Jaylen Brown was a member of the Celtics the last time the Red Sox lost a game. Taylor Swift was not yet married to Travis Kelce, and Graham Platner was still campaigning for the Senate in Maine.
The astonishing win streak reached 15 games Wednesday afternoon when the Sox beat the Orioles, 6-3, in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park.
For Sox fans, it was reminiscent of 1988, when interim manager Joe Morgan took over at the All-Star break and led the team to 12 consecutive wins en route to the division title.
That the surge came to a shuddering halt with a 5-1 loss in the second game didn’t detract from the achievement.
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