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Romy Gonzalez’s pinch-hit RBI double sparked a two-run eighth inning, main the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night time.
The shot into the left-field nook introduced Jarren Duran house from first base with the go-ahead run earlier than Anthony Seigler capped his 4-for-5 day with a wall-ball double to plate one other off Toronto reliever CJ Van Eyk (0-1).
Seigler, who batted leadoff, scored two runs, drove in two extra, hit a leadoff homer, and added two doubles whereas falling only a triple in need of a cycle.
The Red Sox have gained 16 of their final 17 video games.
Garrett Whitlock (6-1) earned the victory in aid, and Aroldis Chapman recorded his 391st profession save to take sole possession of ninth on the all-time listing.
The Blue Jays clawed again from 4-0 right down to tie the sport. Starter Trey Yesavage struck out 9 throughout 4 innings of three-run ball.
Kazuma Okamoto, who entered the night time 0-for-22 for the reason that All-Star break, went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer within the seventh. It was his twenty third, which moved him previous Shohei Ohtani for essentially the most by a Japanese rookie in a single MLB season.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho additionally had multi-hit video games for Toronto.
After Patrick Sandoval danced out of a bases-loaded jam within the first, Seigler instantly staked the Red Sox to a 1-0 lead by depositing Yesavage’s fourth pitch into the right-field stands.
The Toronto righty’s irritating outing continued two innings later, as he fanned the aspect within the second earlier than permitting one other house run within the third. Seigler knocked an opposite-field single earlier than crossing the plate on Ceddanne Rafaela’s two-run shot simply excessive of the Green Monster.
Yesavage retired six of the ultimate seven batters he confronted to maintain it 3-0, however the offense couldn’t make the most of back-to-back innings with two aboard. In the fifth, Guerrero singled and Okamoto doubled to place two Blue Jays in scoring place with one out, however Tyron Guerrero relieved Sandoval and escaped the risk.
The Red Sox added to their lead when Masataka Yoshida scored on Andruw Monasterio’s sacrifice fly within the sixth. It might have been extra, however Toronto left fielder Nathan Lukes gunned out Caleb Durbin making an attempt to attain from second on Connor Wong’s single to finish the inning.
In the seventh, Okamoto introduced Toronto proper again into the sport with one large swing, taking Greg Weissert deep to middle area for a three-run shot. Ernie Clement (hit by pitch) and Guerrero (single) set the desk.
After Jeff Hoffman’s bases-loaded escape within the seventh, the Blue Jays manufactured the tying run off Whitlock — the primary he allowed in 13 appearances — within the eighth. Lukes hit a leadoff double to left and Varsho dunked a single into proper, establishing pinch hitter Andres Gimenez’s sacrifice fly.
–Field Level Media