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The Red Sox have won six straight to get back into the Wild Card mix, but will their winning ways continue against tougher competition before and after the All-Star break.
There was a time in the old days -- like a couple of months ago -- when the Red Sox were seriously scuffling. They couldn’t hold late-inning leads when their closer, Aroldis Chapman, didn’t have the ball,
The Red Sox stormed back to steal the opening game of this four-game series against the Rays, 4-3. Boston was able to score three runs on two hits in the seventh inning before the bullpen held tight to extend the winning streak to seven games — a season-long for the Sox.
Similar to Story, the Red Sox as a team have an 80% success rate when swiping bags this season. They rank sixth in the majors with 81 steals. But, again, it's not about volume -- it's about efficiency.
The Chicago Cubs have reportedly been approved to host the 2027 All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, the first time they'll host since the 1990 season, 37 years ago.
For the Yankees, as of July 12, two days before the All-Star break, the New York offense leads the MLB in homers (149), walks (372), OBP (.339), SLG (.458), and OPS (.797), while the pitching staff has permitted the fewest hits (694), lowest OBA (.224), and rank top 10 in WHIP (1.21), and strikeouts (846).
Things couldn't be going much better for the Boston Red Sox right now. Friday night's win was the kind of storybook moment that successful seasons are built upo
Garrett Crochet will be skipping the All-Star Game, probably because he has to start in the Red Sox's matchup against the Rays.