Red Sox Simply Refuse To Lose In Wild 13-Inning Walk-Off
· Yahoo Sports
Red Sox Simply Refuse To Lose In Wild 13-Inning Walk-Off originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Visit asg-reflektory.pl for more information.
The Boston Red Sox simply cannot lose right now. Boston appeared finished more than once Thursday night. It trailed by four runs in the third inning, fell behind again after erasing that deficit and entered the bottom half of four consecutive innings needing at least one run to keep the game alive.
Every single time, the Red Sox answered.
Caleb Durbin finally ended the madness with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 13th inning, giving Boston a remarkable 12-11 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox extended their winning streak to eight games, completed a three-game sweep and improved to 63-51. This was easily the wildest victory of their ongoing surge.
Red Sox Refused To Let Early Deficit Decide Game
Chicago grabbed control with four runs against Robert Suarez in the third inning. Chase Meidroth opened the scoring with a two-run home run before Colson Montgomery’s single and a throwing error by Ceddanne Rafaela allowed two more runs to cross the plate.
DURBIN WALKS IT OFF!!!
— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 7, 2026
FINAL (13): #RedSox 12, White Sox 11#DirtyWaterpic.twitter.com/IegALxxGsT
Boston immediately responded.
Connor Wong launched a 387-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the third. The White Sox added another run in the fourth, but the Red Sox erased the remaining deficit with three runs in their half of the inning. Andruw Monasterio doubled home Durbin before Caleb Seigler drove a two-run double into right field to tie the game at five.
Chicago moved back in front in the fifth when Justin Slaten’s throwing error helped two runs score. Masataka Yoshida’s RBI double in the sixth cut the deficit to 7-6, but Boston remained behind entering the ninth. Wong started the final regulation rally with a double. Pinch runner Eli White advanced to third on Nick Sogard’s sacrifice bunt, and Wilyer Abreu singled through the middle to tie the game.
That comeback only set the stage for something even more improbable.
Boston Answered Every Extra-Inning Challenge
The White Sox scored in all three of the first extra innings. Each time, the Red Sox matched them. Meidroth hit his second home run of the game in the top of the 10th, a two-run shot off Aroldis Chapman that gave Chicago a 9-7 advantage.
Boston did not blink.
Monasterio drove home Abreu with his second double of the night. Seigler then lifted a sacrifice fly to center, bringing Justin Jones home with the tying run. Chicago reclaimed the lead with a sacrifice fly in the 11th. Abreu responded with one of his own in the bottom half.
The White Sox went ahead yet again when Sam Antonacci singled home a run in the 12th. Boston’s newest catcher, Jake Rogers, answered with a sacrifice fly after Jarren Duran advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Three extra innings. Three Chicago leads. Three Boston responses.
Brayan Bello, normally a starting pitcher, then gave the Red Sox the scoreless inning they desperately needed in the 13th. He retired the side without allowing the automatic runner to score, striking out Montgomery before getting former Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi to foul out. That finally gave Boston a chance to win instead of merely survive.
MORE: Red Sox Release Left-Handed Reliever Amid Seven-Game Winning Streak
Caleb Durbin Delivers The Final Blow
Sogard began the bottom of the 13th as the automatic runner at second. After Rafaela fouled out, Chicago intentionally walked Abreu to face Durbin.
It did not work.
Durbin lined Erick Fedde’s sinker into center field, allowing Sogard to race home with the winning run. The 25-year-old third baseman finished 3-for-6 with two runs, one walk and the biggest RBI of the night. Boston collected 16 hits and went 8-for-23 with runners in scoring position. Monasterio contributed two doubles and two RBIs, while Seigler drove in three runs. Wong finished with two hits, two RBIs and the team’s only home run.
It was hardly a clean performance. Boston committed two errors, allowed 11 runs and needed nine pitchers to cover 13 innings. Suarez lasted only three innings, and the bullpen was pushed to its limit.
None of that mattered in the end.
The Red Sox swept Chicago after winning the first two games of the series by scores of 14-2 and 4-0. Thursday’s finale required a completely different formula, but Boston still found a way. Eight consecutive wins have lifted the Red Sox from a struggling team into the thick of the American League playoff race. They have gone from 10 games below .500 to 12 games above it.
Thursday night provided the most dramatic evidence yet that something has changed at Fenway Park. No deficit feels permanent. No late lead feels safe for the opponent. No game appears over until the Red Sox have exhausted every possible opportunity.
Right now, Boston simply refuses to lose.