{"id":5234,"date":"2026-07-18T23:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:35:51","slug":"red-sox-pitching-has-been-a-pillar-in-their-dominant-11-0-win-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Some winning streaks seem like the product of inexplicable alchemy. The Red Sox\u2019 run of 11 consecutive victories entering Saturday\u2019s game against the Rays is not one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5232\">Red Sox aiming for Ranger Suarez to return on homestand this week<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The team\u2019s pitching, which had already been outstanding from late April through June, has reached remarkable levels of dominance during the July surge. Over the 11 straight victories, the team allowed just 17 runs \u2014 the fewest its allowed in any 11-game stretch in one season since Babe Ruth was part of the rotation in 1918.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the strong work of the pitching staff isn\u2019t limited to the recent season-altering streak. Since April 25 \u2014 Alex Cora\u2019s last day as manager, when the Sox delivered a 17-1 obliteration of the Orioles \u2014 the Sox had allowed just 237 runs, the lowest run total it had yielded over any single-season 70-game stretch since the Impossible Dream season, when the team gave up 236 runs over 70 games from July 15 through Sept. 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\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>\u201cAwesome,\u201d pitching coach Andrew Bailey said of the team\u2019s historic distinction. \u201c[But] we have a lot of talented pitchers, so not surprised.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not surprised even though Garrett Crochet \u2014 last year\u2019s AL Cy Young runner-up \u2014 hadn\u2019t contributed to any of that 70-game run except the first game, after which he landed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation that still has him sidelined nearly three months later?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGarrett\u2019s a huge loss for us, but to be able to see the younger pitchers come up and step in and really just kind of compete in their own way and keep the pitching staff going has been awesome,\u201d said Bailey, citing the mid-year emergence of Payton Tolle and Jake Bennett. \u201cThey\u2019re doing a great job filling in for him and making their own names for themselves, too. We miss Garrett for sure, but he\u2019s doing his work to get back to us, and in the meantime, these guys are throwing the ball really well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Is there a defining staff identity?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bailey took a moment to consider the question. There are obvious biographical traits that stand out: The Sox entered Saturday having gotten 71 starts from lefties this year (easily the most in the big leagues) and 44 starts from rookies (second most). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Still, the team has gotten significant contributions from veteran righthanders Sonny Gray and Garrett Whitlock as well as lefties Ranger Suarez and Aroldis Chapman. Overall, the team\u2019s average fastball velocity (94 miles per hour) is roughly league average and its 22 percent strikeout rate is good but not elite. So what distinguishes the Sox from other teams?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cConsistent strike throwers, filling up the zone, not afraid to challenge hitters,\u201d said Bailey. \u201cThey\u2019re coming at you, they\u2019re in attack mode, and they know themselves really well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5231\">Taylor Farms to remove some products after link to Cyclospora cases<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>True to that claim, the Sox entered Saturday with a 7 percent walk rate over its 70-game stretch that ranked as the third-lowest in the majors over that time. But the team is not merely limiting free passes, but also managing counts (the team has thrown just 25 percent of its pitches with batters ahead in the count, the third-lowest rate in MLB) and then working to spots with pitch shapes that have minimized hard contact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox have allowed 0.87 homers per nine innings since April 25, the lowest rate in the game. For the year, Sox pitchers have allowed the third-lowest hard-hit rate in the game. The team\u2019s pitchers and catchers have been consistent in their ability to put opposing hitters on the defensive and then employ the pitches that yield the least damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Interestingly, the team\u2019s pitch usage has shifted considerably from what it was just a couple of years ago. In Bailey\u2019s first year as Red Sox pitching coach in 2024, the team nearly abandoned fastballs, featuring the lowest usage rate of two- and four-seamers (37 percent) in the pitch-tracking era that started in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This year, the Sox are throwing fastballs 52 percent of the time, the fourth-highest usage rate in baseball. Though they still rank first in cutter usage (14 percent), they\u2019re last in baseball in breaking ball usage rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That shift \u2014 a product of the fact that only 21 percent of the team\u2019s innings this year have been thrown by pitchers who were part of the 2024 staff \u2014 illuminates how the Sox work with pitchers. Contrary to perception two years ago, Bailey and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow do not hate fastballs. Rather, they believe in having a pitcher lean into his strengths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy [first year] here, we did leverage a lot of spin. But with the staff we had, we needed to. Now we have some elite extension and elite quality fastballs, and we want our guys to throw their best pitches more often than not,\u201d said Bailey. \u201cThere\u2019s not one philosophy. The philosophy is whatever gets the most out of the players on the field to set them up for success every time they touch the mound. . . We always have to be able to adapt and understand that what we believe today does not necessarily mean we believe it next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The team\u2019s pitchers are identifying and leaning into their strengths in a way that has allowed the team to surge back into the playoff picture, while highlighting a clear team strength that seems like the basis for the team\u2019s hopes moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019re just passing the baton to one to another,\u201d said Bailey. \u201cIt\u2019s been an impressive run, and we should keep it going.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5229\">Oh, baby! Sam Burns takes the lead in a British Open he planned to miss<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the 11 straight victories, the team allowed just 17 runs \u2014 the fewest in any 11-game stretch in one season since Babe Ruth was part of the rotation in 1918.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5234","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>Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak - 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=5234\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak - Boston Relocation Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the 11 straight victories, the team allowed just 17 runs \u2014 the fewest in any 11-game stretch in one season since Babe Ruth was part of the rotation in 1918.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Boston Relocation Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-18T23:35:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e\"},\"headline\":\"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T23:35:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234\"},\"wordCount\":982,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234\",\"name\":\"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak - Boston Relocation Insider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T23:35:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?p=5234#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Boston Relocation Insider\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak - Boston Relocation Insider","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak - Boston Relocation Insider","og_description":"Over the 11 straight victories, the team allowed just 17 runs \u2014 the fewest in any 11-game stretch in one season since Babe Ruth was part of the rotation in 1918.","og_url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234","og_site_name":"Boston Relocation Insider","article_published_time":"2026-07-18T23:35:51+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e"},"headline":"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak","datePublished":"2026-07-18T23:35:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234"},"wordCount":982,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234","url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234","name":"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak - Boston Relocation Insider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif","datePublished":"2026-07-18T23:35:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f691105402f40b99eb8b66585a2f8f03.avif","width":1440,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5234#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 11-0 win streak"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/","name":"Boston Relocation Insider","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c08a982d5d5e7124cea9158df226037e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com"],"url":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}