The Cubs have sewn up this series with a pair of convincing wins over the Red Sox, but they’re going to need to crochet if they want to earn a sweep. A feat that would be difficult under any circumstances becomes even more so as they face their second former White Sox starter in three days. This will be a short one because we’ve reached the penultimate weekend of travel baseball and should be playing at least two games across the morning and afternoon.
Cade Horton is on the bump for the Cubs as his maturation process continues.