The Pink Sox have received 9 straight in honor of Teddy Ballgame, and in that span, we’ve seen Brayan Bello and Garrett Crochet pitch their first profession full video games. Crochet’s got here in an exclamation level of an finish to his first half in Boston, as he finishes with a 2.32 ERA and 129.1 IP. His dominance was on show when he determined to make use of his sweeper 26% of the time (it’s been his fourth-most used pitch over the remainder of the season) only for enjoyable en path to permitting three complete base runners and placing out 9.
He received some assist alongside the way in which from some, shockingly, good Pink Sox protection, with Trevor Story making one other spotlight play for the second day in a row and Abraham Toro and Carlos Narvaez combining some picture-perfect bunt protection to maintain the Rays off the board and, in the end, erase what would’ve been a game-tying run.
Narvaez provides to his legacy as The Captain with the one RBI of the sport as Roman Anthony continues to be the image of consistency, reaching base two extra occasions at the moment.
So, as this win streak extends to 9 and the Sox have an ERA below 2.00 over that span for the primary time since 1990, I ask, does a sequence win towards the Rays make this crew legit sufficient? Should you ask me, I’ll positively say sure. The best way this crew has been taking part in over the previous two-ish weeks has appeared like a playoff-caliber baseball crew, which is clearly thrilling after the mediocrity of the 2025 Pink Sox to begin the season. The pitching has taken an enormous step ahead up to now month, the children are up and swinging, and Masataka Yoshida is lastly free of his jail. Not far more you’ll be able to ask for going into the All-Star break.
I’ll say, although, and to not be a pessimist, however simply because this crew appears to be like like a playoff crew or may be a playoff crew, doesn’t imply it should, as we nicely know from final 12 months. So for now, I’m having fun with this stretch of unimaginable baseball within the current and complaining about lineup building so long as this crew has 4+ essential outfielders.
Three Studs
Garrett Crochet
His dominance was on clear show as soon as once more, and the uncommon sweeper reliance was oddly stunning to witness.
Carlos Narvaez
Narvaez and Rafaela really feel just like the heartbeat of the Pink Sox for me proper now. Narvaez continues to each name nice video games and supply strong protection behind the dish whereas additionally being a drive to be reckoned with on offense. With the sport’s single RBI, he had all three of those traits on show as soon as once more at the moment.
Trevor Story
As a part-time Rockies fan, watching Trevor Story’s resurgence over the previous month and a half has completely been the spotlight of my summer time. Whereas he didn’t hit a bomb at the moment, he had a enjoyable little double off Fenway’s wacky proper subject partitions and made one more cool play on protection.
Three duds
Whereas nobody essentially deserves “dud” standing, Wilyer Abreu did strike out 3 times, and Yoshida sadly did not file a success for the primary time since his return. Actually, all of the manufacturing from the day got here from the primary 4 within the lineup, and the underside third went 0-for-8 with 5 strikeouts and a stroll. However I suppose that’s what occurs if you transfer Rafaela as much as the No. 2 spot.
