Boston Red Sox win 14th game in a row after edging Baltimore Orioles at home

[p]It is the longest win streak in Major League Baseball this season and leaves the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-red-sox/zaXTinF3/"]Red Sox[/a] one victory shy of matching their club record of 15 set in 1946.[/p][p]Third baseman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/durbin-caleb/vkGI7SK7/"]Durbin[/a] blasted a pitch from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-orioles/EcZwBi3N/"]Orioles[/a] reliever [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wells-tyler/SOeAiPaj/"]Tyler Wells[/a] into the seats atop Fenway Park's "Green Monster" left-field wall [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/baseball/baltimore-orioles-EcZwBi3N/boston-red-sox-zaXTinF3/?mid=UwqPvo9s"]with two outs in the eighth inning[/a]. It was his 10th homer of the season.[/p][p]Boston closing relief pitcher [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chapman-aroldis/hbEpcozl/"]Aroldis Chapman[/a], a 38-year-old Cuban left-hander, walked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cowser-colton/QD8Ro7n5/"]Colton Cowser[/a] and surrendered a two-out double to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henderson-gunnar/lpcnQYcg/"]Gunnar Henderson[/a] that put two Orioles runners in scoring position in the ninth.[/p][embed guid="7e40ab86-27ac-4917-a1d5-a29b2ef5bf4b" url="https://x.com/MLB/status/2079379891099709935?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Baltimore's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-neill-tyler/U7RkymsH/"]Tyler O'Neill[/a] then smacked a line drive that was caught by Taiwanese shortstop [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cheng-tsung/tEt2eWal/"]Cheng Tsung-che[/a] of the Red Sox for the final out to secure the triumph.[/p][p]The visiting Orioles were undone by four errors, their most in a game since 2023.[/p][p]The Red Sox, founded in 1901, can set a club record by sweeping the three-game series with Baltimore, which saw a seven-game win streak snapped.[/p][p]Boston improved to 51-48, clinging to the final American League wildcard playoff spot with two months remaining in the campaign with Baltimore three games back at 49-52.[/p]