The (latest) Boston Red Sox winning streak stops at nine.On Saturday, the Athletics played the spoiler at Fenway Park, raining on what has at times seemed like a summer-long parade in Boston. Their 7-3 win over the Red Sox denied Boston its second double-digit winning streak of the season.The Red Sox tried to muster some late magic, which has become a bit of a hallmark of this wild, never-say-die Boston season. They put runners on second and third with two outs in the eighth, but the push ended when Jarren Duran struck out. Then, in the ninth, Boston strung together three hits and a walk, but Eli White lined out to center field to end the game.
The A’s have snapped their 9-game losing streak and have also ended the Red Sox 9-game winning streak! pic.twitter.com/WTfUUg5gLy
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 8, 2026“I think that’s our identity, I think that’s who we are as a team,” Jahmai Jones said, “is, you know, it’s the ninth inning. We’ve seen a lot of comebacks for us, we’ve seen a lot of late-inning rallies. We’re never going to give up until the game’s over.”Did interim manager Chad Tracy have hope? Yep, he sure did.“It was a great effort to get the tying run to the plate and give ourselves a shot,” Tracy said afterward. “It was awesome. … That ball was smoked by Eli, and if you get another one on there you’ve got the winning run at the plate, so it was a good effort.”
