MLB

Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
80-78, 43-37 Away
Final
6 - 5
Toronto Blue Jays
73-85, 38-39 Home

Trevor Story hits tiebreaking double in 10th as Red Sox beat Blue Jays 6-5

“The boys did an amazing job of fighting all the way to the end,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “We used everybody. It was one of the most gratifying wins since I’ve been here.”

Vaughn Grissom reached base four times, scored once and drove in a run as the Red Sox won their fourth straight.

Boston trailed 3-0 after six innings, scored two in the seventh and tied it in the eighth.

“It’s just a testament to who we are as a group, that we’re never out of a fight,” Grissom said. “That’s what you need. The best teams are never out of the fight. That’s huge.”

Story went 2 for 5 with two doubles. He gave Boston its first lead with his one-out two-bagger off Tommy Nance (0-3) that began a three-run 10th.

“He got a slider in the zone and put a great swing on it,” Cora said.

Pinch-hitter Connor Wong drove in a run with a grounder and Grissom added an RBI single.

Chris Martin (3-1) worked a scoreless ninth.

Toronto lost its fifth straight. The Blue Jays are 19-30 in one-run games.

Leo Jiménez cut it to 6-4 in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI double off Zach Penrod, who exited after walking Nathan Lukes.

Chase Shugart got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to fly out, walked Spencer Horwitz to load the bases, then walked Alejandro Kirk to force in a run. Shugart then ended it by getting Addison Barger to pop up. The save was the first of his career.

The Blue Jays have lost all five home meetings with Boston this season.

Guerrero opened the scoring with a two-run double off Brayan Bello in the third. He has 102 RBI this season.

Lukes made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Ceddanne Rafaela started Boston’s comeback with a two-run single off Ryan Burr in the seventh. Rafaela has 61 RBI from the ninth spot in the order this season.

Boston tied it against Génesis Cabrera in the eighth. Romy Gonzalez led off with a single, advanced to third on a hit by Triston Casas and scored on Masataka Yoshida’s grounder.

In his final start of the season, Toronto’s Bowden Francis pitched five scoreless innings. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out four.

“Just another outstanding effort,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “You can’t really say enough about how he finished up the season.”

Francis went 4-2 with a 1.33 ERA over his final eight starts, twice taking no-hit bids into the ninth inning.

ROSTER MOVES

Blue Jays: Toronto optioned RHP Zach Pop to its spring training facility and recalled LHP Easton Lucas from Triple-A Buffalo. ... INF Orelvis Martinez was reinstated from the suspended list and optioned to the spring facility. To make room on the 40-man roster, OF Daulton Varsho was transferred to the 60-day injured list. Varsho had shoulder surgery on Monday.

UP NEXT

Toronto RHP Kevin Gausman (13-11, 3.91 ERA) is scheduled to make his final start of the season in Wednesday’s series finale. Red Sox RHP Richard Fitts (0-0, 0.00) is set for his fourth career start.

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Matchup Prediction

Blue Jays: 58.6%
Red Sox: 41.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

10th Inning Barger popped out to third.
10th Inning Clase ran for Kirk
10th Inning Kirk walked, Jimenez scored, Berroa to second, Lukes to third.
10th Inning Berroa ran for Horwitz
10th Inning Horwitz walked, Lukes to second, Jimenez to third.
10th Inning Guerrero Jr. flied out to right.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 14
8 Strikeouts 6
6 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 5
1 Stolen Bases 1
4 Walks 8
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 5
2 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
39 At Bats 33
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
20 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
1 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 4
16 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 0
170 Pitches 177
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
14 Total Bases 9
43 Plate Appearances 42
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
3 Extra Base Hits 4
4.7 Runs Created 3.0
.282 Batting Average .152
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.359 Slugging Percentage .273
.205 Secondary Average .394
.349 On Base Percentage .310
.708 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .582
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
4.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.6
42.0 Batter Rating 34.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.95 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.21
.077 Isolated Power .121
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.33
.093 Walks Per Plate Appearance .190
-.077 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .242
12.0 Runs Produced 10.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.2
88.3 MLB Rating 77.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Rogers Centre

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 29,178 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3
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