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Brayan Bello allowed four hits over four innings and rookie
Jedixson Páez (1-1) gave up three hits in five innings with four
strikeouts in his first big league win.
Chicago dropped two games back of San Diego for the top NL wild
card. The Padres hosted Arizona later Friday.
Javier Assad (6-2) was the loser. Chicago starter David Petersen
allowed three hits over five innings and struck out six.
In the first game, Connor Wong hit a tiebreaking double in the
seventh inning, to help the Red Sox rally from a three-run
deficit in a 4-3 win that clinched the No. 5 seed in the AL
playoffs.
Boston will play its Wild Card Series for the second year in a
row at the New York Yankees, who won last season’s best-of-three
matchup 2-1. It will be the seventh Red Sox-Yankees postseason
series.
Friday’s opener was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon
but was moved up because a significant storm was forecast. The
series finale, which had been slated for Saturday night, will
now be played on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Neither team had announced Sunday pitching plans.
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