Surging Cubs look to sweep Red Sox

While the Boston Red Sox are suddenly slumping, the Chicago Cubs find themselves amid one of their better stretches of a rather dismal season.

The Cubs try for a season-high fifth straight victory and series sweep of the visiting Red Sox on Sunday.

Boston won seven straight from June 19-26, but is 1-4 since -- with three of those losses coming by one or two runs. The Red Sox went 20-6 last month. But Boston started July