Nor’easter Prompts Cubs-Red Sox Schedule Changes

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The Red Sox and Cubs moved the final weekend of their regular seasons forward with a Friday doubleheader at Fenway Park to avoid a powerful nor’easter threatening Boston; the second game was moved 30 minutes earlier, to 5:35 p.m. ET. Saturday’s finale remains uncertain, with the teams discussing alternate venues, including Tropicana Field, if weather prevents play in Boston. Both clubs have clinched playoff spots, but Chicago is competing with San Diego and Philadelphia for National League wild-card seeding and a home series, while Boston needs a win or a Cleveland loss to secure the second American League wild card. Boston enters the postseason amid an offensive slump, and Cubs manager Craig Counsell said the shifting schedule complicates his postseason pitching plans.

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