Cubs vs Red Sox

Final · Fri Sep 25 · 1:05 PM ET · Fenway Park

Chicago CubsCubs88-72

FinalSep 25, 2026

Boston Red SoxRed Sox86-74

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Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch

Moneyline

CHC−123

BOS+102

Run line

CHC −1.5+141

BOS +1.5−171

Total O/U

Over 6.5−110

Under 6.5−110

Run line: Red Sox +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 6.5 (7 runs).

Recap

The Boston Red Sox edged the Chicago Cubs 4-3 at Fenway Park in Boston on Sep 25, 2026 to move to 86-74.

The Red Sox came back from 3 runs down, trailing 3-0 in the Top 2.

Score by inning

Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, score by inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CHC	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
BOS	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	x	4

W: Weissert (4-2) · L: Civale (6-8) · S: Burgos (0-0)

Scoring plays

Top 1

CHCDoubleTaylor doubled to left, Suzuki scored.1-0

Top 2

CHCDoubleAmaya doubled to left, Swanson scored and Busch scored.3-0

Bottom 3

BOSFielder's choiceAbreu grounded into fielder's choice to second, Anthony scored on throwing error by shortstop Swanson, Rutschman out at second.3-1

Bottom 5

BOSSingleRutschman singled to left, Kiner-Falefa scored and Anthony scored.3-3

Bottom 7

BOSDoubleWong doubled to left, Anthony scored.3-4

Team stats

CHCBOS

Hits: 7; 9
Home Runs: 0; 0
Runs Batted In: 3; 3
Walks: 4; 4
Strikeouts: 6; 4
Runners Left On Base: 19; 19
Errors: 1; 0

Player stats

Cubs · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	1-4	4	0	1	0	1	1	37	.280	.374	.573
Seiya Suzuki RF	0-4	4	1	0	0	1	2	23	.268	.365	.472
Alex Bregman DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.260	.350	.449
Tyrone Taylor LF	1-3	3	0	1	1	0	0	9	.274	.322	.502
Ian Happ LF	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.222	.331	.419
Nico Hoerner 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	.262	.316	.350
Matt Shaw 3B	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	15	.238	.326	.417
Michael Busch 1B	2-3	3	1	2	0	1	0	18	.241	.353	.395
Dansby Swanson SS	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	10	.214	.297	.400
Miguel Amaya C	1-3	3	0	1	2	0	1	16	.232	.337	.370

Cubs · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Clay Holmes P	4.1	5	3	2	3	3	78-50	3.29	78
Caleb Thielbar P	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	13-9	4.86	13
Aaron Civale P	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	38-26	4.20	38

Red Sox · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Roman Anthony LF	3-3	3	3	3	0	1	0	15	.246	.339	.401
Mickey Gasper C	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	3	19	.251	.357	.466
Connor Wong C	1-1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	.238	.313	.354
Adley Rutschman DH	2-4	4	0	2	2	0	0	9	.240	.312	.417
Wilyer Abreu RF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	.249	.328	.447
Caleb Durbin 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.248	.333	.379
Nick Sogard 2B	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	1	20	.254	.341	.388
Jarren Duran CF	1-2	2	0	1	0	2	0	14	.209	.268	.364
Andruw Monasterio 1B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.238	.300	.378
Isiah Kiner-Falefa SS	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	14	.238	.311	.306

Red Sox · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Alec Gamboa P	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	40-29	1.91	40
Jake Bennett P	3.2	3	0	0	1	1	65-43	3.65	65
Greg Weissert P	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	22-11	3.26	22
Raymond Burgos P	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	33-25	4.22	33

Game info

VenueFenway Park, Boston, MA

Attendance33,506

OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: Doug Eddings · First Base Umpire: Brock Ballou · Second Base Umpire: Emil Jimenez · Third Base Umpire: Mike Muchlinski

TVMarquee Sports Net · local

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