The Cubs have now won four of their last six following a weekend series win over the Red Sox. Chicago was denied a sweep of Boston yesterday as the Sox salvaged the series with a 6-1 win at Wrigley. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dansby Swanson each collected a couple of hits in the loss. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

Bubic (8-6) allowed three hits and a walk over five scoreless innings Sunday, striking out two and earning a win over the Marlins.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/red-sox as Red Sox Linked To Royals All-Star Starting Pitcher In Potential Game-Changer. As Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow emphasizes the need for "impact" starting pitchers, it's worth noting that those pitchers are in extremely short supply.

The Kansas City Royals won their first game following the All-Star break to salvage the series against the Miami Marlins with a 7-4 victory, on Sunday. Pitching and hitting, both, came together for skipper Matt Quatraro in the series finale win,

"From what I was the first couple years I was here to what I am now," Bubic says, "... I don't consider myself the same person or same pitcher as I was then."

At the end of the 2022 season, Kris Bubic was searching for answers. Bubic’s ERA ballooned to 5.58 that season on a 97-loss team. As the Royals went through organizational changes, Bubic knew he had to change,

Kris Bubic pitched five shutout innings, Salvador Perez homered and doubled and Kansas City beat to avoid a three-game sweep and end the Marlins' winning streak at four.

Now that the All-Star game is over, the second half of the regular season will begin on Friday, with playoff pushes intensifying. The Trade Deadline is also looming at the end of this month, which will reset the landscape for the league ahead of the postseason.