NEW YORK -- The Red Sox are just one win away from a perfect road trip – one that is going to take them into the All-Star break with a big burst of momentum.\n\nOn Saturday, the surging Sox rolled past the Mets, 4-0, for their eighth straight victory and 13th in the last 15 games.
From being on the verge of falling out of contention a couple of weeks ago when they were 14 games under .500, the Sox (45-48) have roared back into the mix, trailing the Mariners and Twins by just a half-game for the third spot in the AL Wild Card standings.\n\nAfter sweeping the Angels and White Sox in three-game sets, the Sox will try to do the same to the Mets on Sunday.\n\nThe last time the Sox swept a road trip of at least nine games was July 29-Aug. 7, 1977 – a West Coast trip that also started in Anaheim (three games), continued to Seattle (two games) and finished in Oakland (four games).\n\n“It feels good, obviously,” said interim manager Chad Tracy. “\\[Earlier on\\], we were struggling -- struggling to score -- and didn't feel like things were going right. And now we're enjoying a stretch here. We're doing a lot of things right. We're throwing the ball great. We're getting clutch hits, we're scoring runs early. We're stretching pitch counts on starters. We're doing a fantastic job. So we just got to keep playing good baseball.”
Here is what mattered most on Saturday.\n\n**Monasterio's latest NY homer**\n\n
**Rivera's strong encore**\n\nOnce again, lefty
**Masa opens it up**\n\nEither due to injuries or a lack of production,