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Rookie Christopher Morel won three straight wins, three runs and six innings, and four Chicago reliefs who visited the Chicago Red Sox without a goal, and the Cubs overcame an early hole in four runs to win. Friday 6-5.
4-0 down, the Cubs scored three times in the fifth. After that, he dragged 5-3 in the 6th inning, and Morrell (3 RBIs) hit the ball into the left fielder with 2 RBIs and 1 RBI. Chicago went ahead when Willson Contreras loaded the base and scored in Jake Diekman's wild pitch.
Meanwhile, rescuers Brandon Hughes (1-0), Scott Efros, Chris Martin and David Robertson (10 saves) are 32/3 against strong players. Chicago did not allow more runs than innings Boston's attack to achieve three and six consecutive victories in nine games. Ian Happ has added three hits to the Cubs, which improved to 3-9 in the Interleague.
Boston's Jarren Duran hit a home run on the first pitch of the game, scoring two RBIs. Jackie Bradley Jr. recorded a 0-26 slump in his second three-run double. However, the Red Sox, who played 20-6 in June, couldn't maintain their early cushions as the attack was quieter and the season's best 10 steps were allowed.
Chicago managed one double of Happs up to the first four against 42-year-old Rich Hill. However, the former Cub scored mainly on Nelson Velazquez's triple, P.J. Opened the 5th on a walk to Higgins. The Cubs scored within 4-2 via Morrell's RBI in the second half of the frame.
Hill, who appears to have had a knee injury in the fifth inning, did not finish the inning after loading the base with two outs. Hill was charged with a third run (with four walks and three hits) after relief pitcher Tyler Danish gave Rafael Ortega a baseload walk.
However, Durand added an RBI single in the sixth inning and was charged to Cubs starter Adrian Sampson.
Hansel Robles (1-3) lost to Boston. Boston entered Wrigley Field for the first time since 2012, losing three out of four.
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