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The Boston Red Sox finally reached New York for their three-game set with the Mets after nearly a full day of travel on Thursday and Friday. Less than 48 hours later, they completed the majors’ hottest stretch by finishing their first 9-0 road trip in 49 years. On Sunday, Boston capitalized on a miscue by Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor on a potential game-ending double play in the ninth inning to push two runs across, then Tony Siegler’s sacrifice fly in the 10th inning sealed a 3-2 victory over the struggling Mets. The win came as Boston, after a rough first half that included stops in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, had not posted a 9-0 road trip since July 29 to August 7, 1977, when they visited the California Angels, Seattle and Oakland. The Red Sox have won 14 of 16 and 17 of 22, climbing from last place in the American League into a tie for the last wild-card spot.
“You can never count us out, whether it’s a playoff push or a single game,” Siegler said. “It just speaks volumes about how we approach the game and how we carry ourselves.” Boston outscored the Mets 13-4 in a series that began at 7:51 p.m. EDT Friday, less than three hours after the Red Sox landed at Citi Field following a grueling trek from Chicago. Their charter plane encountered two separate mechanical failures, forcing the team to disembark and remain in Chicago after their 2-1 win over the White Sox on Thursday night, leaving them on the plane for several hours early Friday afternoon. By Saturday, the Red Sox were sporting T-shirts that read, “Show and Go Airlines, See You at 4:15.” “That will always be a fun story for a while,” reliever Garrett Whitlock said with a grin after a flawless 10th inning earned him the save.
With the club mired in a 10-17 stretch earlier in the season, World Series-winning manager Alex Cora and much of his staff were dismissed on April 25. Boston opened 12-10 under interim manager Chad Tracy before slipping to 10-19 from May 22 through June 24. Yet the team has surged as part of a 14-2 run that began June 25, when Boston beat the New York Yankees 6-3 after arriving home from Colorado at dawn because of a mechanical issue on their plane. The Red Sox have posted a 2.53 ERA and averaged 4.9 runs per game over their last 16 outings, after scoring an average of only 3.9 runs over their first 78 games. “Where we sit right now, given where we were three weeks ago, you couldn’t ask for much more,” Tracy said. Despite their recent upswing, Boston remains a major-league-worst 17-27 at Fenway Park, where they open a series against AL East-leading Tampa Bay on Friday. The team has never reached the playoffs in a season in which they finished under .500 at Fenway.
“Any big-league win is hard to come by, so stringing them together is really meaningful,” Whitlock said. “I think it’s helped the team gain some momentum. But we know when we get home we’ve still got plenty of work to do. It’s our own fault.”