A's end Red Sox's bid for 2nd 10-game win streak
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- Athletics defeated the Red Sox 7-3 at Fenway Park on Saturday, with reliever Hogan Harris closing out Boston's bid for a second 10-game win streak in the same season — something no Red Sox team has ever done.
- Ian White lined out to center field with the bases loaded after Boston scored a run, capping a rally that started with two outs and a runner on second, per interim manager Chad Tracy.
- The loss was just Boston's fourth in its last 31 games; the day before, the Red Sox became the seventh team since 1920 to win 27 or more in a 30-game span, and the only team to begin that run under .500.
- Red Sox were 14 games under .500 on June 24 but have since climbed to 64-52, a turnaround that followed a franchise record-tying 15-game win streak ended just over two weeks ago, matching the mark set by Ted Williams's 1946 club.
- The most recent streak began July 29 after a loss in West Sacramento to the Athletics, and 12 of Boston's last 19 wins have come via comeback, including Thursday's 12-11 win over the White Sox.
- Boston has won its last nine consecutive series, one shy of the franchise record of 11 set in 1912, the year Fenway Park opened.
- DH Jahmai Jones framed the loss as identity-revealing: "We've seen comebacks for us, we've seen a lot of late inning rallies. Unfortunately, it was hit on the screws right at somebody."
Why it matters: The loss snaps one of baseball's most improbable turnarounds: Boston went from 14 games under .500 on June 24 to 64-52, but the A's denied them a feat no Red Sox team has accomplished — two separate 10-game win streaks in the same season — via a bases-loaded lineout in the ninth. Tracy and Jones framed the rally attempt itself as proof of the team's new comeback identity, even in defeat.
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