By Tiffany Williams –
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox are playing baseball like a team that refuses to lose.
Even when everything goes wrong.
Even when they fall behind by four runs.
Even when the bullpen coughs up lead after lead.
Even when a game drags deep into extra innings.
None of it seems to matter.
Boston somehow found another way Thursday night, surviving a wild, exhausting 13-inning marathon against the Chicago White Sox with a dramatic 12-11 walk-off victory at Fenway Park, extending its winning streak to eight straight games and pushing its scorching run into territory that is becoming almost impossible to comprehend.
The Red Sox are now 63-51, a season-best 12 games over .500, and an astonishing 17-3 since the All-Star break.
At this point, this isn’t simply a hot streak.
It is complete domination.
Boston owns the best record in Major League Baseball since July 3 at 26-3. Since June 25, the Red Sox are an incredible 31-5, setting new franchise records for both 29-game and 36-game stretches.
Those aren’t just impressive numbers.
They’re historic.
Thursday’s game looked nothing like Wednesday’s clean, methodical shutout.
This one was pure chaos.
Chicago stormed ahead early, chasing Rangers Suárez after only three innings as the White Sox built a 4-0 lead.
The Red Sox answered.
Connor Wong ignited the comeback with a two-run home run in the third inning, ending an 0-for-15 slump while recording the 100th extra-base hit of his career. It was also his first home run at Fenway Park since September of 2024.
Anthony Seigler followed with one of the biggest games of his young career.
The catcher ripped a game-tying two-run double in the fourth inning before later delivering another game-tying sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, finishing with a career-high three RBIs.
Every time Chicago punched, Boston answered.
Every single time.
Andruw Monasterio continued one of the hottest stretches of his career.
The veteran infielder doubled home runs in both the fourth and 10th innings, finishing with two doubles and two RBIs while extending his career-best on-base streak to 18 consecutive games.
During that stretch, Monasterio is batting .393 with a staggering 1.147 OPS.
He has quietly become one of Boston’s most valuable offensive weapons.
Wilyer Abreu came through when the pressure reached its highest point.
His game-tying RBI single in the ninth inning erased another deficit before his sacrifice fly in the 11th inning rescued Boston once again.
Even after being intentionally walked in the 13th, Abreu continued creating opportunities that eventually led to the game’s final swing.
That swing belonged to Caleb Durbin.
With the game tied in the bottom of the 13th inning, Durbin lined a walk-off RBI single to send Fenway Park into celebration.
It was already the fourth walk-off RBI of his professional career.
Durbin finished with three hits, matching a career high, while scoring twice, doubling, driving in the winning run and reaching base four times.
Boston needed every bit of it.
The Red Sox erased deficits of 5-2, 7-5, 9-7, 10-9 and 11-10 during one of the wildest games played at Fenway Park in years.
Earlier in the night, they had already overcome a 4-0 hole, making it their largest comeback victory of the season.
The game stretched 13 innings, becoming Boston’s longest game by innings since September 2023 and its longest by time since July 2022.
It was the longest game played at Fenway Park since September 2021.
Ironically, despite allowing 11 runs, the victory extended nearly every meaningful trend surrounding this unbelievable run.
Boston has now won 10 of its last 11 games.
The club completed another sweep, its seventh in the last 11 series and ninth overall this season.
Even more remarkably, the Red Sox have now swept each of their last five opponents that entered their series leading their respective divisions.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, Boston became the first team in the Expansion Era, beginning in 1961, to record six series sweeps in one season against opponents who entered the matchup leading their division.
That is not just winning.
That is dismantling contenders.
Chicago deserves credit for refusing to disappear.
Chase Meidroth nearly spoiled Boston’s celebration with the biggest offensive night of his young career.
Meidroth blasted two home runs, drove in four runs and collected three hits while producing his first career multi-home run game.
Sam Antonacci added three hits and two RBIs while Colson Montgomery also drove in two runs as Chicago repeatedly answered Boston’s rallies.
The White Sox scored 11 runs after totaling only four runs during their previous five games against Boston.
Still, it wasn’t enough.
The White Sox suffered yet another painful walk-off defeat while finishing the season winless against the Red Sox for the first time in franchise history.
If Boston keeps playing like this, more history is coming.
Forty miles west, the winning continues.
The Worcester Red Sox rolled past the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 10-4 Thursday afternoon at Polar Park, pounding out 12 hits for the third straight game while reaching double-digit runs for the second consecutive contest.
The WooSox continue looking like one of Triple-A’s hottest clubs.
Worcester improved to 58-48, a season-high 10 games above .500.
Since July 22, the WooSox have gone 13-2.
They’ve won nine of their last 10 home games and six of their last seven overall while opening August with a 4-1 record after posting their best July in franchise history.
The offense keeps attacking from top to bottom.
Franklin Arias extended his hitting streak to eight games while driving in two runs.
The organization’s elite prospect started Worcester’s decisive sixth inning by drawing a walk before eventually scoring during a four-run outburst that completely changed the afternoon.
Allan Castro crushed a two-run double to break a 2-2 tie before Vinny Capra blasted a two-run home run, his eighth of the season, turning a close game into another convincing Worcester victory.
Capra’s bat simply refuses to cool down.
He extended his hitting streak to 12 games, now the longest by any WooSox player this season.
Nathan Hickey led the offense with three hits while Castro added two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Kristian Campbell continued reaching base as well, stretching his on-base streak to 20 consecutive games after driving in another run with a wall-ball double that narrowly missed becoming a home run.
Eight of Worcester’s nine starters collected at least one hit, while every starter either recorded a hit or drove in a run.
Eduardo Rivera gave Worcester exactly what it needed in a spot start, allowing one run across 3.2 innings before Seth Martinez earned the victory in relief.
The Red Sox organization isn’t simply getting production from Boston.
The pipeline continues producing every night.
Meanwhile in Double-A, the Portland Sea Dogs couldn’t duplicate Wednesday’s offensive explosion.
One night after scoring 15 runs, Portland managed only three hits in a 5-2 loss to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
The Sea Dogs fell behind immediately but left-hander Hayden Mullins limited the early damage after New Hampshire loaded the bases in the opening inning.
Portland finally broke through in the sixth when Johanfran Garcia ended the no-hit bid with an RBI double that scored Ronald Rosario.
The momentum disappeared almost instantly.
New Hampshire answered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by Dub Gleed’s three-run home run, his second of the series, putting the game out of reach.
Miguel Bleis delivered an RBI single in the ninth inning, but Portland’s late push ended there.
The Sea Dogs dropped to 55-49 overall despite another productive stretch from their farm system.
Elsewhere in the Eastern League, the Hartford Yard Goats endured one of the most lopsided defeats in franchise history.
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies crushed Hartford 23-3 while setting a new franchise record for runs scored.
Billy Amick powered the offensive barrage with two home runs and six RBIs while Mitch Voit collected five hits.
Every player in Binghamton’s lineup recorded at least one hit during the relentless offensive assault.
For Hartford, GJ Hill continued swinging a hot bat with two more hits, extending his hitting streak to five games and recording hits in eight of his last nine contests.
Mike Antico added a solo home run, but there was little else to celebrate as the Yard Goats watched the game unravel inning after inning.
From Boston to Worcester, however, the story remains unchanged.
The Red Sox keep winning.
The WooSox keep winning.
The organization continues stacking victories at every level, and right now, the hottest logo in baseball isn’t slowing down.