Overview
- Wilyer Abreu homered twice on Saturday, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the seventh, finishing a 7-6 comeback that extended Boston’s winning streak to 12 games.
- The victory moved the Red Sox to 49-48 and into the American League’s final wild-card spot, giving the club new momentum less than three weeks before the Aug. 3 trade deadline.
- Boston’s pitchers allowed just 17 runs across the first 11 games of the streak, but Saturday’s win also marked the team’s first victory this season when trailing by three or more runs after entering the game 0-34 in such situations.
- Ranger Suárez is on track to come off the injured list when his 15-day minimum expires Tuesday and could return to the rotation immediately because he did not require a rehab start.
- Late-inning heroics have become a league theme this weekend, from Abreu in Boston to Hao‑Yu Lee’s ninth-inning double for Detroit and extra-inning winners for Seattle, and the Red Sox’s run raises questions about whether the front office shifts toward buying before the deadline.