| Date | Location | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 😷 August Series — Wrigley Field | |||
| Aug 21 | Wrigley Field | Sox 10–1 | White Sox Sox blowout in the COVID season opener at Wrigley. The Sox hit six home runs, which MLB reported was a single-game record in the Cubs-Sox rivalry at that time. José Abreu goes 2-5 with 2 HRs and 4 RBI. Empty seats, strange summer. |
| Aug 22 | Wrigley Field | Sox 7–4 | White Sox Sox take the first two at Wrigley. After hitting 2HRs in game 1, Abreu hits three homers in game 2. Then look what he did the next day! |
| Aug 23 | Wrigley Field | Cubs 2–1 | Cubs Cubs avoid the sweep with a tight 2-1 win, but José Abreu homered again in his first AB— making it four consecutive at-bats with a home run, tying the MLB record. Oh you mean the record that I saw Mike Schmidt tie as well, when I was a kid and the Phillies were in town on April 17, 1976? Yup, Cubs were up 12-1 going into the top of the 3rd and lost 18-16. When the wind blows out, the games get wackadoodily-fun! |
| September Series — Guaranteed Rate Field | |||
| Sept 25 | Guaranteed Rate Field | Cubs 10–0 | Cubs Largest shutout margin in Crosstown Classic history. |
| Sept 26 | Guaranteed Rate Field | Sox 9–5 | White Sox Sox answer right back. |
| Sept 27 | Guaranteed Rate Field | Cubs 10–8 | Cubs Cubs win the finale to split the series 3-3. |
The strangest Crosstown Classic ever. No fans. 60-game COVID season. Empty ballparks in August with the city under COVID restrictions. And yet both teams showed up and played meaningful baseball— both the Cubs and White Sox made the playoffs for the first time in the same season since 2008.
The Sox won the first series at Wrigley 2-1 in August and José Abreu hit six homers in that three-game Wrigley series, a White Sox franchise record for homers in a series and tied for the most in a series against the Cubs. The Cubs answered by winning the South Side series 2-1 in September, including a 10-0 shutout blowout on September 25— the largest shutout margin in Crosstown Classic history. Series split 3-3.
Both teams were eliminated in the Wild Card round. Perhaps the silence during the regular season's non-crowds was a harbinger of the silence of the teams in the playoffs.