BOSTON -- Eighty years ago, a Boston Red Sox team led by future Hall of Famer Ted Williams went on a 15-game winning streak early in the season that still stands as the longest in team history.
On Tuesday night, the Red Sox can match that mark set by the 1946 club.
Caleb Durbin hit a tiebreaking homer over the Green Monster with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Red Sox extended the second-longest winning streak in club history to 14 games, beating Baltimore 6-5 on Monday night to end the Orioles' season-best win streak at seven.
"I'm trying not to, but I want it," Durbin said of thinking about tying the club record. "I can't speak for anyone else. We really haven't talked about it, but I want to make history here."
Durbin, who had a miserable start to the season after being picked up in an offseason trade with Milwaukee, connected on a 1-0 cutter from Tyler Wells, setting off a celebration by his teammates in front of Boston's dugout.
"It would mean a lot, for sure," first baseman Willson Contreras said. "We are trying to play the same way every day. ... If it happens, that would be great for us. We can celebrate that. If it doesn't happen, you have to keep going."
The Red Sox are the first team to win 14 straight since the Brewers last August. They are 19-2 in their past 21 games, the best mark in MLB since June 25. Through June 24, Boston was 32-46, the worst record in the American League and second worst in the majors.
The Red Sox overcame three deficits Monday. And Aroldis Chapman picked up his 22nd save when Tyler O'Neill lined to short with runners on second and third to end it.
It was Chapman's 389th career save, the 10th most since the stat became official in 1969; he moved to within one of Dennis Eckersley (390).
"I can't imagine it being more electric than tonight," Durbin said. "It might be. Tonight was awesome, though."
What was he thinking as he rounded the bases, heading toward a handful of players who were jumping up and down in front of the dugout?
"There's not a lot of times that you black out -- as they say,'' he said. "I think that was one of the moments where I didn't know what was happening. I couldn't tell you what I looked like running around the bases."
Contreras was one of the first players to jump over the railing onto the field after Durbin's shot.
"I felt like [the] playoffs, going to the World Series, to be honest," Contreras said. "Hopefully it happens. We're on the way, but there's a lot of season left, a lot of games to be played."
ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
