Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers: Final Score & Recap

The Boston Red Sox rallied from a two-run deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers 4-3 at Globe Life Field on September 17, 2026, completing a comeback that the DiamondIQ model's estimate made nearly certain by the final out, swinging from a 49 percent pre-game home win probability to zero. Texas built its advantage early, plating a run in the first and two more in the second, and that 3-0 lead held through six innings. Boston finally broke through in the seventh with a single run, but the decisive moment came in the eighth inning when Trevor Story connected on a home run off Jacob Latz that shifted win probability by +40.7 percentage points, the largest single-play swing of the game. That blow capped a three-run eighth that gave Boston a lead it would not surrender.

The bottom of the eighth proved equally important in sealing the outcome. With Texas threatening to answer, Josh Jung grounded into a double play off Alec Gamboa, a sequence that cost the Rangers 24.2 percentage points of win probability and effectively ended their best chance to retake the lead. Gamboa finished the night as one of the top pitching performers by WPA at +17.1 percent, while Cody Bradford led all pitchers at +19.6 percent. In the ninth, Jake Burger's groundout into a double play off Garrett Whitlock added another +16.3 percentage points to Boston's side of the ledger, closing the door.

Story was the clear offensive catalyst, finishing with a game-high +34.7 percent WPA and +1.8 RE24, his eighth-inning home run providing the margin of victory. Willson Contreras contributed to the rally as well, reaching on a hit by pitch off Jakob Junis in that same inning for a +10.0 percent WPA swing. Wyatt Langford was the lone bright spot by WPA among Texas batters at +9.8 percent. Boston finished with five hits and no errors against Texas's four hits and one error, a clean execution that complemented a bullpen performance that held the Rangers scoreless over the final three innings.