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Rafael Devers and Triston Casas also went deep
for the Red Sox, who are 10-2 since June 30.
Crawford (4-4) allowed just one hit and walked four while
picking up a career-high nine strikeouts.
Mike Tauchman went 2-for-2 with an RBI, two runs and three walks
for Chicago, which has alternated wins and losses over its last
eight games.
Boston blew the game open with a five-run fifth. After Yu Chang
followed Connor Wong's leadoff double with a base hit, Rob
Refsnyder drove in Wong with a single to left. Justin Turner
singled to load the bases and, two outs later, Yoshida cleared
them with a 381-foot shot to right to make it 6-0.
Despite surrendering all five runs in the fifth, Cubs starter
Justin Steele (9-3) returned for the sixth and sat down the Red
Sox in order. He gave up six runs on 10 hits in six innings,
walking one and fanning six.
Yoshida scored on a wild pitch after his triple in the seventh
as the Red Sox went up 9-0. Casas hit a two-run blast an inning
later, his third homer of the series and 12th of the season.
The Cubs finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth
when Jake Faria issued four consecutive walks to open the
inning. Christopher Morel added an RBI single, and Patrick
Wisdom pulled Chicago within 11-3 with a sacrifice fly.
Tauchman drove in Tucker Barnhart with a single and Nico Hoerner
followed with an RBI triple in the ninth to forge the final
score.
Devers opened the scoring in the first, drilling a solo home run
to left-center field. It was Devers' 23rd homer of the season.
--Field Level Media
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