#Red sox cubs score series

'Playing here in Wrigley I think our outfielders got a chance Varitek's throwing error allowed another run to score and Aramis Off Bronson Arroyo (4-3), using five hits, including Michaelīarrett's two-run double off Johnny Damon's glove in center. And the Cubs added four more runs in the third Maddux said of his fifth career homer and first in six years.īurnitz added a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 11-2.īurnitz hit a solo homer, and Todd Hollandsworth had a two-run 'I hit it high enough for the wind to blow it far enough,' The 39-year-old Maddux connected off reliever John Halama in the I loved when Maddux got his curtain callĪnd after he was done. Jeromy Burnitz hit two of the Cubs' homers.

#Red sox cubs score series

'Other than the Cardinals series rarely do you see as 'It had sort of a playoff atmosphere,' Cubs manager Dustyīaker said. Red-clad Red Sox fans, withstood a sweltering 89-degree day of high Ortiz also homered in the ninth for Boston.Īn electric crowd of 39,215, including a noisy contingent of Three runs in 6 2-3 innings, including David Ortiz's sixth-inning 'They're the best team in baseball until somebody beats themĪnd nobody's done it yet. So you are lucky enough to pitch in Fenway and face them,' said

'The Red Sox were our rival in Atlanta for a couple of years, Homers - to rout the World Series champions 14-6 Friday in Red Today,' Maddux said after the Cubs erupted for 20 hits - four Two teams and I think that's what made it a little bit special There's not a lot of history between these His no-big-deal shoulder shrugs, was soaking it up. Since the 1918 World Series, and there was an electricity all day.Įveryone could feel it. It was the Cubs meeting the Red Sox for the first time CHICAGO (AP) - Greg Maddux got shoved out of the dugout for aĬurtain call after a rare home run, a strange sight for sure atīut this was not like any other regular-season game, even though