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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%

Sox have held steady and scored two in the 6th, 5-4 Cleveland.
Raffy is 3-4, but no RBIs.  There aren't many hitters around him to get on base, as he;s batting second.

Chase Anderson got chased.  Cleve with 5 runs in the 2nd.  A bullpen game today.

Devers DH, no O'Neill, Yoshida must seriously be in the doghouse.

1:10PM Eastern

Red Sox

Chase Anderson (R)

Jarren Duran (L) CF
Rafael Devers (L) DH
Rob Refsnyder (R) LF
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Pablo Reyes (R) 3B
Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
David Hamilton (L) 2B
Reese McGuire (L) C
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) SS

Guardians

Triston McKenzie (R)

Steven Kwan (L) LF
Tyler Freeman (R) CF
José Ramírez (S) DH
Josh Naylor (L) 1B
David Fry (R) C
Andrés Giménez (L) 2B
Will Brennan (L) RF
Gabriel Arias (R) 3B
Brayan Rocchio (S) SS

Gametime Temp: 48F
Chance of Precip: 1%