Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz (34) looks skyward following his three-run homer in the 6th inning during American League baseball action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016.
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Starter Aaron Sanchez gave up six runs over 3 2/3 innings of work, striking out two for Toronto (78-64).
Instead, Benoit tried again – and paid for it when Ortiz swatted a three-run homer, putting the Sox ahead to stay.
The Red Sox spotted Buchholz an early run in the first inning, thanks to yet another poor defensive play by the Jays.
Red Sox: Holt appeared to injure his right shoulder diving back to first base on a pickoff attempt in the fifth.
Martin hurt his left knee during the Blue Jays’ game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday, and the off-day Thursday didn’t alleviate his pain.
Edwin Encarnacion homered twice and Troy Tulowitzki hit his third career grand slam for the Blue Jays, who are tied with Baltimore for the wild-card lead.
“That was exciting, I guess – I don’t know that much about it”, Rory admitted while discussing Foxx, who played for the Red Sox from 1936 to 1942 (a bit before Rory’s time) and was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1951. Once a middle of the order bat, the club has chose to move him up to the leadoff spot because of his ability to work an at bat and get on base for the other members of the potent Red Sox lineup. It was Benoit, then with the Detroit Tigers, who yielded a tying grand slam in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.
Buchholz walked Russell Martin with the bases loaded to bring home Donaldson and cut Boston’s lead to 4-2. Ortiz has 40 career home runs at Rogers Centre, more than any other road ballpark. The sizzling Seattle Mariners, who have won five straight, are only 3.5 games out, as are the Houston Astros.
Xander Bogaerts tied it 6-6 for the Red Sox with a single to shallow centre field in the fourth inning, scoring Bradley and Dustin Pedroia.
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Andrelton Simmons hit two solo home runs, sending Jered Weaver and the Angels to the win. The Toronto Blue Jays wouldn’t get into specifics, but it needed to be said. Hembree struck out the first two batters he faced, but was yet another victim of a costly free pass.
A pair of home runs in the sixth inning gave Boston its lead back. Joaquin Benoit, Jason Grilli and Roberto Osuna each had a scoreless inning of relief out of the bullpen. Holt walked with two out and took third on an errant pickoff attempt.
Ortiz walked and scored on Mookie Betts’ double in the first.
What stood out from the close to four hours and combined 18 pitchers used it took for the Toronto Blue Jays to lose 11-8 to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday was the silence that hung over long portions of the game. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 25th save of the season.
Pedroia led off the sixth with his 13th homer of the season, a drive off the foul pole in left. Andriese (7-7) pitched five innings of one-run ball, and Alex Colome got three quick outs for his 32nd save. Ramirez got one out, but when he gave up a single, Farrell went to get him in favor of Robbie Ross Jr. The runner was called safe by the umpire, but the call was reversed after a video replay. Beyond the disappearance of Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista – not to belittle that – the most concerning aspect of the Blue Jays’ current funk is that the bullpen put together in-season appears to be showing some seams.
Leon added to Boston’s lead with a double up the foul line that bounced past Encarnacion at first base and into right field.
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“A good bounce back win for the guys (Sunday)”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said “There were a lot of people frustrated (Saturday, a 5-1 loss) and the last three games but really frustrated (Saturday)”.
