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Boston locked up the American League’s second Wild Card spot Friday afternoon, setting up a rematch with the Yankees in the best-of-three Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.A year after the Yankees ended Boston’s season in three games in the same round, the Red Sox will get another shot at their longtime rival.
The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs have a series with plenty of playoff implications this weekend, and Mother Nature isn't making things any easier.
It’s happening again! The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will face off in the 2026 MLB Wild Card Series for a second consecutive year, as Boston’s Friday afternoon victory over the Chicago Cubs secured its spot as the No. 2 American League wild-card seed; New York secured the No. 1 AL wild-card seed earlier in the week. Game 1 of the three-game set will come on Sept. 27, as the series takes place at Yankee Stadium, like last year when New York defeated Boston in three games. Here’s how th...
It’s been rumored for several days, but now it’s official: Game 162 for both the Cubs and Red Sox will be played Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. Central time at the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Red Sox had already moved Sunday’s scheduled game to Friday afternoon, […]
Go get ‘em, David.
The Cubs’ chances for home-field advantage in the Wild Card took a big hit when they lost the first half of a doubleheader to the Red Sox at Fenway Park Friday afternoon. The road team went out in front early but could not maintain the lead and suffered a one-run defeat. Chicago got on the … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (9/25/26: GM 1): Red Sox 4, Cubs 3 – Offense Stays Cold in Boston Loss appeared first on .
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INSERT SOMETHING RE FIRST GAME HERE Now we get starter Bello back on the mound! He looked incredible in Tampa and hopes to keep that momentum going for his final regular season start. ⚾️ First Pitch: 5:35 PM EDT – Fenway Park, Boston, MA 📺 TV: NESN 📻 Radio: WEEI
The Boston Red Sox (86-74) leave their series opener against the Chicago Cubs (88-72) with a guaranteed postseason date with the New York Yankees, and some more unwanted injury troubles. Summer meteorite Mickey Gasper exited Friday afternoon’s 4-3 comeback victory due to right biceps discomfort, per Tim Healey of The Boston Globe. An erratic lineup […] The post Red Sox’s Mickey Gasper exits Cubs game with bicep injury right before playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Alec Gamboa is not a starter. At least not at the Major League level caliber. But when the Red Sox needed someone to open a doubleheader on the last Friday of the regular season, they handed it to him anyway—and the Cubs made him pay for it quickly. Tyrone Taylor doubled in the first inning […]
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will renew their rivalry in the Wild Card round of the 2026 MLB playoffs.
The Cubs took a nice early lead in this game, but then, as has been the case so many times in recent days, simply could not bring many baserunners in to score, going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. (If it makes you feel any better — it didn’t for me — the Red Sox […]
At the end of play on August 1, the Tampa Bay Rays had the best record in the American League, the New York Yankees had the second-best record and the Boston Red Sox had the third-best record.
The start time for this game was moved up 30 minutes from what was originally scheduled, which is kind of silly considering they didn’t have to do a split doubleheader at all. While it would not have been fun for the Red Sox logistically, as they’d already moved Sunday’s season finale to Friday afternoon, they … The post Chicago Cubs Lineup (9/25/26, Game 2): Peterson, Bello Starting Late Game appeared first on .
This has been reported all over the place, and we’ve mentioned it here in a couple other posts, so let’s keep this quick. The Cubs and Red Sox both have flights to Tampa/St. Petersburg scheduled for 10 and 10:20pm ET, respectively, and it feels close to inevitable at this point that they’ll have to play … The post Cubs, Sox Have Flights Scheduled to Play Sunday Game in Tampa appeared first on .
The Chicago Cubs are in the middle of the first game of a double-header on Friday against the Boston Red Sox, as the team prepares for the playoffs. Early in the contest, outfielder Tyron Taylor smashed a ball that should have gone over the Green Monster. However, Mother Nature got involved. Taylor hit the ball […] The post Cubs’ Tyrone Taylor robbed of home run over Green Monster by Mother Nature appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Mother Nature prevails … again. For the second time in two days, the Boston Red Sox are adjusting their schedule, moving the start of the second game of Friday’s doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs up by a half-hour because of concerns about an impending storm that’s expected to bring heavy rains and high wind gusts to the Boston area. The first pitch for Game 2 is moving from 6:05 p.m. to 5:35 p.m. ET. The team says the change was made in consultation with Major League Baseball. Game 1 was ori...
The Red Sox are in BIG TROUBLE if Willson Contreras can’t go against the Yankees in the Wild Card round
Go get ‘em, Clay.
The Boston Red Sox might be in trouble if Willson Contreras can't play in the Wild Card series.
Willson Contreras is dealing with an injury that could be the death knell for the Boston Red Sox ahead of the playoffs.
It wouldn’t be the 2026 Red Sox season if their final series could possibly be a show and go, right? The nor’easter impending arrival in New England is going to rock the region with snow and rain, which forced MLB’s hand into preempting the weather with a double header! The problem is there’s still one […]
Chicago Cubs star Alex Bregman is returning to the team’s lineup after recently suffering a frightening face injury, via Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune. Bregman wanted to return as soon as possible and he will be in the lineup at designated hitter for the Cubs’ first game of their doubleheader against the Boston Red […] The post Alex Bregman returns to Cubs lineup just 5 days after scary facial fracture injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .
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Though their spot in the playoffs is already clinched, a notable piece is back in the Chicago Cubs’ lineup. Star third baseman Alex Bregman is returning to the Cubs’ lineup for the first time since suffering a facial fracture, the team announced ahead of their game against the Boston Red Sox on Friday. He will serve as the Cubs’ designated hitter and bat third, with Matt Shaw occupying his everyday spot at third base. Bregman suffered the injury in Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds aft...