Overview
- Boston completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 4-0 win that extended the club’s streak to nine consecutive series victories, a run identified by the Elias Sports Bureau and reported by Bob Nightengale.
- The streak follows a dramatic turnaround from a 46-48 first-half record and a nine-game road winning run in late July that shifted the team’s momentum.
- The run has moved the Red Sox into third place in the AL East and put them squarely in the fight for an American League Wild Card spot.
- The winning streak has altered how the roster and front office are viewed, changing Boston from presumed trade-deadline sellers into a team many now expect to contend down the stretch.
- Elias says the nine-series run is Boston’s longest since Aug. 4–Sept. 15, 1912, a stretch that preceded a 105-47 season and a World Series title for the franchise.