Seiya Suzuki homers as the Chicago Cubs cool off the Boston Red Sox with a 4-1 win – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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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 Pink Sox on Friday.

Colin Rea pitched 5 efficient innings for Chicago within the majors’ first recreation after the All-Star break. Working round a season-high 4 walks, the right-hander allowed one run and 4 hits in his fourth consecutive win.

Boston had received 12 of 13 to surge into competition within the rugged AL East. However Lucas Giolito obtained off to shaky begin and the Pink Sox left eight runners on base within the opener of a difficult six-game journey.

Pitching for the primary time since July 9, Giolito (6-2) walked his first two batters of the sport. Suzuki then drove a four-seam fastball deep to middle for his twenty sixth homer, delighting the gang of 41,011 on a picturesque afternoon at Wrigley Discipline.

Nico Hoerner tacked on an RBI single for the NL Central leaders within the sixth.

Giolito was charged with 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first loss since Could 6. The appropriate-hander went 5-0 with a glowing 0.70 ERA in his earlier six begins.

Boston scored its solely run on Roman Anthony’s two-out RBI double within the third. Anthony’s hit put runners on second and third, however Rea (8-3) escaped the jam by placing out Carlos Narváez.

Brad Keller pitched an ideal eighth for Chicago earlier than Daniel Palencia dealt with the ninth for his thirteenth save in 14 alternatives.

Key second

Boston had an opportunity to rally within the fifth, however Abraham Toro dedicated a expensive mistake. With two runners on and no outs, Toro was doubled off second on Alex Bregman’s liner to middle.