Wilyer Abreu homered twice and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 to avoid a series sweep.

The Red Sox departed Chicago with a 6-1 win on Sunday, avoiding a sweep against the major league-leading Cubs thanks to Wilyer Abreu’s two home runs and Alex Bregman’s one.

Chicago Cubs executive Jed Hoyer spoke out about a shocking move that shipped a franchise slugger out of town.

All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one of five solo shots for the Cubs to back seven sharp innings by Shota Imanaga, and Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0.

The post Red Sox turn clocks back on Phillies with improbable comeback appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Boston Red Sox are playing in one of the toughest divisions in baseball, making interleave series like this one against the Philadelphia Phillies extra important in their chase for a playoff spot.

In a post-All-Star break test against a pair of NL division-leading clubs, the Red Sox managed a 2-4 mark, bad but not quite miserable.

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