Boston had to come back from down 4-0, 5-2, 7-5, 9-7, 10-9, and 11-10 to pull out the gutsy win. It was their eighth in a row, and the way they did it had to be the most impressive thing<\/a> they’ve done in a single contest all year. <\/p>\n Red Sox set MLB modern-era first with late-game heroics Aug 5, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu (52) reacts after stealing second base Chicago White Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n The game could have been over so many times, but the Red Sox<\/a>, as they’ve done so often in the last two months, refused to go down without a fight. Big swings from Connor Wong, Masataka Yoshida, Caleb Durbin, and more helped set the stage for the dramatic game-tying single in the bottom of the ninth from Wilyer Abreu, with the Red Sox down to their very last strike. <\/p>\n From there, the Red Sox had to keep pace with Chicago in every frame of extras, as two in the 10th, one in the 11th, and one in the 12th kept the Red Sox on their heels until Brayan Bello was finally able to get a scoreless top of the 13th. <\/p>\n That set the stage for Durbin to walk things off with a single up the middle in the bottom half of the 13th. And according to OptaSTATS on X, that made the Red Sox the first team in the modern era (since 1900) to score in at least five separate innings in the ninth inning or later. Yeah, that historic. <\/p>\n The @RedSox<\/a> are the only MLB team in the modern era to score in 5 separate innings in the 9th inning or later in the same game.<\/p>\n![\"Abreu\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01kze2k2ejam33wf53k6.jpg\" "\\"Abreu\\"")
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