Red Sox halt Orioles’ surge, extend winning streak to 14
The Red Sox defeated Baltimore 6-5 on Monday night, marking their 14th consecutive victory and the second-longest streak in franchise history.
The Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 14 games with a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night, a result that halted the visitors’ season-best seven-game winning run. Caleb Durbin delivered the decisive blow with a tiebreaking home run over the Green Monster in the eighth inning, securing the club’s second-longest winning streak in history.
Boston’s current performance stands in stark contrast to their early-season struggles. Through June 24, the Red Sox held a 32-46 record, the worst in the American League and second-worst in Major League Baseball. Since June 25, however, they have improved to 19-2 in their past 21 games, the best record in MLB during that span. They are the first team to win 14 consecutive games since the Milwaukee Brewers achieved the feat in August 2025.
Durbin’s eighth-inning homer, a 1-0 cutter from Tyler Wells, broke a 5-5 tie and triggered a celebration in front of the dugout. The Orioles had taken the lead for the third time in the seventh inning when Tyler O’Neill hit an RBI grounder that second baseman Anthony Seigler bobbled, preventing an inning-ending double play. Boston responded immediately in the bottom half with a two-out RBI single from Ceddanne Rafaela.
Baltimore starter Shane Baz allowed four runs, two earned, with six strikeouts over six innings. Christian Encarnacion-Strand, recently recalled from Triple-A, homered over the Monster in the fifth and added a run-scoring single in the sixth. The Orioles committed four errors and surrendered two unearned runs during the contest.
Boston’s Payton Tolle gave up four runs and struck out nine over 5⅔ innings, while Garrett Whitlock pitched a perfect eighth inning. Aroldis Chapman recorded his 22nd save of the season, moving within one of Dennis Eckersley’s career record of 390 saves. Chapman’s 389th career save ranks 10th most since the statistic became official in 1969.
The Red Sox have a chance to match the club record of 15 straight wins, set in 1946, with a victory on Tuesday night. Boston will face Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish, while left-hander Ranger Suárez returns from the injured list to pitch for Boston.
