Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox

· Rescheduled from 9/26

Chicago Cubs

89-73, 43-38 Away

Final
6 - 2

Boston Red Sox

87-75, 41-40 Home

Alex Bregman's huge day at the plate in relocated season finale powers Cubs to 6-2 win over Red Sox

Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox: Game Highlights

Chicago is the No. 5 seed in the National League playoffs and will play a best-of-three Wild Card Series at fourth-seeded San Diego beginning Tuesday night.

Boston is the No. 5 seed in the American League playoffs and will travel to New York to open its Wild Card Series the same night against the rival Yankees.

Major League Baseball moved the Cubs-Red Sox season finale to Florida because of a weekend nor’easter that was expected to batter the Boston area into Monday. Ahead of the storm, the Red Sox swept a doubleheader from the Cubs on Friday at Fenway Park.

Bregman went 0 for 4 with a strikeout at designated hitter in the opener — five days after sustaining facial fractures when he was struck in the face by a foul ball while standing in the on-deck circle.

The three-time All-Star third baseman, who played for Boston last year, was the DH again Sunday and fared much better at the plate in his final postseason tuneup. In addition to finishing a triple shy of the cycle, he drew a walk and scored three times.

With the NL MVP award virtually locked up, Pete Crow-Armstrong singled to open the game before Cubs manager Craig Counsell immediately removed him for pinch-runner Tyrone Taylor. Bregman launched the next pitch from Tanner Houck (0-1) into the left-field seats.

Adley Rutschman hit a solo homer off Chicago starter Shota Imanaga, who was lifted after one inning with postseason seeding already decided.

Braxton Garrett (1-1) pitched five strong innings in relief for his first win since May 29, 2024. Colin Rea earned his second save.

Played at the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, the game drew 20,411 fans who had less than 48 hours’ notice to purchase tickets.

Chicago finished 89-73, three games shy of its 92-70 mark in 2025.

Boston, which was 89-73 in 2025, ended the season 87-75. The Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora following a 10-17 start and replaced him with Chad Tracy.

Under Tracy, Boston became the first team to qualify for the postseason after dropping as many as 44 of its initial 75 games.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Durbin flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Sogard grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Eaton struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramirez singled to right, Shaw to second, Conforto thrown out at home.
	9th Inning	Shaw walked.
	9th Inning	Conforto doubled to right, Bregman scored.

Statistics

CHC		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
187	Pitches	112
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	8
43	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
8.2	Runs Created	1.5
.342	Batting Average	.167
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.579	Slugging Percentage	.267
.316	Secondary Average	.200
.395	On Base Percentage	.265
.974	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.531
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
49.0	Batter Rating	16.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.29
.237	Isolated Power	.100
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.033
12.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
99.3	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0