Dustin Pedroia drove in the winning run with an RBI ground-rule double, and Clay Buchholz pitched an inning of scoreless relief to pick up the victory in a 5-3 win for Boston.
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David Price escaped a couple risky situations to keep the game scoreless through four.
The Toronto Blue Jays placed shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a right quadriceps strain and activated left-hander Aaron Loup from the 15-day DL.
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, left, takes the ball away from Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Gavin Floyd (39) while playing against the Boston Red Sox during 11th inning baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, May 29, 2016.
Boston’s closer wasn’t giving excuses following Saturday’s game – and this isn’t one either.
There are certain guarantees in life: Taxes, death and R.A. Dickey not getting a ton of run support.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who is among the AL leaders in home runs with 13, was a late scratch on Sunday with a sore left foot.
Kelly, who is still riding a streak of 10 consecutive wins after Friday’s no-decision, refused to get down on himself. Right-hander Jesse Chavez got the final two outs of the inning.
The Red Sox first hit of the afternoon finally came with one-out in the 6, as Mookie Betts belted a one-out triple that began a rally.
That silenced the sellout crowd of 48,154 at Rogers Centre that was riding high after the Blue Jays tied the game with a four-run eighth inning. The three-bagger was the 24th extra base hit on the season for the third year outfielder. Jackie Bradley worked a walk off Girodo after being down 0-2 in the count to take the lead for the Sox. He dove and fired to Dustin Pedroia at second base, where the Sox were trying to catch the lead runner, Michael Saunders. Jose Bautista then took the first pitch from David Price off the foul pole in left field for his 6th career home run against his former teammate, and the 297th of his career.
Bautista has owned Price over the years. It was the sixth career home run Price had surrendered to Bautista, who came in hitting.364 off the southpaw.
Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 21 games in the fourth inning with a solo shot that bounced off the top of the wall in left-centre field. Travis Shaw fielded it cleanly but then stumbled and was unable to make it to the base for the out. They’re also 1-4 in Dickey’s last five starts overall versus the Red Sox, who are 5-1 in Price’s last six starts overall.
First baseman Justin Smoak followed that up with a single to right. After being repeatedly burned by the red-hot Josh Donaldson in a 7-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, the players were left with little in the way of cheer. Russell Martin grounded out to third.
Bet Today’s Red Sox vs. Travis made a good play to field it and get it to first but the Boston catcher beat the throw. After a wild pitch, Ramirez hit an RBI single. Pedroia flew out to center, however, ending the inning.
Kimbrel allowed a two-out single to Smoak in the ninth.
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Jimmy Paredes is 1-for-2 with 1 strikeout. Jimmy Paredes ran for Smoak at second base.Kevin Pillar flied out and left-hander Robbie Ross Jr. entered to retire pinch-hitter Russell Martin on a grounder to third.Blue Jays right-hander Joe Biagini pitched a flawless eighth and survived two ninth-inning singles.The Blue Jays put two runners on base against Ross in the ninth on Josh Donaldson’s two-out single to right and a walk by Encarnacion.Paredes, who stayed in the game to play right field with Bautista moving to first base, struck out to send the game to extra innings.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.
