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The Cubs were able to cool off baseball’s hottest team Friday.
Will they be able to stand the heat lurking behind them in their own division?
The second half started with a win for the North Siders, who halted the visiting Red Sox’ 10-game winning streak. After the first two Cubs hitters of the game walked, designated hitter Seiya Suzuki smacked his team-leading 26th homer of the season, plenty to power a 4-1 victory.
But the streakers of greatest concern figure to be the division-rival Brewers, who sat just a game back of the Cubs in the NL Central standings entering play Friday.