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CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 DIVISION CHAMPIONS (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES CUBS 7, RED SOX 4 Saturday, April 29, 2017 • , Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Chicago 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 7 10 0 RED SOX Boston 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 4 # (Strikes) Win: Lackey (2-3) Loss: Wright (1-3) Save: Davis (6) Steven Wright 100 (70) Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 36,776 (6th sellout) Weather: 83°, wind W at 20 mph Robby Scott 3 (3) Ben Taylor 41 (25) Cubs HR: Rizzo (6; 401 ft), Montero (2; 415 ft), Zobrist (3; 382 ft) Fernando Abad 13 (8) Red Sox HR: Ramirez (2; 469 ft), Benintendi (3; 423 ft) CUBS RED SOX NOTES (12-11) # (Strikes) John Lackey 93 (67) THE RED SOX suffered their fi rst loss of the season when leading after 6 innings (6-1), snapping a streak of 9 consecutive wins 11 (8) in Interleague games at Fenway...Was just their 4th loss in their last 25 day games at Fenway Park...Fell to 6-4 when scoring fi rst. Hector Rondon 13 (7) Wade Davis 18 (13) Committed 4 errors, tying last year’s season high (7/2/16 vs. LAA). HANLEY RAMIREZ (1-for-4, R, HR, RBI) hit a 469-foot solo HR over the Green Monster in the 3rd, topping ’s 449-foot blast yesterday for the longest at Fenway Park this season...11 of his last 21 HR have come with 2 outs...Has 17 HR and 48 RBI in his last 42 regular-season games at home (.333/.409/.699). Has 12 HR in 58 career games vs. the Cubs, including 9 in his last 31 games against the club (.360/45-for-125, 27 RBI). Has hit safely in his last 5 games, and 12 of his 13 home games so far this year (.327/16-for-49). (1-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, SF) homered for his 2nd straight game, his fi rst career pair of consecutive games with a HR...All of his 21 career XBH, and 48 of his 59 hits overall, have come vs. RHP (.938 OPS)...Also recorded his 3rd career sac fl y (last 4/12 vs. BAL)...Was his 3rd multi-RBI game of the year, all at Fenway. Has 3 HR in 2017, all vs. NL clubs...His 3 Interleague HR are already 3rd-most by a Sox rookie...Has hit in his last 7 such games (.370/10-for-27, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI). Has reached in 19 of 22 games...His 13 RBI are tied with in 1975 for the 2nd-most by a Sox rookie in April since 1913 (, 16 in 1997). (3-for-4) recorded a season-high 3 hits, his 4th straight multi-hit game vs. CHC (.647/11-for-17)...In 11 career games vs. CHC, has hit .362 (17-for- 47), including a .455 mark (15-for-33) in 8 home games...His .3398 career Interleague AVG (229-for-674) is the highest of all time (min. 500 AB, 2nd: Piazza, .3395). (1-for-4, R, 3B) led off the 3rd inning with his 6th career triple (last 9/30/16 vs. TOR), the 3rd by a Red Sox hitter this season (last Christian Vázquez, 4/11 vs. TB)...Is 20 for his last 59 (.339), having hit in 13 of his last 15 games with an AB...Was his ML-leading 179th hit in a 2-strike count since the start of 2015. MARCO HERNANDEZ (1-for-3, 2B) hit a 2-out in the 4th inning, his 2nd 2B of the year (also 4/13 vs. PIT) and the 3rd of his career...Has hit in 6 of his last 7 games (.364/8-for-22)...In 6 career Interleague games, is 6-for-14 (.429) with 3 2B. JACKIE BRADLEY JR. (1-for-4, RBI) recorded an opposite-fi eld RBI single in the 2nd...Was his 2nd straight game with an RBI single in his 1st AB...3 of his 6 RBI this season have given the club a lead.

CUBS NOTES (13-10) THE CUBS scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th en route to their 7th come-from-behind victory of 2017, snapping a 2-game skid...Won their 5th game (5-6) when trailing after 6...Improved to 5-3 on the current road trip and 9-5 away from Wrigley Field this year...Are 7-3 in their last 10 games and 5-3 on the current road trip. Hit 3 HR today (Rizzo, Montero, Zobrist) and have hit multiple HR in each of their last 3 games at Fenway Park...Are the 3rd NL opponent with 2+ HR in 3 consecutive games at Fenway Park since Interleague play began in 1997 (STL, 3 G from 6/12/03-6/21/08 & ATL, 3 G from 8/29-31/97). The Cubs’ bullpen tossed 3.0 scoreless frames to fi nish the game, extending their current scoreless streak to 16.0 innings from 4/23 at CIN. ANTHONY RIZZO (1-for-5 R, HR, 2 RBI) hit a 2- HR in the 4th, his 6th of the season and 5th of the road trip...Has driven in 14 runs through 8 games of the Cubs’ road trip...His 15 RBI rank 2nd on the club (Heyward-16). Was his 6th multi-RBI contest of 2017...His 15 career multi-RBI contests in Interleague play trail only Sammy Sosa (25) for the most such games ever by a Cub. His 39 career XBH in Interleague play are tied with Aramis Ramirez for the 3rd-most ever by a Cub in Interleague play (Sosa-61, Soriano-48). KRIS BRYANT (2-for-4, 2 R, BB, 2 2B) recorded his 10th career multi-2B game and 2nd this season (last 4/8 at MIL)...Is 13-for-32 (.406) with 9 R, 5 2B, HR, and 4 RBI on the current road trip and has hit .345 (20-for-58) with 12 R, 7 2B, HR, and 7 RBI on the road this year...Has scored 11 runs in his last 9 games. Extended his season-high to 10 games (.390 AVG), his 6th career hitting streak of 10+ games (last career-high-tying 14 G from 8/18-9/1/16). MIGUEL MONTERO (2-for-4, R, HR, RBI) launched a game-tying solo HR to lead off the 7th inning, his 2nd long ball of the season...Was his 6th career game-tying HR in the 7th inning or later (last 6/12/14 at HOU with ARI)...Has 13 hits in his last 22 AB (.591) over a 7-game hitting streak, his longest since 8/5-14/14 (also 7 G). KYLE SCHWARBER (1-for-5, R, RBI) gave CHC a 5-4 lead with an RBI single in the 7th...Was his 4th career go-ahead RBI in the 7th inning or later (last 4/6 at STL). WADE DAVIS (1.0 IP, H, 3 SO) pitched a scoreless 9th to pick up his 6th save in as many opportunities this season...Has converted 12 straight save chances since September 2016 with KC...Struck out the side for the 2nd time in 2017 (also 4/15 vs. PIT), passing 700 career SO (701)...Extended his scoreless streak to 17.1 innings. BEN ZOBRIST (1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI) hit a solo HR in the 9th, his 3rd of the year...Recorded his fi rst multi-RBI contest of the season...Has driven in a run in consecutive contests for the 2nd time this season (last, 2 games from 4/7-8 at MIL). JOHN LACKEY (6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, BB, 4 SO, 2 HR) has tossed 6.0+ IP in each of his 5 starts this year, his 2nd-longest streak to begin a season (10 GS in 2008 with LAA).