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09/25 19:38 CDT Red Sox beat Cubs 2-0 to sweep doubleheader after setting Wild
Card Series matchup with Yankees
Red Sox beat Cubs 2-0 to sweep doubleheader after setting Wild Card Series
matchup with Yankees
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) --- Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run double in the eighth inning, and the
Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Friday night to sweep a
doubleheader.
Brayan Bello allowed four hits over four innings and rookie Jedixson Pez (1-1)
gave up three hits in five innings with four strikeouts in his first big league
win.
Chicago dropped two games back of San Diego for the top NL wild card. The
Padres hosted Arizona later Friday.
Javier Assad (6-2) was the loser. Chicago starter David Petersen allowed three
hits over five innings and struck out six.
In the first game, Connor Wong hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning,
to help the Red Sox rally from a three-run deficit in a 4-3 win that clinched
the No. 5 seed in the AL playoffs.
Boston will play its Wild Card Series for the second year in a row at the New
York Yankees, who won last season's best-of-three matchup 2-1. It will be the
seventh Red Sox-Yankees postseason series.
Friday's opener was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon but was moved up
because a significant storm was forecast. The series finale, which had been
slated for Saturday night, will now be played on Sunday afternoon in St.
Petersburg, Florida.
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Neither team had announced Sunday pitching plans.
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