The Red Sox rotation has turned into one of the most reliable groups in baseball, and the recent run has pushed it into rare company.
Boston’s starters own a 4.02 ERA, good for 10th in MLB, but the bigger story is the streak they’ve put together lately: 11 straight quality starts. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the club’s longest stretch since 1988 and tied for its second-longest since 1933.
That 1988 team is not exactly a random benchmark. The Red Sox won the AL East that season with a rotation headlined by Roger Clemens, Bruce Hurst, Oil Can Boyd and Mike Boddicker.
What makes this current run stand out even more is how Boston has done it. Garrett Crochet has been out on the injured list since late April, and the rotation has still kept humming with a very young group that includes rookies Payton Tolle, Connelly Early and Jake Bennett.
The results have followed. Boston is 7-4 during the streak, a stretch that includes a historic four-game sweep of the New York Yankees at Fenway Park.
There’s still plenty of ground to make up, though. The Red Sox sit last in the AL East and 10 games under .500, so the hope is that this rotation can keep carrying the load and drag the team back into the playoff chase.
Ranger Suarez gets the next crack at keeping the streak alive Monday at home against the Washington Nationals. That assignment comes with a real challenge, since Washington leads MLB in scoring this season at 5.28 runs per game.
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