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The Red Sox suffered one of their worst losses of 2025, falling in 11 innings Tuesday despite Nathaniel Lowe's heroics in the ninth.
The Red Sox can't afford to slip up right now, but failed to log a single hit with runners in scoring position in a frustrating loss to the Orioles.
Boston left the bases loaded in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings Tuesday, squandering crucial opportunities to score.
A club that was 9.5 games behind the Yankees at the time of their first meeting was just one game back Wednesday (pending the outcome of the Yankees’ game at the Rays).
BOSTON — Over the course of a long season, there are often multiple candidates for worst loss of the year. Only a few days ago, the Red Sox squandered a two-run lead with six outs to go. And the fact that they’ve been walked off 11 times on the road is a reminder that there’s plenty of competition for the title.
The Boston Red Sox have been one of the hottest teams in baseball since just before the All-Star break, playing their way into a playoff spot where they now control their own destiny down the stretch of the MLB season.
The Red Sox are in the midst of a playoff race and cannot afford to blow games to inferior foes like Baltimore. Thursday’s decision loomed especially large since Cowser fired a poor throw to the plate that likely would have allowed Eaton to score to tie the game.
Boston sits one game behind New York for the top wild-card spot and trails the Blue Jays by six games for the division. The Red Sox need a momentum swing after three straight losses to sub-.500 teams in the Miami Marlins and the New York Yankees.
Boston Red Sox players came up with a novel way to set the draft order in their internal fantasy football league.
The Boston Red Sox announced the infielder underwent a successful right wrist arthroscopy Wednesday at Mass General-Brigham Hospital. The procedure was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman. Mayer injured his wrist in late-July against the Philadelphia Phillies. He received a cortisone shot, but always feared surgery was an option.
The Boston Red Sox are fighting for a postseason spot, and one of their pitchers got brutally honest about his struggles this season.