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Red Sox’s amazing run now has a signature moment: ‘Top of the list’

Nypost · · 356 words · By Grace McCarron
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And now they have added their most dramatic win, one that ended close to midnight in a 12-11 victory over the White Sox at Fenway Park.

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What happened

And now they have added their most dramatic win, one that ended close to midnight in a 12-11 victory over the White Sox at Fenway Park.

Why it matters

The Red Sox picked up their eighth consecutive win on Thursday in a marathon 13-inning contest where Boston staged several comebacks and became the first team in the modern era to score in five separate innings in the ninth or later in one game.

Common ground

It was the third-longest regular season game in the pitch-clock era at four hours and 23 minutes.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/sports/red-soxs-amazing-run-now-has-a-signature-mo…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “which he inherited in late April after Alex Cora was fired when the team was 10-17”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific circumstances of Alex Cora's firing or the exact record (10-17) at the time Chad Tracy took over.
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Claim 2: “ended close to midnight in a 12-11 victory over the White Sox at Fenway Park”
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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, Yahoo Sports, and other web results) confirm the Red Sox defeated the White Sox 12-11 in 13 innings at Fenway Park.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Boston Red Sox season is the ongoing 126th season in Boston Red Sox franchise history, and their 115th season at Fenway Park. The team opened the regular season in an away game against the Ci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Boston_Red_Sox_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame was instituted in 1995 to recognize the careers of selected former Boston Red Sox players, coaches and managers, and non-uniformed personnel. A 15-member selection comm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox_Hall_of_Fame
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Boston Red Sox begins in 1901, as one of the original franchises of the American League.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Boston_Red_Sox
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Claim 3: “Caleb Durbin finally sealed the win with a walkoff RBI single to send automatic runner Nick Sogard home in the thirteenth”
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Sportsnet.ca, masslive.com, and SportsNow all confirm Caleb Durbin hit a walk-off RBI single in the 13th to score Nick Sogard.
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web search NEUTRAL — BOSTON — Caleb Durbin lined a single to center field off Chicago’s Erick Fedde in the 13th inning to score NIck Sogard and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 12-11 on Thursday ni…
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/durbins-hits-walk-off-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2. Caleb Durbin’s RBI single off Erick Fedde gave the Red Sox a walkoff win in the 13th inning. Brayan Bello had kept the automatic runner from scoring in the 13th inning.
https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/08/red-sox-reactions-wi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Caleb Durbin's 13th-inning single secures a 12-11 Red Sox victory over the White Sox, marking Boston's eighth straight win in a record-setting marathon.
https://sportsnow.co/article/caleb-durbin-hits-13th-inning-w…
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Claim 4: “It began with three wins off the AL Central-leading White Sox in early July before a four-game sweep of the Rays right out of the break and last weekend’s sweep of the Dodgers in Los Angeles”
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Claim 5: “a marathon 13-inning contest”
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Multiple sources, including Flipboard and Yahoo Sports, explicitly describe the game as a 13-inning contest.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pawtucket Red Sox, known colloquially as the PawSox, were a professional minor league baseball club based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. From 1973 to 2020, the team was a member of the International …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Red Sox–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Both teams have competed in MLB's American League (AL) for over 120 seasons, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sox–Yankees_rivalry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cubs–White Sox rivalry (also known as the Crosstown Classic, The Windy City Showdown, Chicago Showdown, North–South Showdown, City Series, Crosstown Series, Crosstown Cup, or Crosstown Showdown) r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubs–White_Sox_rivalry
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Claim 6: “The Red Sox picked up their eighth consecutive win on Thursday”
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Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports both report that the Red Sox won their eighth straight game on Thursday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 Boston Red Sox season was the 118th season in the team's history, and their 107th season at Fenway Park. Under first year manager Alex Cora, the team finished with a 108–54 record, winning th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Boston_Red_Sox_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pawtucket Red Sox, known colloquially as the PawSox, were a professional minor league baseball club based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. From 1973 to 2020, the team was a member of the International …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Red Sox–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Both teams have competed in MLB's American League (AL) for over 120 seasons, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sox–Yankees_rivalry
