He also is looking for a little more run support. The Blue Jays’ Roberto Osuna extended his streak to 14 2/3 scoreless innings when he pitched around a single, a walk and two wild pitches in the 10th.NOTES: Boston DH David Ortiz (sore left foot) was a late scratch from the lineup and is listed as day-to-day.
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Familia blew a four-run lead in the ninth inning of the series opener only to get bailed out by Granderson, who hit a game-winning homer in the bottom half.
And lastly for Price, he’s started to figure things out since making a mechanical adjustment following his atrocious 4.2 inning start against the Yankees earlier in the month.
R.A. Dickey (2-6, 4.60) and the Jays (26-26) held the Red Sox hitless for the first five innings, taking the lead on a two-run Jose Bautista homer off Price and off the left field foul pole in the bottom of the fifth. A Mookie Betts triple keyed the rally, with Dustin Pedroia driving in the right fielder.
“We’re all just out there trying to get it done, trying to keep us in the game. I wouldn’t consider it a great outing but I wouldn’t consider it a bad outing, either”, Dickey said.
Dickey has received two runs or fewer of support in seven of his past eight starts.
“He understands how I’ve felt about the whole situation”, Buchholz said. “There’ll be a stretch where I get a bunch”.
Dickey cited Toronto’s invigorating 10-9 win over Boston on Saturday, when the Jays scored six runs in the last two innings, as evidence that the team is poised to break out. The Red Sox’ challenge to the call was thrown out after 35 seconds. Betts walked as well and the Pedroia knocked Swihart in when he hit an RBI ground rule double. Keeping the line moving was key, because the Sox went on to take the lead in the inning, 3-2. Koji Uehara picked up his first save of the season.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said Floyd is “worn down” after pitching three times in four days and suggested Toronto would make a move to reinforce its bullpen on Monday. “I don’t think anybody would be human as a baseball player if they didn’t take it as a slap in the face or as ‘You’ve got to get better.’ That’s sort of how I took it and he understood that”.
But the overall response to the Blue Jays’ former left-hander was muted in his return to Toronto.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run single in the ninth inning, pulling the rug over Mets closer Jeurys Familia’s eyes and helping erase a questionable decision made by manager Dave Roberts in a 4-2 win by the Dodgers on Sunday night at Citi Field in NY.
The sellout crowd of 48,154 at Rogers Centre roared when Martin smacked a pitch to the gap in left-centre field to bring home the tying run.
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Removed from Boston’s rotation Friday after losing his previous two starts, Buchholz (3-5) worked one inning for the win in his first relief appearance since August 17, 2008.
