Chicago Cubs

2ndin NL Central · 88-73

Ugh, no.

Chicago Cubs lost to the Boston Red Sox

88-73 0 – 2

87-74

Final · Fri, Sep 25

Game Details

Fenway Park (Boston) · 36,449 fans · Marquee Sports Net, NESN, ESPN Unlimited, MLB.TV

Recap

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.

Recap via ESPN

Fenway Park · Boston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	4	0

Win Probability · Chicago Cubs

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Chicago Cubs

Seiya Suzuki · 2-3Batting
Javier Assad · 2.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K (L, 6-2)Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Wilyer Abreu · 1-4, 2 RBIBatting
Jedixson Paez · 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K (W, 1-1)Pitching

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Bot 8th

2B Abreu doubled to center, Jones scored and Kiner-Falefa scored.0–2

Team Stats

Chicago CubsBoston Red Sox

Batting

7 Hits 4

0 Home Runs 0

1 Walks 5

7 Strikeouts 10

0 Stolen Bases 1

14 Left on Base 15

Pitching & Fielding

145 Pitches Thrown 135

0 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 5

Box Score

Chicago Cubs ▾

Batting

Player	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	4	0	0	1	.278	22	.372	.570
S. SuzukiRF	3	2	1	1	.270	18	.368	.473
M. Busch1B	4	2	0	2	.243	13	.354	.395
M. ConfortoDH	4	0	0	0	.237	13	.330	.466
I. HappLF	4	0	0	1	.220	21	.329	.416
N. HoernerSS	4	2	0	0	.264	17	.317	.351
P. Ramirez2B	3	0	0	1	.257	15	.315	.401
C. KellyC	3	0	0	1	.258	11	.336	.376
M. Shaw3B	3	1	0	0	.240	5	.327	.415
Team	32	7	1	7		135

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Peterson	5.0	3	0	0	2	6	91-57	4.79
J. Assad(L, 6-2)	2.1	0	1	1	1	3	35-24	3.63
R. Rolison	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	13-6	3.14
G. Hollowell	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	6-2	2.45
Team	8.0	4	2	2	5	10	145-89

Boston Red Sox ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
R. AnthonyRF	3	0	1	0	1	2	.248	23	.342	.400
J. JonesLF	3	1	0	0	1	2	.209	23	.302	.373
W. AbreuDH	4	0	1	2	0	2	.249	16	.328	.448
T. StorySS	3	0	0	0	1	3	.237	16	.270	.353
N. Sogard1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.254	12	.340	.386
A. Monasterio3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235	14	.297	.374
J. DuranCF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.208	15	.267	.362
I. Kiner-Falefa2B	1	1	1	0	2	0	.242	16	.322	.311
C. WongC	3	0	0	0	0	0	.234	10	.309	.349
Team	27	2	4	2	5	10		145