Overview
- Caleb Durbin delivered a walk‑off RBI single in the 13th to beat the Chicago White Sox 12-11 in a 4‑hour, 23‑minute marathon that finished Thursday night at Fenway Park.
- The victory extended Boston’s run to 31 wins in 36 games and their eighth straight win, improving the Red Sox to 63-51 and moving them within a half‑game of second place in the AL East.
- Elias Sports Bureau credited the club with its sixth sweep of a team that entered a series in first place this season, a feat not recorded since divisional play began.
- Manager Chad Tracy said the game exhausted the bullpen and nearly forced use of a position player to pitch, leaving Boston short on relievers for the immediate days ahead.
- Caleb Durbin left the game with his previously injured pinky taped after re‑jamming it, and Adley Rutschman continues to ramp up baseball activities in rehab with a rehab assignment possible but not yet scheduled.