Game 101: Red Sox at Cubs lists and notes for the series finals

The first pitch is a preview here at 2:20 p.m.

Red Sox (53-47): Duran CF, Anthony LF, Rafaela 2b, Yoshida DH, Story SS, ABREU RF, Narváez C, Mayer 3b, Gonzalez 1b

Pitching: LHP Garrett crochet (10-4, 2.23 era)

Cubs (59-39): Hoerner 2b, Tucker RF, Suzuki DH, Kelly C, Crow Armstrong CF, Swanson SS, Happ LF, Turner 1b, Shaw 3b

Pitching: RHP Cade Horton (3-3, 4.45 ERA)

Time: 2.20 p.m.

TV, radio: NESN, Weei-FM 93.7

Red Sox against Horton: Has not exposed Boston battery

Cubs against crocheting: Vidal Bruján 1-1, Pete Crow-Armstrong 1-1, Ian Happ 3-4, Nico Hoerner 1-2, Reese McGuire 0-1, Seiya Suzuki 1-2, Dansby Swanson 1-2, Justin Turner 1-3

Status of the day: Crochet only approved two runs in 14 innings in July.

Notes: Boston has only gathered two additional hits in 18 Innings in 18 Innings. “We obviously didn't do enough to get traffic. We just didn't do well enough work,” said Boston, third Baseman Alex Bregman, who is 1 for 8 in series 1. … Crochet fought the Cubs in his career and set up a 0-1 record with an ERA of 12.79 in four career (three starts). … the Cubs only approved four runs on the four-game route and exceeded the Red Sox 10-1 through the first two competitions in the series. … five different Chicago battery worked on Saturday a solo homerun. … Horton, a rookie, will compete against the Red Sox for the first time in his young Big League career.

Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.