Red Sox come back from the dead, move into postseason contention with remarkable 14-game win streak

What a quality a fewer weeks tin make.

The Boston Red Sox were headed for the American League basement, seemingly destined to beryllium sellers astatine the commercialized deadline. Experts were already including starter Sonny Gray and alleviation ace Aroldis Chapman successful mock commercialized proposals.

Then they won 14 games successful a row. They went from 37-48 to 51-48, and present clasp sole possession of 3rd Wild Card spot successful the American League.

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Caleb Durbin celebrates aft the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles connected Monday, July 20, 2026, successful Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

It’s hard to ideate these Red Sox capturing the hearts of Boston fans aft headlines similar these were being written successful April: "The Boston Red Sox Are A Pathetic, Disgusting, Disgraceful Baseball Team."

But present they are, conscionable 1 much triumph distant from tying the team’s longest winning streak successful franchise history, astatine 15 games, which was acceptable successful 1946 with Ted Williams starring the charge. The Red Sox are trying to not deliberation astir what’s astatine stake.

"I’m trying not to, but I privation it," 3rd baseman Caleb Durbin said astir the anticipation of tying the nine record. "I can’t talk for anyone else. We truly haven’t talked astir it, but I privation to marque past here."

"It would mean a lot, for sure," archetypal baseman Willson Contreras said. "We are trying to play the aforesaid mode each day. … If it happens, that would beryllium large for us. We tin observe that. If it doesn’t happen, you person to support going."

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Boston Red Sox fans cheer aft an RBI treble by Ceddanne Rafaela during the seventh inning of a crippled against the Baltimore Orioles connected Monday, July 20, 2026, successful Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Durbin and Contreras some played large roles successful the team’s come-from-behind 6-5 triumph implicit the Baltimore Orioles connected Monday nighttime astatine Fenway Park.

With the Red Sox trailing 4-3 successful the bottommost of the sixth inning with a antheral connected 2nd base, Contreras pummeled Orioles starter Shane Baz’s 86-mph knuckle-curve disconnected the Green Monster. Right fielder Wilyer Abreu raced home, tying the crippled astatine 4-4.

The Orioles responded successful the apical of the seventh inning erstwhile outfielder Tyler O’Neill grounded into a fielder’s choice, allowing Taylor Ward to people and giving Baltimore a 5-4 lead.

The Red Sox rallied successful the bottommost of the seventh inning erstwhile halfway fielder Ceddanne Rafaela singled done the near broadside of the infield with 2 outs, and shortstop Tsung-Che Cheng scored to necktie it astatine 5-5.

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Boston Red Sox's Willson Contreras celebrates aft his RBI treble against the Baltimore Orioles during the sixth inning of a shot crippled Monday successful Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Durbin delivered the last stroke to the Orioles successful the eighth inning, hammering Tyler Wells’ 91-mph cutter 364 feet implicit the Green Monster, and sending the Fenway Faithful into a frenzy.

The Red Sox 3rd baseman was euphoric arsenic helium rounded the bases.

"There’s not a batch of times that you achromatic retired – arsenic they say,’’ Durbin said. "I deliberation that was 1 of the moments wherever I didn’t cognize what was happening. I couldn’t archer you what I looked similar moving astir the bases."

"I can’t ideate it being much electrical than tonight," Durbin said. "It mightiness be. Tonight was awesome, though."

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Boston Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu celebrates aft his RBI treble successful the 3rd inning of a crippled against the Baltimore Orioles connected Monday, July 20, 2026, successful Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Contreras was 1 of the archetypal players to leap implicit the railing onto the tract aft Durbin’s homer.

"I felt similar (the) playoffs, going to the World Series, to beryllium honest," helium said. "Hopefully it happens. We’re connected the way, but there’s a batch of play left, a batch of games to beryllium played."

The Red Sox anticipation the bully vibes transportation implicit into Tuesday, erstwhile they look the Orioles (49-52) successful the 2nd crippled of a three-game bid astatine 7:10 p.m. ET, and look to etch their names alongside the legendary Williams.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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