RED SOX POSTCAST: 3 Late Home Runs Support Crochet & Sox Avoid Being Swept in Chi-Town

The Red Sox (54-47) got 6 solid innings from Garrett Crochet and hit 3 Home Runs in coming from behind and beating the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, in the series finale at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Sox avoided being swept for the 4th time this season. It's the Red Sox 21st comeback win of the season. ----- Crochet Day: Garrett Crochet took the mound for the 14th time this season after a Red Sox loss in the game prior to his start. Crochet gave up 1 earned run over 6 innings of work and picked up his 11th win. Crochet walked 2 and struck out 5. He departed with a 2-1 lead. The Cubs leadoff man reached in 4 of the 6 innings against Crochet. The lefty got 14 swings & misses in his 6 innings. He was 19-for-26 on 1st-pitch strikes and got 7 groundball outs. ----- The Pen: Garrett Whitlock, Jordan Hicks and Jorge Alcala each worked a scoreless inning out of the pen. Aroldis Chapman did not appear in the series against the Cubs. ----- Sox at the Dish: The Sox finally broke thru in the 7th and took their 1st lead of the series on a 2-run Home Run from Wilyer Abreu. His 19th Home Run of the season gave the Red Sox a 2-1 lead. Alex Bregman came off the bench and hit a pinch-hit 3-run Home Run in the 8th Inning. It was Bregman's 12th Home Run of the season and just his 2nd from the 7th inning or later. Abreu followed with his 2nd of the game and that made it 6-1. It's Abreu's 5th career multi-homer game and 4th this season. Ceddanne Rafaela went 0-for-4 on Sunday, ending his career-best 12-game hit streak. ----- #'s of the DAY: It was Bregman's 2nd career pinch-hit Home Run. The Red Sox have gone 10 straight games without scoring in the 1st Inning. The Red Sox had 4 (1 Double & 3 Home Runs) extra-base hits in Sunday's comeback win and have 84 extra-base hits over the last 18 Games. The Sox are now 17-33 on the season when their opponent scores first. The Sox improved to 19-13 in the final game of a series. ----- What's On Tap?: The Red Sox move on to Philadelphia and begin a 3-game series vs. the Phillies Monday night at Citizens Bank Park. Walker Buehler and Zack Wheeler are the probable starting pitchers for the series opener. The Sox are expected to see lefty starters on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Red Sox began a stretch of playing 12 of their 1st 15 on the road out of the All-Star Break on Friday. ----- LOCKED ON RED SOX POSTCAST- Join us all season long as we go live within minutes of the last out with our latest Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST. We are part of the Locked On Red Sox YouTube Page. Locked On Red Sox - YouTube ----- On the X: We can continue the Red Sox and Baseball conversation on Social Media. Follow on the X (formerly known as the Twitter) Steve Lenox (@LenoxOnBaseball) / X . ----- Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Supply House Join the TradeMaster program today at SupplyHouse.com/TM and start ordering plumbing, HVAC, and electrical supplies with just a few clicks. Plus, use promo code S-H-5 for 5% off your first order . That’s SupplyHouse.com ! OpenPhone Streamline and scale your customer communications with OpenPhone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at www.openphone.com/lockedonmlb Gameday Hue Let your colors talk—because colors speak louder than words. Right now, you can get 15% off with code MLB15 at GamedayHue.com . Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONMLB at monarchmoney.com/lockedonmlb for 50% off your first year. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. FanDuel Right now, new customers can get ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER : 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.