Tim Wakefield picks up streaking Red Sox as Adrian Gonzalez buries Cubs

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    It wasn't the Green Monster looming over left field or the Pesky Pole in right that turned out to be the toughest adjustment for the Chicago Cubs in their first visit to Fenway Park since the 1918 World Series.

    It was Tim Wakefield's knuckleball.

    The 44-year-old Red Sox right-hander held Chicago to four hits in 6 2/3 innings to help Boston beat the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday and send them home from with another lost series. It was Wakefield's first win of the season and the 180th of his Red Sox career -- third on the franchise all-time list behind only Roger Clemens and Cy Young.

    Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310522102&teams=chicago-cubs-vs-boston-red-sox
     

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