Boston needed 13 innings and 12 runs to keep the streak alive
Caleb Durbin lined a single to center off Erick Fedde in the 13th inning on Thursday night, Nick Sogard raced home, and the Boston Red Sox survived the Chicago White Sox 12-11 after more than four hours of baseball. It was the kind of game that leaves a bullpen hollowed out and a clubhouse exhaling.
The win was Boston’s eighth in a row and its 10th in 11 games. Stretch the lens back and the pattern grows starker: the Red Sox have now taken 10 consecutive series, the sort of sustained run that tends to separate a genuine contender from a team simply playing well in August.
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A comeback built in pieces
Connor Wong supplied the power with a two-run homer. Anthony Siegler drove in three and scored once. Andruw Monasterio chipped in two RBI doubles, and Wilyer Abreu delivered the run in the ninth that tied it and forced extra innings. Boston kept answering, which is what a 12-11 line across 13 frames really tells you.
Chicago will replay the chances it left on the table. Fedde wore the loss in relief, undone by Durbin’s single after both sides had emptied much of their pitching. For the White Sox, another narrow defeat fits a season that has been full of them.
Where Boston stands
The math is plain. Ten series won in succession has pushed the Red Sox squarely into the playoff conversation, and Thursday put on display the trait that usually travels well into October: a refusal to drop a game they had every reason to lose.
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