BOSTON (Interstat) — The Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Fenway Park before a crowd of 34,556. The game lasted 2 hours, 49 minutes.

The Red Sox scored two runs in the third inning, two in the seventh and two in the eighth. The Rangers scored single runs in the third, fourth and eighth innings. Boston’s win evened the three-game series after a 10-1 victory Friday night. The Red Sox improved to 29-39, while Texas dropped to 34-36.

Rangers starter Jacob deGrom pitched six innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs with five strikeouts. Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez worked five innings, giving up six hits and two earned runs with seven strikeouts. Garrett Whitlock earned the victory, pitching a scoreless seventh inning, allowing no hits and striking out one. Whitlock improved to 4-1 on the season. Cole Winn took the loss for Texas, allowing two runs on two hits in one-third of an inning. Winn fell to 2-2. Aroldis Chapman recorded his 14th save, pitching a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts.

The game remained scoreless through two innings. Texas broke through in the top of the third. With one out, Nicky Lopez singled. Wyatt Langford then singled to center, and Lopez scored when center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela’s throwing error allowed Langford to advance to second. Langford was stranded, but the Rangers led 1-0.

Boston answered in the bottom of the third. Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled, and Marcelo Mayer singled to put runners at first and third. After a strikeout, Mickey Gasper singled to right, scoring Kiner-Falefa. With runners at first and second, Rafaela struck out, but Wilyer Abreu singled to right, scoring Mayer. Gasper moved to third, but Willson Contreras grounded out to end the inning with the score tied 2-2.

Texas regained the lead in the fourth. Josh Jung singled, Ezequiel Duran singled, and Jake Burger walked to load the bases with no outs. Cody Freeman struck out, but Michael Helman hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Jung. Duran moved to third, but Elias Díaz grounded into a force out to end the inning. The Rangers led 3-2.

DeGrom and Suarez settled in. DeGrom struck out the side in the fourth and fifth innings, and Suarez worked around a two-out single in the fifth. The score remained 3-2 through six innings.

The pivotal moment came in the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Kiner-Falefa singled. After a strikeout, Carlos Narváez singled, putting runners at first and second. Andruw Monasterio walked to load the bases. Rafaela then lined a single to left, scoring Kiner-Falefa and Narváez, giving Boston a 4-3 lead. A strikeout ended the inning.

Texas answered immediately in the top of the eighth. Jake Burger led off with a solo home run to center field, his 12th of the season, tying the game 4-4. Cody Freeman then singled, and Michael Helman was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second with no outs. But Brandon Nimmo flied out, and Lopez grounded into a force out, ending the threat.

Boston seized control in the bottom of the eighth. Willson Contreras doubled to left, and Jarren Duran followed with a home run to right-center, his 11th of the season, scoring Contreras and giving the Red Sox a 6-4 lead. Duran finished 1 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Rafaela also drove in two runs, finishing 2 for 4.

Chapman entered in the ninth and retired the Rangers in order, striking out two to secure the save. The Rangers had one last chance in the ninth when Langford singled with one out, but Joc Pederson struck out, Jung flied out, and Duran struck out swinging to end the game.

The most important sequence occurred in the bottom of the seventh, when Boston turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead with two outs and two strikes on Rafaela, whose two-run single proved the difference. The Rangers tied the game in the top of the eighth on Burger’s solo homer, but Duran’s two-run shot in the bottom half restored Boston’s lead and sealed the outcome.

Texas outhit Boston 10-11, but the Red Sox capitalized on key opportunities. Langford led the Rangers with three hits and one RBI. The Rangers’ bullpen struggled, with Winn allowing the tying and go-ahead runs in the seventh. Boston’s bullpen was effective: Whitlock, Danny Coulombe, Justin Slaten and Chapman combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four.

The Red Sox improved to 2-0 in the season series against Texas, with the finale set for Sunday. Texas next returns home to face the Minnesota Twins on Monday. Boston hosts the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Boston with a 52.30 percent probability to win. Texas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of nine runs went under the over-under line of eight.