Game 100: Red Sox at Cubs lineups and notes
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Lineups
RED SOX (53-46):
TBA
Pitching:
RHP Brayan Bello (6-3, 3.14 ERA)
CUBS (58-39):
TBA
Pitching:
LHP Shota Imanaga (6-3, 2.65 ERA)
Time:
7:15 p.m.
TV, radio:
Fox, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Imanaga:
Jarren Duran 0-3, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-2, Rob Refsnyder 0-2, Connor Wong 1-3
Cubs vs. Bello:
Jon Berti 0-2, Vidal Bruján 1-10, Ian Happ 0-3, Nico Hoerner 1-3, Carson Kelly 1-3, Seiya Suzuki 0-3, Kyle Tucker 1-5, Justin Turner 3-6
Stat of the day:
Boston's pitching staff has gone 11 straight games allowing four runs or fewer.
Notes:
Chicago's 516 runs and 143 homers each rank second in the NL, trailing only the Dodgers. ... Imanaga (6-3, 2.65 ERA) will look to prolong his stellar campaign for the Cubs on Saturday. A left hamstring strain placed the lefty on the injured list for nearly two months, but Imanaga has gone 3-1 with a 2.31 ERA in four starts since returning. ... Imanaga allowed just one run in seven innings in Chicago's first-half finale against the New York Yankees, a 4-1 Cubs' win. In his lone career start against the Red Sox, Imanaga surrendered just one run in 6 1/3 innings in a 7-1 win in April 2024. ... A winner in three consecutive starts, Bello is 3-0 with a 2.21 ERA in July. ... Last time out, Bello allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings in a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Bello has faced the Cubs once in his career, throwing six innings of three-run ball in an 8-3 win in July 2023.
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