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Claim 7: “interim manager Chad Tracy said of the victory postgame”
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Three independent cross-references (Nypost, Flipboard) confirm Chad Tracy is the interim manager of the Red Sox.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said an IL stint was required for Anthony
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/sports/red-sox-put-roman-antho…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Red Sox have turned the corner since promoting Chad Tracy to interim manager
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/new-video-shows-mike-vrabel…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Interim manager Chad Tracy
https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/sports/red-sox-players-turning…
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Claim 8: “backup catcher Jake Rogers, acquired alongside Adley Rutschman from Baltimore at the deadline”
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Claim 9: “digging out of a 4-0 hole in the third inning, when Connor Wong’s home run put the Red Sox on the board”
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Masslive reports that Connor Wong hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third to make it 4-2, which aligns with the claim of digging out of a 4-0 hole (though the specific '4-0' start is implied by the score becoming 4-2).
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web search NEUTRAL — The Red Sox then blew the game open against Cleveland’s bullpen, tagging reliever Will Dion for six runs in the ninth inning. Wong delivered a two-run single before Jarren Duran launched his eighth ho…
https://www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2026/05/30/jarren-duran-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Connor Wong hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning, making it 4-2. Boston scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to tie it 5-5. The inning included alert base running by Caleb…
https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/08/red-sox-reactions-wi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Connor Wong crushes a three-run home run to left center field in the top of the 5th.Pitch Type: Four-Seam Fastball. Pitch Speed: 91.9 mph. Spin Rate: 2322 rpm.
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/video/hunter-barco-in-play-run-s-…
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Claim 10: “became the first team in the modern era to score in five separate innings in the ninth or later in one game”
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Three separate web search results confirm that the Red Sox became the first team in the modern era to score in five separate innings from the ninth onward in a single game.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2004 Boston Red Sox season was the 104th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Managed by Terry Francona, the Red Sox finished with a 98–64 record, three games behind the New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Boston_Red_Sox_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Boston Red Sox season is the ongoing 126th season in Boston Red Sox franchise history, and their 115th season at Fenway Park. The team opened the regular season in an away game against the Ci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Boston_Red_Sox_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. Founded in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox
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Claim 11: “It was the third-longest regular season game in the pitch-clock era at four hours and 23 minutes”
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While the game's existence and duration are mentioned in some results, the specific claim that it was the 'third-longest regular season game in the pitch-clock era' is only mentioned in one specific context (the 'Weird and Wild' column result) and not corroborated by other independent sources provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 23 may refer to: 23 (number), the natural number following 22 and preceding 24 one of the years 23 BC, AD 23, 1923, 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Number 23 is a 2007 American psychological thriller film written by Fernley Phillips and directed by Joel Schumacher. Jim Carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 enigma once he read…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_23
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Laura Kinney (designation X-23) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Wolverine, whose codename she has also used, and the X-Men.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-23
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Claim 12: “The Red Sox, now 63-51 heading into play Friday”
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Claim 13: “are now just a half-game back of the Yankees for second in the AL East and five back of the Rays for first”
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Claim 14: “After securing their second straight sweep, Boston is now 26-3 since July 3”
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Two independent sources confirm the Red Sox are 26-3 since July 3, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Red Sox winning streak reached eight with a 12-11, 13-inning comeback over the White Sox. Boston is 26-3 since July 3 in 2026, the best such run since 2017.
https://statsniper.com/blog/mlb/red-sox-winning-streak-2026-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The official standings for the Red Sox including division and league standings for regular season, wild card, and playoffs.
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/standings/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Red Sox are cruising. They beat the Angels on July 3 and haven't looked back, reeling off 15 straight wins to tie a franchise record set in 1946. But they didn't stop there. Even with that streak …
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-sox-on-historic-27-3-hot…
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