BOSTON — The Chicago Cubs’ offense has disappeared at the worst possible time. Over their last five games, the Cubs have scored a total of nine runs, maxing out at three in one game — Friday’s 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a doubleheader at Fenway Park.

Both Chicago baseball teams locked up playoff berths Thursday, but the Cubs and White Sox still don’t know whom or where they’ll play when the postseason begins next week.

The Chicago Cubs (72-53) and Chicago White Sox (65-58) meet for another round of the Crosstown Classic or Windy City Showdown, whatever you call, it’s a meeting the city of Chicago looks forward to. The White Sox went 2-1 versus the Cubs in the first half of the season. The White Sox outscored the Cubs, 22-21.

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In the recent series between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers, the teams have shown distinctly different forms. The Cubs decisively won the initial game, but the Brewers, maintaining their season-long resilience, came back strongly in the ...

Pete Crow-Armstrong hammered a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to seal a 7-5 Cubs (73-53) win over the White Sox (65-59) and push him ahead as the favorite in the National League MVP race.

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