Red Sox surge turns 2026 season into a psychedelic summer
Dan Shaughnessy chronicles the Red Sox’s astonishing late-season surge, climbing from 14 games under .500 to playoff buzz with a 31-5 run since June 25, a 21-4 July, and an eight-game win streak. Sparked by bold moves like trading for Adley Rutschman and a scrappy lineup of overachievers, Boston evokes the 1967 Cardiac Kids and the 1988 Sox while musing on whether momentum really exists, and fans are riding a wild summer all the way to the edge of October contention.
