{"id":4834,"date":"2026-07-12T23:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:04:53","slug":"door-to-playoffs-is-now-open-for-red-sox-after-9-0-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4834","title":{"rendered":"Door to playoffs is now open for Red Sox after 9-0 road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>NEW YORK \u2014 If I told you on Opening Day the Red Sox would be 46-48 at the All-Star break, you\u2019d have been profoundly disappointed given the expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4832\">Prospect Franklin Arias proud to represent Red Sox and Venezuela in All-Star Futures Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Now you\u2019re wildly hopeful. And here we are, with a baseball season that will demand your attention when it resumes on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sunday\u2019s 3-2, 10-inning comeback victory against the Mets was the ninth in a row for the Sox and sent them into the All-Star break a mere half-game behind in the wild-card race with 68 games to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Sox have won 14 of their last 16 games, none more unlikely than Sunday when they scored two runs in the ninth inning and another in the 10th. The 40-57 Mets are astonishingly bad, but this was a game the Sox wrestled away from them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA 9-0 road trip. You don\u2019t see that very often,\u201d said Connor Wong, whose sacrifice bunt in the 10th inning moved Masataka Yoshida to third. Anthony Seigler\u2019s fly ball to left was just enough for Yoshida to score before Garrett Whitlock retired the side in order on 13 pitches.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Wong was correct. The only other 9-0 road trip in franchise history was in 1977 when Don Zimmer and Co. had a perfect swing through Anaheim, Seattle, and Oakland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That team won 97 games and missed the postseason because only two teams per league qualified. Now it\u2019s six, and the door is open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of them,\u201d interim manager Chad Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With Willson Contreras serving the fourth game of his five-game suspension, the Sox had two hits through eight scoreless innings on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With one out and a runner on first, the game appeared over when Romy Gonzalez grounded to shortstop. But Francisco Lindor booted the ball, and there was no double play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A rattled Devin Williams walked the next two hitters, forcing in a run. Jarren Duran popped to left, but the Mets had him played deep, and Carson Benge didn\u2019t make the play as he rushed in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust executed so well in the last two innings of that game,\u201d Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now everybody scatters for four days, which doesn\u2019t feel like good timing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m glad to be getting home for a few days, but you almost wish we were playing again tomorrow,\u201d said Caleb Durbin, whose turnaround at the plate has helped fuel the comeback. \u201cOur at-bats have been so much better. We\u2019re seeing more pitches, putting the ball in play. Just making things happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4830\">McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe win the close ones now. We\u2019re making the other team make pitches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tracy called a clubhouse meeting before the game to remind the players what was at stake when they returned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His message? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet\u2019s make sure we\u2019re ready to go coming out of the break,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cDo what needs to be done over the break to physically and mentally not let it slip too far from your mind. Make sure we\u2019re ready.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There are 17 games to play before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, enough that the season could take another sudden turn. But the first 10 of those games are home, starting with a doubleheader against the first-place Rays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the Aug. 3 trade deadline approaches, their needs are obvious. Even with their recent surge, the Sox are tied for the second-fewest runs in the league. They also have the fewest home runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Roman Anthony returns from the injured list, assuming he does, you can\u2019t count on him to provide power after so much time away. The same is true for Trevor Story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As a former player, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow knows how it feels to expect the front office to hold up its end of the bargain and provide help when it\u2019s deserved. He owes this group some help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox have pitched brilliantly to this point. But Payton Tolle was limited to 3\u2154 innings and 66 pitches on Sunday to control his workload. He has pitched 84 innings this season. His career high of 95\u2153 came last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The same is true for Connelly Early, who is on the injured list with a sore elbow. He has given the Sox 91\u2154 innings this season, only 12 fewer than his career high over two minor league levels in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brayan Bello could provide an answer to that issue. He returned from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday and allowed one run over 4\u2153 innings in relief of Tolle. He\u2019s only pitched one game, but Patrick Sandoval is part of that equation, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re fighting and it\u2019s a lot of fun,\u201d Seigler said. \u201cTo me, there was no doubt in the 10th inning that we could find a way to score. That\u2019s how we\u2019ve been handling our business.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4828\">Jannik Sinner repeats at Wimbledon, beats Alexander Zverev in meeting of game\u2019s top two men\u2019s players<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span> It\u2019s a new season. Opening Day is Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sox go into the All-Star break a half-game behind in the wild-card race with 68 games to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Door to playoffs is now open for Red Sox after 9-0 road trip - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4834\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Door to playoffs is now open for Red Sox after 9-0 road trip - 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