The Boston Red Sox trounced the Chicago Cubs 15-5 in what might have been a historic Cubs’ return to Fenway Park.
Coming fresh off a win in Miami, the Chicago Cubs were somehow not able to pull it together as they commited four errors and walked six. In addition, the Red Sox’s Kevin Youkilis and Jarrod Saltalamacchia took two massive home runs off rookie reliever Scott Maine. In all, the Red Sox had a season-high 19 hits against the Chicago Cubs on Friday, of which Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits.
Other Cubs’ pitchers didn’t fare too well either. Starter Doug Davis (0-2) had eight hits and seven runs scored off him.
This was the Chicago Cubs’ first game in the historic Fenway Park in 93 years after the 1918 World Series. In that series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs in six games, with Babe Ruth as the winning pitcher for the Red Sox. And what ended up happening this Friday night was that the game dashed what might have been another memorable historic event—the winning of three consecutive games.
It was also revenge time for the Boston Red Sox, who lost two of three games to the Chicago Cubs the last time they met in Wrigley Field in 2005.
In the meantime, the Boston Red Sox have, with this game, won seven games in a row. Their first game ended in such a loss that it had their fans in panic.
