Boston Red Sox' Aroldis Chapman Continues to Make History in Red Sox Win Over Orioles
The 38-year-old All-Star tied a Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer on the All-Time Saves list on Wednesday afternoon.
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What's up, everyone?
Zach Coe here for Roundtable at Fenway Park, where a passing storm cell just absolutely drenched the field moments after the Red Sox secured their fifteenth straight win, tying the franchise record for longest winning streak in team history.
And it wasn't just the Red Sox as a team making history here on Wednesday afternoon, as All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman continued to climb the all-time saves leaderboard, logging the three hundred and ninetieth save of his career, tying Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley for the ninth most saves in baseball history.
And to make matters even more special, Eckersley was in the house being honored as the Red Sox Legend of the Game here at Fenway.
And it's been, it's been a season of record-setting achievements for Chapman, as the thirty-eight-year-old already passed Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan for the tenth most saves of all time.
And of course, in the Red Sox July 4th win over the Angels, Chapman passed Hoyt Wilhelm for the most strikeouts by a reliever in Major League history.
The thirty-eight-year-old nine-time All-Star continues to make his case for Cooperstown amid this historic stretch for the Red Sox.
Sox will look to make it a record sixteen straight, standing alone in franchise history.
In Game 2 of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader, interim manager Chad Tracy just announced that Eduardo Rivera would get the start for the Sox rather than Ranger Surez, who was speculated to be coming off the injured list with that groin injury.
However, Tracy told reporters that he's feeling a little bit under the weather, and that's caused them to not wanna push him too hard in his return from the IL.
