Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles Postponed, Rescheduled for Wednesday

The Boston Red Sox will face the Baltimore Orioles in a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday.

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The Boston Red Sox were scheduled to take on the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night and attempt to extend their historic 14-game winning streak to 15 games. Unfortunately, they will not have the opportunity to do so due to bad weather in the area.

It was known throughout the day that things could get dicey due to the weather and Boston took to X on Tuesday afternoon to announce that the contest has been postponed and will be played on Wednesday instead in a day-night doubleheader with Game 1 scheduled for 1:35 p.m ET and Game 2 scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET.

The #RedSox-Orioles game scheduled for tonight, July 21, has been postponed due to significant rainfall and thunderstorms in the Fenway area expected to continue throughout the evening.

Tonight’s game has been rescheduled as the 1st game of a split doubleheader on July 22, at… pic.twitter.com/JJZ8ZJ15E9

— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 21, 2026

The Red Sox Will Play Two On Wednesday

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Ari Alexander of 7News Boston WHDH reported that Jake Bennett will pitch Game 1 and Game 2 is still to be determined, with a chance that it is Ranger Suárez on the bump.

After the Red Sox took the Orioles down on Monday, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said that Suárez would be activated and get the start on Tuesday. But the Red Sox followed up on Tuesday afternoon and announced that Suárez would not actually be starting. Eduardo Rivera was named as the club's starter, just in case the game actually was played. Which, of course, it was not. Fortunately, there were no setbacks with Suárez. The Red Sox just wanted to give him a little extra time, which arguably was the best call, especially with the weather.

If Suárez had been activated and then prepared to pitch only for the contest to be cancelled, it would've been worse than just waiting the extra day. So, now we wait and there's at least a chance that Suárez returns to the mound for the first time since July 5.

Boston has to wait one more day to try to tie the franchise record for most wins in a row with 15. This will be the club's second doubleheader since the second half of the season began. Boston kicked off the second half of the season with a doubleheader sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays. If the Red Sox can do the same to Baltimore, they would not only tie the franchise record for wins in a row, but move past it.

It's been an insane few weeks for the Red Sox, to say the least. Now, the club will have a chance at even more history on Wednesday against an American League East rival.