Wrigley Whiplash: Cubs Get Abreu’d, Bregman’d, and Bamboozled

Yesterday at Wrigley Field, the Red Sox finally remembered that baseball games are won by scoring runs—preferably more than one.

After sleepwalking through the first two games of the series like they were auditioning for a documentary on offensive futility, Boston erupted for six runs in the final three innings to beat the Cubs 6–1 and avoid a sweep. It was a performance that felt like a caffeinated slap in the face to anyone who watched Friday and Saturday’s debacles.

Let’s disse…