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Wilyer Abreu Homers Twice as the Red Sox Beat Cubs 6-1 to Avoid Sweep
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, JUL 20 – Wilyer Abreu hit his 19th and 20th home runs of the season to help Boston break a scoring drought and avoid a series sweep against Chicago, improving to 12-3 in July.
- Last Sunday, Wilyer Abreu homered twice and drove in three runs, powering Boston to a 6-1 win at Wrigley Field to avoid a series sweep.
- Coming off the All-Star break left Boston in a slump, managing just one run in 24 innings and having its 10-game win streak cooled, elevating the stakes of Sunday's finale.
- In the seventh inning, Abreu slugged a solo homer off Ethan Roberts and later belted a two-run shot off Ryan Pressly, part of a rare twin bullpen meltdown.
- Meanwhile, Boston launched a pinch-hit, three-run homer off Drew Pomeranz in the eighth, and Boston improved to 12-3 in July as Chicago squandered Cade Horton’s two-hit effort.
- In the series opener, Walker Buehler is expected to start Monday against ace Zack Wheeler, setting up a pitching duel for the series opener.
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Chihuahuas avoid sweep with 5-3 victory in Tacoma
TACOMA, Washington (KVIA) -- The El Paso Chihuahuas beat Tacoma 5-3 Sunday afternoon to end the Rainiers’ five-game winning streak. The Chihuahuas won one and lost two in the three-game series. Chihuahuas starter Jackson Wolf matched his season high with nine strikeouts and allowed only one run in his five-inning start. Second baseman Nate Mondou singled in the second inning to extend his hitting streak to 20 games and his on-base streak to 25 g…
Portland Press Herald
Boston HeraldWilyer Abreu homers twice as Red Sox rally past Cubs to avert sweep
This was shaping up to be a disastrous start to the second half for the Boston Red Sox, who couldn’t buy a run through the first two and a half games of this weekend’s series at Wrigley Field. Then Wilyer Abreu stepped to the plate in the top of the seventh, and suddenly everything changed. […]
Cade Horton matches All-Star hurler Garrett Crochet, but Cubs’ bullpen blows shot at sweep
There was no sweep to start the second half for the Cubs, but they got an excellent performance from rookie right-hander Cade Horton that might go down as more valuable as he continues to grow as a big-league pitcher.Matched up against All-Star left-hander Garrett Crochet, Horton didn’t just do what Crochet did, he was arguably better, holding the Red Sox scoreless and to only two hits in 5⅔ innings Sunday. Crochet lasted longer, completing six …
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