Boston Red Sox vs Chicago Cubs

Rescheduled from 9/26

Chicago CubsCubsCHC

89-73

Final

Boston Red SoxRed SoxBOS

87-75

Cubs
3
Red Sox
4

Game 1

9/25

Cubs
0
Red Sox
2

Game 2

9/25

Cubs
6
Red Sox
2

Game 3

9/27

Tropicana Field

3:05 PM, September 27, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 20,411

Game Time:2:43

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Emil Jimenez
First Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
Third Base Umpire - D.J. Reyburn

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Cubs' Matthew Boyd to start Game 1 against Padres

The Cubs will start LHP Matthew Boyd in Game 1 opposite Padres righty Michael King. Alex Bregman's availability on defense, meanwhile, remains up in the air.

Rangers SS Seager finished season with bone spur in elbow

A day after his club wrapped up its season, Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said Corey Seager, 32, who just finished the fifth season of a 10-year deal, played with a bone spur in his elbow during the schedule's second half.

Yankees and Red Sox, who produce some of baseball's most memorable melodrama, meet in playoffs again

— Yankees-Red Sox matchups have produced plenty of melodrama, with video clips of Bucky Dent, Pedro Martínez, Aaron Boone, Curt Schilling and Dave Roberts becoming a staple of videoboards and TV broadcasts.

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