Resilient Red Sox Win 13-Inning Marathon on Durbin Walk-Off, Extend Winning Streak to Eight

An unforgettable night at Fenway showcased everything that has defined Boston's remarkable 2026 season.

Boston celebrates after Durbin walkoff single

If you needed one game to explain the 2026 Boston Red Sox, Thursday night's 13-inning thriller at Fenway Park was it.

Early mistakes. Missed opportunities. Heroic comebacks. Late-inning drama.

And somehow, another Red Sox victory.

Boston overcame multiple seemingly insurmountable deficits, staved off multiple chances to lose, and watched Caleb Durbin deliver a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 13th inning, completing an unforgettable 12-11 victory over the Chicago White Sox. The win not only secured a three-game sweep, but extended the Red Sox' winning streak to eight games.

The night couldn't have started much worse.

Chicago stormed out to a 4-0 lead, highlighted by a two-run blast from former Red Sox prospect Chase Meidroth in the third inning. Connor Wong immediately answered with his third home run of the season, cutting the deficit in half before Boston clawed all the way back to tie the game at five in the fourth.

Just when the momentum appeared to swing toward the home team, it disappeared again.

An errant throw from Justin Slaten that should have ended the fifth inning instead opened the door for two more White Sox runs, putting Boston back in a 7-5 hole. Masataka Yoshida responded with an RBI double in the sixth, but despite putting runners on base in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, the Red Sox couldn't find the timely hit to bring home the tying run.

Until they absolutely had to.

Facing their final out in the bottom of the ninth with a runner standing on third, Wilyer Abreu lined a ground-ball single into center field, sending the tying run home and bringing the Fenway Park crowd back to life.

The extra innings somehow became even crazier.

Aroldis Chapman entered in the 10th inning looking to keep the game tied, but Meidroth struck again. With two strikes and one out, he crushed his second two-run homer of the night into the Monster Seats, once again silencing the Fenway crowd.

Boston answered immediately.

A Yoshida walk and an Andruw Monasterio double cut the deficit to one before Anthony Seigler lifted a sacrifice fly to even the score once again.

Neither team was ready to blink.

Chicago grabbed another lead in the 11th, but Boston answered yet again, loading the bases with one out and threatening to end the game. Instead, Monasterio popped up on the first pitch he saw before Jarren Duran flew harmlessly to center, stranding the bases loaded. It was the latest frustration in a difficult night for Duran, who left six runners on base.

The White Sox weren't done making things difficult.

Brayan Bello entered in the 12th and escaped a bases-loaded jam while allowing only one run. The inning could have been much worse had Duran not delivered one of the defensive plays of the night, throwing Braden Montgomery out at the plate after a Chase Meidroth single.

Jake Rogers made sure the play mattered.

The newly acquired catcher came through with a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning, tying the game once more and sending the back-and-forth marathon into lucky inning number 13.

This time, Bello slammed the door.

The right-hander retired Chicago in order, giving Boston one final opportunity.

Nick Sogard began the inning at second base and ended the game at home plate.

With one out, Caleb Durbin lined a single back through the middle. As the ball skipped into center field, Sogard raced home ahead of the throw, setting off another celebration at Fenway Park.

The box score will show another Red Sox win.

Those who watched know it was much more than that.

This was resilience.

This was belief.

This was a baseball team that simply refuses to lose.

Capturing victory from the jaws of defeat.

This was the 2026 Boston Red Sox. When all hope seems lost, when you're ready to count them out, they come back again and again, over and over, pulling us back in and just keep winning.

And if Thursday night was any indication, the 2026 Red Sox may be building something far more dangerous than just an eight-game winning streak. This team might be the team Boston fans have been waiting for.