Boston Red Sox’s Jarren Duran snaps his bat after striking out to end the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Jim Davis)<\/small><\/p>\n
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BOSTON (AP) \u2014 The way the things have gone for the Boston Red Sox since early July, it wouldn\u2019t have been surprising if they pulled off another comeback.<\/p>\n
Instead, they loaded the bases against Athletics reliever Hogan Harris after scoring a run, but Ian White lined out solidly to center field to end their bid for a second win streak of at least 10 games in the same season for the first in team history with a 7-3 loss<\/a><\/span> on Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park.<\/p>\n \u201cThat we might actually win the game the way it\u2019s gone,\u201d interim manager Chad Tracy said, when asked what he was thinking with the potential tying run at the plate.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a great effort to get the tying run to plate and give ourselves a shot, which was awesome,\u201d Tracy said of the rally that started with two outs and a runner on second.<\/p>\n It was just Boston\u2019s fourth loss in its last 31 games. On Friday<\/a><\/span>, the Red Sox became just the seventh team since 1920 to win 27 or more in a 30-game span, and the only team to begin their run under .500.<\/p>\n On June 24, the Red Sox were 14 games under .500. Now, they\u2019re 64-52.<\/p>\n Just over two weeks ago, the Red Sox had a franchise record-tying 15-game win streak ended. It matched th mark set by the 1946 club that was led by future Hall of Famer Ted Williams.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The most recent streak started July 29, after a loss in West Sacramento, California, against the Athletics, sending them on a nine-game skid.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s our identity. I think that\u2019s who we are as a team,\u201d Boston DH Jahmai Jones said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen comebacks for us, we\u2019ve seen a lot of late inning rallies.<\/p>\n