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Red Sox Win 13-Inning Marathon, Edge Yankees

8/8/2026

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Summary

Red Sox Shuffle

The Red Sox optioned reliever Greg Weissert to Triple-A and promoted pitcher Raymond Burgos.
In a 13-inning Thursday game, starter Ranger Suarez lasted three innings while the bullpen covered ten innings and threw 166 pitches across eight relievers.
Boston plans to limit Payton Tolle, Jake Bennett and Brayan Bello after they logged 114 pitches in three outings and may call up Blake Wehunt.

Summary

Red Sox Surge

The Red Sox won 13-innings to reach 63-51, moving within a half-game of the Yankees for the top AL wild-card spot.
The game lasted over four hours, becoming Boston’s longest by innings since September 16, 2023.
The win gave Boston its sixth sweep of a first-place team this season—the most since 1961—and its eighth straight win, a 26-3 run matched by only four clubs in 70 years.

History

Historical Context

Boston’s recent 13-inning, four-hour win echoes the 1975 World Series Game 6, when the Red Sox battled the Cincinnati Reds for 12 innings before Carlton Fisk’s walk-off homer forced a seventh game. That 1975 showdown featured the Reds’ 108-win “Big Red Machine” season and cemented the Red Sox’s reputation for marathon extra-innings contests.

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Red Sox Shuffle

The Red Sox optioned reliever Greg Weissert to Triple-A and promoted pitcher Raymond Burgos.
In a 13-inning Thursday game, starter Ranger Suarez lasted three innings while the bullpen covered ten innings and threw 166 pitches across eight relievers.
Boston plans to limit Payton Tolle, Jake Bennett and Brayan Bello after they logged 114 pitches in three outings and may call up Blake Wehunt.

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