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MLB to move fences back for Cubs-Cardinals game in London

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs hitters will have to work a little harder to match the Yankees-Red Sox slugfests from 2019 when they play in London because the fences are being pushed back.

The center field wall will be 392 feet from home plate, seven feet deeper than four years ago, as part of changes that Major League Baseball said came about because of some seat restructuring at London Stadium and not because of the high scores in New York's two wins over Boston.

The Yankees and Red Sox combined for 10 homers over two games playing on artificial turf at the home of Premier League club West Ham.

New York won 17-13 and 12-8. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM General view at the pitch during an unveiling of the London Stadium in London, on June 27, 2019.

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Former All-Star Jake Arrieta held a masterclass with a group of East London school children and explained what it takes to make it in MLB at BaseballSoftballUK's First Pitch Festival.  The Chicago Cubs became a World Series champion in 2016, but that did not stop him from showing the next generation of Brits how to hit a home run on Hopkins' Field in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Ad Nine hundred children from twenty-five different schools enjoyed a masterclass from MLB legends Arrieta and David Eckstein, as well as Chicago Cubs mascot Clarke the Cub.

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