin Steele 60-Day-IL
  • Shelby Miller 60-Day-IL
  • Ben Brown 60-Day-IL
  • Phil Maton 60-Day-IL
  • Riley Martin 60-Day-IL

Lineups

BOS

  1. 19Roman AnthonyRF
  2. 37Jahmai JonesLF
  3. 52Wilyer AbreuDH
  4. 10Trevor StorySS
  5. 20Nick Sogard1B
  6. 32Andruw Monasterio3B
  7. 16Jarren DuranCF
  8. 2Isiah Kiner-Falefa2B
  9. 12Connor WongC

CHC

  1. 4Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF
  2. 27Seiya SuzukiRF
  3. 29Michael Busch1B
  4. 20Michael ConfortoDH
  5. 8Ian HappLF
  6. 2Nico HoernerSS
  7. 75Pedro Ramirez2B
  8. 15Carson KellyC
  9. 6Matt Shaw3B

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