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Friday, 7 August 2026

RED SOX HIGHLIGHTS | RED SOX VS. WHITE SOX | MLB

Thursday, 23 July 2026

RED SOX WINNING STREAK AFFECTS MULTIPLE TEAMS TRADE DEADLINES

Jul 7, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Boston Red Sox left fielder Jarren Duran (16) hits a single RBI against the Chicago White Sox during the ninth inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images

The Red Sox’s winning streak is over. Its effect on the MLB trade deadline is not. Boston won 15 straight games, tied the franchise record and transformed itself from a potential seller into a team that now has to strengthen its roster. One loss to Baltimore does not undo that. The Red Sox have already changed the market.

Jarren Duran and Aroldis Chapman should now be off the table

A month ago, both made sense as trade candidates. Boston had a crowded outfield, Duran carried two additional years of club control, and Chapman looked like the most attractive rental reliever available. Moving either player could have brought back meaningful talent for 2027.

That argument disappeared when Boston started winning. Duran is helping a playoff push, while Chapman gives the Red Sox exactly what contenders spend July trying to acquire – a proven late-inning arm with the ability to close games and shorten postseason series. Trading either now would contradict everything the last three weeks revealed about this team.

The consequences extend beyond Boston

Jun 18, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (44) pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays during the ninth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images

Teams that viewed Duran as an attainable outfield upgrade must look elsewhere. Clubs searching for a closer can no longer assume Chapman will enter the market. That reduces supply, increases prices and strengthens the leverage of every remaining seller.

It also changes Craig Breslow’s job. He is no longer deciding how much of the roster to dismantle. He has to determine how aggressively to add without sacrificing the future that made Boston’s turnaround possible.

The Red Sox do not need a reckless blockbuster. They need another starter, bullpen depth and perhaps a right-handed bat capable of balancing the lineup.

Boston’s 15-game streak ended Wednesday night. Its deadline impact will last through August 3. The Red Sox are no longer one of the teams supplying contenders. They have become one of them – and every front office that expected to shop from Boston must adjust.

- Derek Antoine

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

MLB: DODGER'S BEAT BLUE JAYS IN 18-INNING WORLD SERIES EPIC

Oct 27, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk off home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the eighteenth inning during game three of the 2025 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

LOS ANGELES - Freddie Freeman delivered a walk-off home run in the 18th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays late on Monday in a game that tied for the longest in World Series history.

The 18 innings tied the mark set by the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox in 2018 and the game was the second longest in a World Series by duration, lasting almost six hours and 40 minutes.

The win gave hosts Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

"It's one of the greatest World Series games of all time," manager Dave Roberts said. "I'm spent emotionally ... fortunately for the Dodgers we got Freddie Freeman on our team."

Freeman, who also delivered a walk-off grand slam in last year's World Series against the New York Yankees, homered off Brendon Little to send Dodger Stadium wild.

The first baseman became the first player in Major League Baseball history with multiple career World Series walk-off home runs. He also joined an exclusive group of just four players to hit multiple walk-off homers in the postseason.

OHTANI DOES IT AGAIN

Shohei Ohtani added another chapter to his storied career, reaching base nine times, a postseason record, with two home runs, two doubles and five walks, four of them intentional.

"I get it. He's the best player on the planet," Roberts said.

The Japanese player, who is set to pitch in Tuesday's Game Four, tied Corey Seager's Dodgers record of eight home runs in a single postseason.

"What matters is that we won," Ohtani said. "I want to go sleep as soon as possible so I can get ready."

Rookie right-hander Will Klein, the Dodgers' 10th pitcher, threw four shutout innings to earn the win.

"I love the way we played," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. "Every single player had the right intentions. There's a lot to digest, but I couldn't feel as good as I do right now about the way they went about it."

After almost seven hours of baseball, Roberts summed up the mood best.

"Guys will do anything to win a championship and they're laying it out there."

- Reuters

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

FULL 9TH INNING: YANKEES BASES LOADED WITH NO OUTS

RED SOX VS. YANKEES | AL WILDCARD | GAME 1

NEW YORK YANKEES VS. BOSTON RED SOX | WILDCARD GAME 1

Friday, 12 September 2025

BOSTON RED SOX VS. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS | HIGHLIGHTS

Saturday, 6 July 2024

ANTHONY VOLPE HAS ONE WORD FOR STATE OF SKIDDING YANKEES: 'BRUTAL'

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe stood in a quiet, mostly empty Yankees clubhouse and had a one-word description of the team's shockingly sorry skid.

“Brutal,” he said. “We play to win and we expect to win.”

A major league-best 49-21 through June 12, New York is a big league-worst 5-15 since. The Yankees wasted a three-run lead against the Boston Red Sox in the latest deflating defeat Friday night.

Masataka Yoshida hit a tying, two-run homer off Clay Holmes with two outs in the ninth inning and Ceddane Rafaela homered against Tommy Kahnle leading off the 10th to give Boston a 5-3 victory.

New York has lost 14 of 18 games, a slide that started at Fenway Park on June 15. The Yankees have struggled in the absence of Anthony Rizzo, sidelined since June 16 by a broken forearm, and Giancarlo Stanton, out since June 22 because of a strained hamstring.

“Nobody’s playing to the level that they think they can,” said Holmes, who has had two save chances since June 9 and blown them both.

New York has lost four straight games and dropped to 1-6 in extra innings.

"It’s a difficult time and we’ve got to dig down and quick turnaround tomorrow, get ready to play and find out what we’re made of a little bit,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “You’re going to be tested all the time with tough spots in the season. which clearly we are right now.”

Volpe and DJ LeMahieu made a double mental error that cost the Yankees a run in the third inning, allowing the Red Sox to turn an inning-ending double play.

With Volpe at third and LeMahieu at first and one out, Ben Rice hit a sharp grounder to Gonzalez at first. Gonzalez stepped on the bag and threw to Raffaela at second. But Volpe slowed down heading home and LeMahieu ran toward second instead of getting into a rundown and was tagged before Volpe crossed the plate.

“I just got to hustle all the way,” said Volpe, who thought the ball was foul. “Just got to be better.”

Boone spoke to Volpe about his mistake.

“We got to play better than that, yeah, no question,” Boone said. “We certainly understand that and invest a lot in that and we got to play clean baseball., especially when it’s hard and things are hard to come by. yeah. we got to be better. Period.”

Holmes threw six straight sinkers to Yoshida and admitted his pitch selection could have been better.

“The sinker down into Yoshida, he probably saw one too many there,” he said.

On June 13, Holmes allowed Maikel Garcia’s game-ending, two-run double in a 4-3 loss at Kansas City. Holmes has blown five saves in 24 chances.

“If he threw a slider there, then could have been a different story,” Yoshida said.

Boston has won five straight games and 15 in 20. The Yankees were 50-22 after winning the series opener at Boston on June 14, leading Baltimore by 3 1/2 games in the AL East and the third-place Red Sox by 14 games.

At 54-36 the Yankees trail the first-place Orioles by three games and are 4 1/2 games ahead of Boston (48-39).

“You got to get beat down a little bit to kind of see what you’re made of," captain Aaron Judge said Thursday, “and we're going to find out real soon.”

- RONALD BLUM