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The Cubs and White Sox met for the second game of their series at a windswept Wrigley Field Saturday afternoon. The home team took control early and went on to win and grab another series victory.<\/p>\n
The Pale Hose took an immediate lead when Chase Meidroth<\/a> hit a solo home run off of Matt Boyd<\/a> on the second pitch of the game. The North Siders broke out in the 2nd against Sean Burke<\/a>, putting up four runs to move ahead for good. Miguel Amaya<\/a> and Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a> each drove home a pair with singles to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n Miguel Vargas<\/a> hit a sacrifice fly in the 3rd inning to cut the White Sox deficit to 4-2. Tim Elko<\/a> took Boyd very deep center field for a home run in the 5th and the margin was just 4-3.<\/p>\n Dansby Swanson<\/a> responded in the bottom of the frame with his own solo shot to make it 5-3. Later in the inning, Vidal Bruj\u00e1n<\/a> lifted a high fly ball that right fielder Joshua Palacios<\/a> lost in the sun, allowing it to drop for an RBI double that gave the Cubs a 6-3 advantage.<\/p>\n Nico Hoerner<\/a> added another insurance run with an RBI single in the bottom of the 8th. The North Siders\u2019 bullpen handled the final three innings easily to seal the 7-3 victory. (Box score<\/a>)<\/p>\n Key Moment<\/p>\n The Cubs manufactured all of their runs in the big 2nd inning rally without a home run, which will be helpful on days when the wind isn\u2019t blowing out like on Saturday.<\/p>\n Why the Cubs Won<\/p>\n They got a quality start and the bullpen did some nice work yet again. The offense came through with runners in scoring position to earn the win.<\/p>\n Stats That Matter<\/p>\n Boyd makes solid starts every time out: 6 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 8 K, 0 BB.Swanson is absolutely cooking right now and got on base four times.Amaya continues to get clutch hits and do an excellent job behind the plate.<\/p>\n Bottom Line<\/p>\n The Cubs continue winning series against bad competition, now the next frontier is actually finishing off a sweep. The catching position has taken a massive leap forward in 2025 and that has made a huge difference. Boyd has been a vital part of the rotation with the injuries so far this season.<\/p>\n On Deck<\/p>\n The North Siders make another attempt at a sweep Sunday at 1:20pm CT. Colin Rea<\/a> faces off against Jonathan Cannon<\/a> in a game broadcast on Marquee with radio coverage on 670 The Score.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cubs and White Sox met for the second game of their series at a windswept Wrigley Field…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,733,2000,728,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-34826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-dansby-swanson","14":"tag-matthew-boyd","15":"tag-miguel-amaya","16":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114525481656395961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}