Caleb Durbin crushed an 8th-inning homer that officially delivered the Boston Red Sox their 14th consecutive win, a wild 6-5 comeback victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night at Fenway Park. This wasn’t just another game, it was a clash of titans where the Red Sox ended the Orioles’ own impressive seven-game win streak, marking only the second time in MLB history that two teams with at least seven-game streaks, combining for over 20 straight wins, faced off. The last time that happened? Way back in 1884.
This Is How You End a Seven-Game Win Streak
The Orioles didn’t make it easy for Boston to grab their 14th straight. Baltimore came out swinging, with Gunnar Henderson hitting a two-out double and Tyler O’Neill slicing a ground-rule double down the right-field line that bounced into the stands, scoring Henderson and giving the Orioles a 1-0 lead early. Boston fought back hard in the third, going up 2-1 on an RBI double from Wilyer Abreu, who scored Ceddanne Rafaela after Rafaela reached on a Jeremiah Jackson error. Willson Contreras then pushed the lead to two with a single. But the Orioles weren’t done, tying the game 3-3 in the fifth and sixth innings with a Christian Encarnacion-Strand home run and an RBI single from Jackson. Encarnacion-Strand even put Baltimore back on top later with a single up the middle that scored Leody Taveras.
A Closer’s Battle And A Hero’s Blast
This game was a pure slugfest, a real back-and-forth grinder. Contreras tied it up again for Boston at 4-4 in the sixth with an RBI single, but the Orioles snatched the lead right back in the seventh. Taylor Ward doubled, Pete Alonso singled, and then O’Neill drove Ward home with an RBI groundout. But Baltimore just couldn’t seal the deal. Rafaela stepped up in the bottom of the seventh and tied the game *again* with a two-out single that scored Tsung-Che Cheng. That dramatic setup opened the door for Durbin’s 10th home run of the season in the eighth, sending Fenway Park into a frenzy.
Red Sox starter Payton Tolle grinded through 5 2/3 innings, racking up 9 strikeouts but giving up 4 runs and 8 hits. Garrett Whitlock snagged the win with a scoreless eighth inning, setting the stage for the drama. Then came Aroldis Chapman in the ninth, locking it down for his 22nd save of the season and 389th of his career. He walked Colton Cowser to start the inning, then struck out Ward and Alonso. Gunnar Henderson doubled, putting runners on second and third, but Chapman unleashed a 102 mph sinker that Tyler O’Neill lined out to Tsung-Che Cheng at shortstop, who made a leaping catch to end the game. That puts Chapman just one save away from tying Dennis Eckersley for ninth on MLB’s all-time list. What a night for baseball!
With the streak hitting 14 straight and Aroldis Chapman on the cusp of history, this Red Sox team is absolutely must-watch. You know everyone’s gonna be tuned in to see if they can keep this unbelievable run going and if Chapman gets that next save.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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