Cubs stay hot, knock off Red Sox
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 [July 02, 2022] Rookie
Christopher Morel homered for a third straight game, during a
go-ahead, three-run sixth inning, and four Chicago relievers held
the visiting Boston Red Sox scoreless, as the Cubs overcame an early
four-run hole to win 6-5 on Friday.
Down 4-0, the Cubs scored three times in the fifth. Then trailing
5-3 in the sixth, with two out and a man on, Morel (three RBIs)
drove the ball into the left-field bleachers. Chicago then went
ahead when Willson Contreras scored on Jake Diekman's wild pitch
with the bases loaded.
Meanwhile, relievers Brandon Hughes (1-0), Scott Effross, Chris
Martin and David Robertson (10 saves) didn't allow a run over 3 2/3
innings against a potent Boston offense to help Chicago win its
third straight and sixth in nine games. Ian Happ added three hits
for the Cubs, who improved to 3-9 in interleague play.
Boston's Jarren Duran homered on the first pitch of the game and had
two RBIs, while Jackie Bradley Jr. snapped a 0-for-26 slump with his
three-run double in the second. However, the Red Sox, who went 20-6
in June, couldn't maintain that early cushion due to an offense that
went quiet and a season-high 10 walks allowed.
Chicago only managed a first-inning double from Happ through the
first four frames against 42-year-old Rich Hill.
However, the ex-Cub opened the fifth with a walk to P.J. Higgins,
who scored on Nelson Velazquez's triple to center. The Cubs got
within 4-2 via Morel's RBI groundout later in the frame.
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Chicago Cubs center fielder Christopher Morel (5) grounds out
against the Boston Red Sox during the fifth inning at Wrigley Field.
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Hill, who appeared to injure his knee during the
fifth, didn't finish the inning after loading the bases with two
out. Hill was charged with his third run -- to go along with four
walks and three hits -- after reliever Tyler Danish issued a
bases-loaded walk to Rafael Ortega.
Duran, though, added an RBI single in the sixth that was charged to
Cubs starter Adrian Sampson, who yielded five runs -- four earned --
with eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Hansel Robles (1-3) took the loss for Boston, which, making its
first trip to Wrigley Field since 2012, has lost three of its last
four.
--Field Level Media
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