Red Sox tie franchise record with 15th consecutive victory

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Red Sox tie franchise record with 15th consecutive victory

For the first time since Ted Williams’s first season back from World War II, the Red Sox have won 15 games in a row.

They beat the Orioles, 6-3, in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday at Fenway Park to match the franchise-record win streak, set in 1946.

With little time to mull their place in Red Sox lore, the team retreated to the clubhouse immediately after to prepare for their next test: the 7:10 p.m. nightcap, with which they can set a new standard with 16 straight.

The remarkable run by the Sox, which began July 3 against the Angels, also is the longest winning streak in the majors since 2021. The Cardinals ripped off 17 in a row that September.

Unable to expand their lead late, the Red Sox used Justin Slaten (four outs), Garrett Whitlock (three), and Aroldis Chapman (three) to finish the game, leaving them potentially shorthanded for later in the day. The only high-leverage reliever they did not use was Tyron Guerrero.

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Chapman’s save was the 390th of his career. He tied Dennis Eckersley for ninth on the all-time list.

The turning point came in the first inning, when Masataka Yoshida, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Willson Contreras singled to load the bases.

Caleb Durbin’s single to center plated a pair. Jarren Duran’s two-out triple into the right-field corner brought in two more.

When Connor Wong struck out swinging to end the inning, meaning the Sox had to settle for a mere four runs, the Fenway crowd let out a collective “awww” — an indication of just how well everything has gone for the club lately.

All that came off of righthander Dean Kremer, who wound up lasting six innings and giving up six runs. He retired 11 of his final 12 batters to keep the game within reach for Baltimore.

The Orioles, meanwhile, managed minimal momentum against lefthander Jake Bennett. He went 5⅔ innings and worked around nine hits to hold them to three runs.

When the Orioles scored, the Sox did well to get the run right back.

In the top of the third, Rafaela lost Tyler O’Neill’s fly ball in the sun, and it dropped in for an RBI double. But in the bottom of the frame, Duran lined a sacrifice fly to center.

In the fourth, Christian Encarnacion-Strand blasted a home run to straightaway center field. In the next half-inning, Rafaela homered over the Green Monster.

Bennett walked off in the sixth inning to a standing ovation from the crowd behind the Sox’ dugout. He upped his innings total (including in the minors) to 98⅔, passing his 95⅓ in 2025 (after not pitching in 2024 because of Tommy John surgery).