Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM EDT

MLB

Chicago Cubs @ Boston Red Sox

CHC @ BOS

CHC6

BOS2

Final

Moneyline

CHC

52%

48%

BOS

-120+100

Total (O/U)

7.5

BetMGM

Venue

Park Factor

1.08

Hitter-friendly

Away Starter

Team:Chicago Cubs (CHC)

Pitcher:Shota Imanaga(RHP)

Record:11-10

ERA:3.77

Home Starter

Team:Boston Red Sox (BOS)

Pitcher:Tanner Houck(RHP)

Record:0-1

ERA:9.00

Betting Insights

Key takeaways for this matchup

Pitching matchup: Shota Imanaga (3.77 ERA) vs Tanner Houck (9.00 ERA).

Player Props

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Box Score

Final game statistics

Chicago Cubs (CHC)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tyrone TaylorCF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0
Alex BregmanDH	4	3	4	4	1	0	2
Michael Busch1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabriel Arias1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ian HappLF	5	0	0	0	0	3	0
Michael ConfortoRF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nico Hoerner2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Shaw3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Pedro Ramírez2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
Dansby SwansonSS	3	0	0	0	1	2	0
Miguel AmayaC	4	1	2	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Braxton Garrett	5.0	4	1	1	3	2	70
Shota Imanaga	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	12
Jacob Webb	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10
Colin Rea	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	20

Boston Red Sox (BOS)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
Roman AnthonyLF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jarren DuranLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adley RutschmanC	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Connor WongC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willson ContrerasDH	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jahmai JonesDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilyer AbreuRF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ceddanne RafaelaCF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Nate EatonCF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Nick Sogard2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Caleb Durbin3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Trevor StorySS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andruw Monasterio1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Patrick Sandoval	4.2	7	3	3	1	5	98
Wyatt Olds	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	22
Jovani Morán	0.2	2	0	0	1	1	17
Tanner Houck	3.0	4	3	3	0	1	50

Pitcher Matchup Analysis

Platoon splits, recent form, and times through the order

Shota Imanaga (CHC)

2026 season

vs BOS

ERA

9.00

1.0

W-L

0-0

WHIP

1.00

AVG

.250

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	3.77	1.10	9.0	1.9	.233	174.1
Home	3.90	1.13	8.9	2.0	.238	110.2
Away	3.53	1.06	9.3	1.9	.225	63.2
Last 7 Days	3.00	0.83	15.0	0.0	.227	6.0
Last 30 Days	3.72	0.97	9.3	0.9	.227	29.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.229	.293	.457	.750	175	50
vs RHB	.235	.276	.423	.699	485	124

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.211	.254	.395	.649	266	83
2nd Time	.224	.269	.359	.628	259	72
3rd Time	.299	.356	.649	1.005	134	18

Tanner Houck (BOS)

2026 season

vs CHC

ERA

9.00

3.0

W-L

0-1

WHIP

1.33

AVG

.308

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	AVG	IP
Overall	9.00	1.33	3.0	.308	3.0
Home	9.00	1.33	3.0	.308	3.0
Last 7 Days	9.00	1.33	3.0	.308	3.0
Last 30 Days	9.00	1.33	3.0	.308	3.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.286	.286	.286	.571	7	0
vs RHB	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	6	1

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.300	.300	.600	.900	10	1
2nd Time	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	3	0
3rd Time	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

Last 5 Games

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Season Series

This Series (3 games)

BOS wins series 2-1

Weather

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Recent Odds

Latest betting lines from various books

Moneyline

Book	Away	Home	Time
BetMGM	-120	+100	12:20 PM
Caesars	-123	+106	12:20 PM
Bovada	-127	+106	12:20 PM
DraftKings	-123	+103	12:20 PM
BetRivers	-125	+105	12:20 PM

Totals

Book	Total	Over	Under	Time
BetMGM	7.5	-110	-110	12:20 PM
Caesars	7.5	-110	-108	12:20 PM
Bovada	7.5	-110	-110	12:20 PM
DraftKings	7.5	-105	-114	12:20 PM
BetRivers	7.5	-104	-118	12:20 PM