The Cubs have already played more than 81 games, but now the second half of the season officially gets underway as they host the Red Sox in a rare Friday night game at Wrigley. This will be their only series against a team that is over .500 until they face the Reds at the very end of July and bridging into August, so taking two of three would be pretty big.
Kyle Hendricks gets the nod in this one on the heels of a start that was technically his worst of the season. Those results were largely a function of bad luck, however, as the Yankees collected 10 hits in spite of pretty weak contact.