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Game #1 - Exhibition Game

Boston Red Sox @ Chicago Cubs
Pitching Matchup – Chris Sale vs Marcus Stroman

The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st when Dansby Swanson walked, stole second base and scored on a bloop RBI single along the RF line by Ian Happ. Boston responded in the top of the 2nd on a RBI single into CF by Reese McGuire tying the game at 1-1. Chris Sale and Marcus Stroman both settled in nicely and Sale had 6 Ks through 5 innings as we would head to the 6th inning with the score tied 1-1. The Cubs would take the lead with some two out magic in the bottom of the 6th as Nico Hoerner drew a 1 out walk and came around to score all the way from first base when Ian Happ lined a ball towards the gap in right-center for a big 2 out RBI double that snapped the tie and gave Chicago a 2-1 lead. Trey Mancini followed with a sinking liner to LF that dropped just in front of the diving attempt by Masataka Yoshida for a RBI single making it 3-1. Seya Suzuki was up next and made it 4-1 with a RBI double into the RF corner. Boston put two men on against Keegan Thompson with 2 outs in the top of the 7th for Kike Hernandez but Thompson would escape as Hernandez grounded to Swanson at SS who flipped to second base to end the threat. Brad Boxberger pitched a scoreless top of the 8th for the Cubs and the first two men reached base for Chicago in the bottom of the 8th before John Schreiber recorded back to back Ks of Mancini and Suzuki and Joely Rodriguez came on to retire Bellinger to end the 8th inning and send the game to the 9th inning with the Cubs leading 4-1. Brandon Hughes came on to pitch the top of the 9th for Chicago and retired Verdugo, Casas and Duvall in order to record the save as the Red Sox fall to the Cubs 4-1

Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs
Mar 24, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (N/A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Chicago (N/A)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	4	7	0
W: Marcus Stroman L: Chris Sale

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	CHC
CHC	1	Ian Happ singled to RF (Swanson scores)	0	1
BOS	2	Reese McGuire singled to CF (Verdugo scores)	1	1
CHC	6	Ian Happ doubled to CF (Hoerner scores)	1	2
CHC	6	Trey Mancini singled to LF (Happ scores)	1	3
CHC	6	Seya Suzuki doubled to RF (Mancini scores)	1	4

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hernandez, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devers, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Turner, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshida, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Verdugo, RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
Casas, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
Duvall, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
McGuire, C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0
Arroyo, 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS	32	1	6	1	1	7	0
BATTING: 2B: Arroyo RBI: McGuire HBP: Casas GIDP: Turner

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hoerner, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	2	0
Swanson, SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Happ, LF	3	1	2	2	1	0	0
Mancini, DH	4	1	1	1	0	2	0
Suzuki, RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	0
Bellinger, CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
Wisdom, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hosmer, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Barnhart, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS	30	4	7	4	3	10	0
BATTING: 2B: Happ, Suzuki RBI: Happ 2, Suzuki, Mancini GIDP: Mancini
BASERUNNING: SB: Swanson

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chris Sale (L)	6.0	5	4	4	2	7	0
John Schreiber	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0
Joely Rodriguez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	7	4	4	3	10	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Sale - 82 Pitches (67% Strikes)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Marcus Stroman (W)	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	0
Keegan Thompson (H)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Brad Boxberger (H)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Hughes (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	1	1	1	7	0
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Stroman - 88 Pitches (68% Strikes)