What a difference a few weeks can make.The Boston Red Sox were headed for the American League basement, seemingly destined to be sellers at the trade deadline.Experts were already including starter Sonny Gray and relief ace Aroldis Chapman in mock trade proposals.Then they won 14 games in a row.
They went from 37-48 to 51-48, and now hold sole possession of third Wild Card spot in the American League.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCaleb Durbin celebrates after the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, July 20, 2026, in Boston.(Charles Krupa/AP Photo)It’s hard to imagine these Red Sox capturing the hearts of Boston fans after headlines like these were being written in April: "The Boston Red Sox Are A Pathetic, Disgusting, Disgraceful Baseball Team."But here they are, just one more victory away from tying the team’s longest winning streak in franchise history, at 15 games, which was set in 1946 with Ted Williams leading the charge.
The Red Sox are trying to not think about what’s at stake."I’m trying not to, but I want it," third baseman Caleb Durbin said about the possibility of tying the club record."I can’t speak for anyone else.
We really haven’t talked about it, but I want to make history here.""It would mean a lot, for sure," first baseman Willson Contreras said."We are trying to play the same way every day.
… If it happens, that would be great for us.We can celebrate that.
If it doesn’t happen, you have to keep going."ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.DOWNLOAD NOW!Boston Red Sox fans cheer after an RBI double by Ceddanne Rafaela during the seventh inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, July 20, 2026, in Boston.
(Charles Krupa/AP)Durbin and Contreras both played major roles in the team’s come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night at Fenway Park.With the Red Sox trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning with a man on secon...