When the Red Sox play next
The next Boston Red Sox game is at the Seattle Mariners on Thu, Mar 25, with the start time still to be set, on the road at T-Mobile Park. For that game neither club has named a starting pitcher yet.
Over the 2026 regular season the Red Sox finished 87-75, 3rd in the American League East, 11 games behind the leader. Their season ended in the AL Wild Card Series.
How to watch Red Sox games
The TV channel for the next Red Sox game has not been confirmed. National networks usually announce their picks a few days out, and in the postseason MLB often sets the Red Sox channel only when the previous round ends. This Red Sox page refreshes every morning, so the channel shows up here once it is listed.
The Red Sox radio network posts its station list closer to first pitch.
Upcoming Red Sox schedule
The 12 upcoming Red Sox dates break down into 5 at Fenway Park and 7 on the road. The next home game is against the Cincinnati Reds on Thu, Apr 1, time to be announced. TV channels in the table are the ones MLB lists today, and empty slots fill in as networks announce their Red Sox picks.
| Date (ET) | Opponent | Game | TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 25 · time TBA | @ Seattle Mariners | Regular season | To be announced |
| Fri, Mar 26 · time TBA | @ Seattle Mariners | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sat, Mar 27 · time TBA | @ Seattle Mariners | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sun, Mar 28 · time TBA | @ Seattle Mariners | Regular season | To be announced |
| Mon, Mar 29 · time TBA | @ Houston Astros | Regular season | To be announced |
| Tue, Mar 30 · time TBA | @ Houston Astros | Regular season | To be announced |
| Wed, Mar 31 · time TBA | @ Houston Astros | Regular season | To be announced |
| Thu, Apr 1 · time TBA | vs Cincinnati Reds | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sat, Apr 3 · time TBA | vs Cincinnati Reds | Regular season | To be announced |
| Sun, Apr 4 · time TBA | vs Cincinnati Reds | Regular season | To be announced |
| Mon, Apr 5 · time TBA | vs Houston Astros | Regular season | To be announced |
| Tue, Apr 6 · time TBA | vs Houston Astros | Regular season | To be announced |
The Red Sox season in numbers
- Record
- 87-75
- Division
- 3 of 5
- Run diff.
- +78
- Expected wins
- 90
- Home
- 41-40
- Road
- 46-35
The Boston Red Sox put 689 runs on the board and gave up 611, a run differential of +78. That works out to 4.25 runs scored and 3.77 allowed per game, against a league average of 4.48 for each side. Based on those runs, a typical team would have won about 90 games, so the Red Sox finished 3 wins below that mark. That is close enough to say the Red Sox record reflects how well they actually played.
Split by venue, the Red Sox posted 41-40 at home and 46-35 on the road. Unusually, the Red Sox won more games away from home than at Fenway Park. Against left-handed starters they were 26-17, against right-handers 61-58, and they closed the regular season 5-5 over the last ten games, losing the final game.
Recent form: the last 10 games
In their last 10 regular-season games the Red Sox went 5-5, scoring 2.1 and allowing 2.5 runs per game. 0 of those 10 games finished above 9 total runs, 6 were decided by a single run, and the widest margin was 6-2 at home against CHC. The chart plots each of those Red Sox games, runs scored above the line and runs allowed below it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | 1st inning runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vs CHC | L 2-6 | 3 |
| Sep 25 | vs CHC | W 2-0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs CHC | W 4-3 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | vs CLE | L 0-1 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs CLE | W 1-0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs CLE | L 2-3 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | @ TB | L 1-5 | 4 |
| Sep 19 | @ TB | L 1-2 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | @ TB | W 4-2 | 2 |
| Sep 17 | @ TEX | W 4-3 | 1 |
The Red Sox in the first inning
48.8% of Red Sox games ended the first inning scoreless, compared with 49.4% across the league. The Red Sox scored in the first inning 24.7% of the time and allowed a first-inning run in 34.6% of games. That is close to the league norm. The NRFI Lab puts the Red Sox next to every other team and starter on the same split.
How to read the Red Sox numbers
For anyone pricing a Red Sox game: the run differential and expected wins say more about team quality than the raw record, the home and road split shows how much Fenway Park helps, and the last-ten totals show whether recent Red Sox games have run high or low. With 6 one-run games in the last ten, the Red Sox are a good example of why the run line at -1.5 or +1.5 can price very differently from the moneyline. None of these Red Sox figures predicts a single game, and no bet is ever a sure thing.
Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox play their home games at Fenway Park in Boston, MA, at an elevation of 21 feet. Games there averaged 8.23 total runs, an index of 0.92 against the league average, which makes Fenway Park one of the tougher places to score. At Fenway Park, wind direction and temperature change how far the ball carries, so the game-day forecast matters. The ballpark scoring page ranks all 30 parks.
Red Sox injured list
7 players are on the Red Sox injured list: Eduardo Rivera (P, IL 60-Day), Eli White (CF, IL 60-Day), Johan Oviedo (P, IL 60-Day), Justin Slaten (P, IL 60-Day), Kutter Crawford (P, IL 60-Day), Triston Casas (1B, IL 60-Day), plus 1 more. The list comes from the Red Sox 40-man roster and refreshes every morning.
