TORONTO – Alex Verdugo greeted Toronto Blue Jays person Jordan Romano with a first-pitch solo location tally Successful the ninth inning to headdress the Boston Red Sox’s 5-4 comeback triumph and expanse the three-game bid connected Sunday.

Romano (3-4) began the ninth inning with a four-seam fastball that coiled up 415 feet distant successful the right-field seats.

The fifth-place Red Sox (43-42) present way the Blue Jays (45-40) successful the American League East Division standings by 2 games. Boston reliever Chris Martin (3-4) notched the win.

Jarren Duran scored 3 times with 4 doubles and a check-swing infield deed arsenic the Red Sox trailed 4-2 aft sixth innings.

In the seventh, the Red Sox tied the crippled astatine 4-4 with reliever Erik Swanson pitching. Duran opened the inning with his 4th treble and scored connected Justin Turner’s azygous to close field.

Turner past hustled connected Verdugo’s groundout to third, scoring connected a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. throwing error.

Brandon Belt smashed his sixth homer of the play to supply a two-run cushion with a one-out blast successful the sixth earlier 41,455 successful the bid finale astatine Rogers Centre.

Belt’s 2nd blast of the crippled ended up successful the archetypal enactment of the left-field seats and came disconnected reliever Nick Pivetta of Victoria, B.C.

After a draining 28-pitch archetypal inning, Toronto starter Kevin Gausman lone lasted 5 innings, surrendering 2 runs connected 5 hits and a walk. However, helium struck retired 7 to boost his full to an American League-leading 146 connected the year.

Rafael Devers delivered 3 singles, knocking Duran doubly with a two-out azygous past 2nd baseman Whit Merrifield successful the opening inning and a one-out azygous past Guerrero successful the third.

Belt pulled the Blue Jays adjacent 1-1 successful the bottommost of the archetypal with a solo changeable to close field.

The Blue Jays received a interruption erstwhile Boston starter Garrett Whitlock departed aft an inning due to the fact that of close elbow tightness, forcing the Red Sox to usage a bid of relievers to decorativeness the game.

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Down 2-1, Bo Bichette knocked successful Kevin Kiermaier and George Springer for a 3-2 pb successful the fourth. Kiermaier and Springer opened the inning with singles and precocious to 2nd and 3rd basal connected a treble steal.

Bichette smashed a changeable down the right-field enactment but was thrown retired astatine 2nd basal by Verdugo.

Toronto reliever Yimi Garcia struck retired Connor Wong with the bases loaded to extremity Boston’s sixth inning.

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The Blue Jays person Monday disconnected earlier opening their last week starring up to the all-star break. Toronto has a brace of three-game roadworthy sets against the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.

Toronto starter Chris Bassitt (8-5) volition look White Sox righty Lucas Giolito (6-5) successful the opener astatine Guaranteed Rate Field connected Tuesday.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published July 2, 2023.