CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs stopped Boston’s 10-game win streak with a 4-1 victory over the Red Sox on Friday.Colin Rea pitched five effective innings for Chicago in the majors’ first game after the All-Star break. Working around a season-high four walks, the right-hander allowed one run and four hits in his fourth consecutive win.Boston had won 12 of 13 to surge into contention in the rugged AL East. But Lucas Giolito got off to shaky start and the Red Sox left eight runners on base in the opener of a challenging…
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It’s very hard not to overreact to today’s game. The Red Sox were the hottest team in baseball going into the All-Star break, and were relatively toothless in their first game back. I’m not actually worried that the break fundamentally changed the team, but winning the first game back would have done a lot to comfort us fans. The first inning was all you needed to see in this one. Lucas Giolito walked the first two hitters, and Seiya Suzuki made him pay with a three-run home run. Outside of the first inning, Giolito was solid. He battled through 5.1…
Lucas Giolito couldn’t keep the good times rolling to start the second half. The Boston Red Sox snapped their 10-game winning streak with a 4-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon. Giolito, who allowed three earned runs in his previous six starts combined, surrendered four runs at Wrigley Field. During his post-game press conference, via NESN on X, Giolito told reporters he was “definitely not proud” of his performance. Giolito stumbled at the onset, walking the first two batters before relinquishing a three-run homer to Seiya Suzuki. He needed 30 pitches to escape the first inning. “It’s a…
The Red Sox win streak was always going to end at some point, but the club no doubt would have preferred a better showing in its first game out of the All-Star break. Playing for the first time since Sunday, the Red Sox saw their 10-game winning streak snapped after losing 4-1 to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon. Boston fell behind almost immediately after Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, and the Red Sox shot themselves in the foot with several missed opportunities with runners in scoring position,…
By BETH HARRIS LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles won as best male and female athletes at the ESPYS on Wednesday night. Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA championship last month while piling up hardware as league MVP and scoring champion. “It’s a dream come true and for dreams to come true it takes a village,” he said, thanking his wife, parents, brother and others. “Those names probably don’t mean much but to me they mean everything.” Biles, an 11-time Olympic medalist, claimed the night’s first award, best…
A 10-game winning streak has Red Sox fans energized about the second half of the season. Herald beat writers Mac Cerullo and Gabrielle Starr break down the team’s chances to secure a playoff spot. Starr: The 53-45 Red Sox return from the All-Star break today having finished the first half in peak form: a 10-game winning streak, their longest since 2018, and back-to-back-to-back sweeps of the Nationals, Rockies, and Rays (four games). In the final week before the break, they won multiple one-run games, something they struggled to do for most of the spring, and Brayan Bello and Garrett Crochet…
Veteran goaltender Jaroslav Halak officially announced his retirement from professional hockey on Friday. The goaltender played 17 seasons in the NHL, playing three seasons with the Bruins. “I’m done,” Halak said in a recent interview with Tomáš Prokop of Denník Šport, translated through Google Translate. “I’ll never wear the pads again.” He originally signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract in Boston in 2018 as a backup to star goaltender Tuukka Rask. As a backup, Halak was reliable for the Bruins, proving to be solid when they needed him. In 90 games across three seasons in Boston, the 40-year-old posted a 49-23-14 record, a…
What to KnowCeltics improve to 3-1 in Summer League with 87-78 victory.Celtics first-rounder Hugo Gonzalez notched 13 points and five rebounds.C’s third-year forward Jordan Walsh tallied team-high 17 points.Kenneth Lofton Jr. racked up 12 points, seven rebounds, and five assists for Boston.Bronny James finished with a team-high 18 points for L.A. The Boston Celtics improved to 3-1 in Summer League with an 87-78 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. Jordan Walsh and Hugo Gonzalez led the way for the C’s with 17 and 13 points, respectively. Kenneth Lofton Jr. also had a nice all-around game for Boston…
Boston Red Sox (53-45, third in the AL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (57-39, first in the NL Central)Chicago; Friday, 2:20 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Lucas Giolito (6-1, 3.36 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 64 strikeouts); Cubs: Colin Rea (7-3, 3.91 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 65 strikeouts)BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -138, Red Sox +116; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox aim to keep their 10-game win streak going when they visit the Chicago Cubs.Chicago is 30-16 in home games and 57-39 overall. The Cubs have a 41-8 record in games when they scored at least five runs.Boston has gone 21-25…
Just before the All-Star break, the Red Sox joined Major League Baseball’s exclusive 10,000 wins club. Only four other clubs beat Boston to the punch since the Modern Era began in 1901: the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, New York/San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. It’s a great achievement, to be sure, but it’s difficult to truly grasp the enormity. After all, the inaugural Red Sox game on April 26, 1901 was the first of 19,316 regular-season contests in a franchise history that spans 125 seasons. In that time, 22 men have served as president of the United…