The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Mets 3-2 on Sunday to finish a sweep and complete a 9-0 road trip, the first time the franchise has gone undefeated over a nine-game road stretch since 1977.
ESPN reported the milestone. Nearly five decades passed between the last time Boston put together a perfect road trip of this length and the one they finished Sunday in New York.
The Mets loss finished what had been a dominant stretch away from Fenway Park. Boston won all three games in New York by a combined margin that required the Red Sox to grind out close results. Sunday's 3-2 final was not a comfortable win, but it counted the same as a blowout.
A 9-0 road trip is significant at any point in a season. Teams play away from home roughly half the time, and the difficulty of winning consistently in opposing ballparks, in front of opposing crowds, with travel factored in, makes a perfect nine-game stretch nearly unprecedented in modern baseball for most franchises.
The Red Sox enter the All-Star break having proven they can win anywhere. Whether that translates into sustained success in the second half of 2026 will be the next question for a team that has now given itself something to build on.
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