What You Need to Know: Things did not look good for John Lackey and the Cubs early on, as Lackey dueled with home plate umpire Bill Welke in the first and seemed frustrated—more so than usual—in the first few innings. He surrendered Boston’s first two runs on a Jackie Bradley Jr. single and Andrew Benintendi sacrifice fly, […]
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Game 22 Recap: Red Sox 5, Cubs 4
If there’s one thing the Cubs have taught us over the past couple years, it’s that if we live long enough and learn to believe, we’ll eventually be lucky enough to bear witness to something we never thought we’d see: An interesting interleague matchup. If you listen hard enough, you can hear Bud Selig off […]