Fast-forward to Sunday night on ESPN, where Anderson led off the finale of the Cubs-Sox series with an opposite field home run on the first pitch. The blast ignited a five-run inning that including two more home runs by Eloy Jiménez and Andrew Vaughn in a sweep of the Cubs — and kicked off Sox Week on a grand note.
It’s our unofficial designation of the team’s first big moment in the national media spotlight since the start of the rebuild in 2016.
The Sox take on the Minnesota Twins tonight on ESPN, where center fielder Luis Robert returns to the lineup for the first time since his hip flexor injury in May.