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Boston Red Sox

Boston · American League · AL East

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At a glance

2026 Regular season

Record
77-65
Division position
3rd in AL East
Wild Card
WC2 · +6.0
Run differential
+79

No. 6 MLB

Standing

3rd in AL East

Division: 7.5 GB · Wild Card: WC2 · +6.0

Next game

at Baltimore Orioles

Sep 5 · Scheduled

Pitching matchup: Sonny Gray - 16-4, 2.82 ERA · Chris Bassitt - 6-4, 4.97 ERA

69-73 · 5th in AL East

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Schedule

Recent and upcoming games

Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.

Recent games

at Baltimore Orioles

Sep 4 · Final

WP: Suarez · LP: Baz · SV: Chapman

Notable: Suarez: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K · W

W 1-0

at Baltimore Orioles

Sep 3 · Final

WP: Miller · LP: León · SV: Chapman

Notable: Bennett: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 2 HR · ND

W 6-5

vs Seattle Mariners

Sep 2 · Final

WP: Criswell · LP: Sandoval

Notable: Sandoval: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K · L

L 3-8

vs Seattle Mariners

Sep 1 · Final

WP: Woo · LP: Paez

Notable: Paez: 3.2 IP, 10 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 HR · L

L 6-9

vs Seattle Mariners

Aug 31 · Final

WP: Chapman · LP: Criswell

Notable: Tolle: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR · ND

W 9-8

Upcoming games

at Baltimore Orioles

Sep 5 · Scheduled

Probable pitchers: Sonny Gray vs Chris Bassitt

69-73 · 5th in AL East

at Baltimore Orioles

Sep 6 · Scheduled

Probable pitchers: Payton Tolle vs Kyle Bradish

69-73 · 5th in AL East

Analytics

How this team has performed

Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.

Team Quality

Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.

Record
77-65

No. 8 MLB

Run differential
+79

No. 6 MLB

Runs/game
4.5

No. 16 MLB

Runs allowed/game
3.9

No. 5 MLB

Expected record
80-62

Based on runs scored and allowed.

Actual vs expected
-3.4 wins

Offense

Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.

Runs/game
4.5

No. 16 MLB

OPS
.730

No. 8 MLB

OBP
.323

No. 9 MLB

SLG
.407

No. 9 MLB

AVG
.249

No. 7 MLB

Home runs
148

No. 22 MLB

BB%
8.4%

No. 23 MLB

K%
21.3%

No. 8 MLB

Hits/game
8.4

No. 11 MLB

Pitching and Run Prevention

Pitching staff results and opponent production.

Runs allowed/game
3.9

No. 5 MLB

ERA
3.65

No. 4 MLB

WHIP
1.24

No. 6 MLB

Strikeouts
1209

No. 11 MLB

Walks
410

No. 3 MLB

K/9
8.6

No. 12 MLB

BB/9
2.9

No. 3 MLB

HR allowed
141

No. 4 MLB

Opp AVG
.242

No. 16 MLB

Opp OPS
.687

No. 6 MLB

Basic Defense

Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.

Errors
76

No. 18 MLB

Fielding %
.985

No. 16 MLB

Double plays
105

No. 17 MLB

Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.

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