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Hey Markj, a big eruption by our guys today with 17 runs a plethora of hits for a one sided 17-0 win.  Not to sound cynical but it might have been a good idea to save about nine or ten of those runs for tomorrow.  Well maybe our guys will show they can bat the ball around for two days in a row and win the series.  That would be a swell way to end the series.

Feast or famine with these guys.

What a difference a day makes.  What did Yogi say about pitching?  Winch brought his A game as did the two middle guys.  Raphaela with some key hits today.

9-0 Sox after 5 innings.

Cora has favorites only he will play them regardless of how it impacts the team.  We've seen it time and again.  In Joele's case there is no excuse.  The guy is just crapola with a capital C and has no business even being on the team, but until someone pulls the plug on Alex for malfeasance the farce will continue.  To me it is obvious and has been for the past few years that Cora needs to go.

4:10PM Eastern

Red Sox

Josh Winckowski (R)

J Duran (L) CF
R Devers (L) 3B
T O'Neill (R) LF
W Abreu (L) RF
C Wong (R) C
M Yoshida (L) DH
E Valdez (L) 2B
B Dalbec (R) 1B
C Rafaela (R) SS

Cubs

Ben Brown (R)

N Hoerner (R) 2B
M Tauchman (L) RF
I Happ (S) LF
C Morel (R) 3B
M Busch (L) 1B
D Swanson (R) SS
M Mervis (L) DH
Y Gomes (R) C
P Crow-Armstrong (L)

Gametime Temp: 60F
Chance of Precip: 0%

Every time he's out there Joely seems to choke and lose his stuff, unless it's not in a high leverage call.  Alas he is becoming a Cora favorite like that guy Kaleb Ort.

Back at Fenway, where winning is hard.

Kutter is no mystery to Cub batters tonight.  Six hits and a couple runs.  Sox are looking for their first hit of the night.

7:10PM Eastern

Red Sox

Kutter Crawford (R)

Jarren Duran (L) CF
Tyler O'Neill (R) RF
Rob Refsnyder (R) LF
Rafael Devers (L) DH
Connor Wong (R) C
Pablo Reyes (R) 3B
Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) SS

Cubs

Triston McKenzie (R)

Nico Hoerner (R) 2B
Mike Tauchman (L) RF
Ian Happ (S) LF
Christopher Morel (R) 3B
Michael Busch (L) 1B
Dansby Swanson (R) SS
Matt Mervis (L) DH
Miguel Amaya (R) C
Pete Crow-Armstrong (L)

Gametime Temp: 51F
Chance of Precip: 0%