Red Sox Go For Sweep Of Mets In Series, First Half Finale

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: Andruw Monasterio #32 and Caleb Durbin #5 of the Boston Red Sox celebrate a 2-run home run during the fourth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 11, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images) | Getty Images Happ

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Happy Sunday, folks. It’s pretty lame that the showrunners decided to take a break in the middle of the season as soon as things got good. The Red Sox have won 13 of their last 15 and are sitting just 0.5 game back of the playoff picture with one game remaining before the All-Star break. They’ll go for the sweep today against the New York Mets, with Payton Tolle taking the mound against Zach Thornton, who’s making his third career start. Brayan Bello is also back in the mix after taking Danny Coulombe’s

spot. Bello hasn’t pitched in over a week, so I wonder if there’s any consideration to having him piggyback off Tolle to help manage the workload. Injuries created one more start for Tolle before the break, something the Red Sox probably wanted to do their best to avoid.

We go for one more time in the first half at 1:40 EST on NESN and WEEI.