Boston built a comfortable lead, watched Toronto claw all the way back to a tie, then answered immediately. The Red Sox scored three times in the eighth inning to beat the Blue Jays 6-4 at Fenway Park.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| BOS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 12 | 1 |
Anthony Seigler carried the offense, going 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and 2 RBIs. He opened the scoring with a solo homer to right in the first inning, then delivered again in the eighth, doubling home Romy González for what proved to be the last run of the night. Ceddanne Rafaela also went deep, a two-run shot in the third that plated Seigler and pushed the lead to 3-0.
Toronto's rally arrived in a hurry. Kazuma Okamoto's three-run homer to center in the seventh, scoring Ernie Clement and Vladimir Guerrero, cut the deficit to one. Andres Giménez's sacrifice fly in the eighth brought home Nathan Lukes and tied the game at 4-4. Boston answered right back in the bottom half: González doubled to left to score Jarren Duran and put the Red Sox back in front, and Seigler followed with his own double to bring González home for the final margin.
Trey Yesavage struck out 9 for Toronto but allowed 3 runs on 5 hits over 4.0 innings, and the bullpen behind him gave up 3 more runs across 4.0 innings. Patrick Sandoval was sharp for Boston, working 4.2 innings without allowing a run, though the Red Sox bullpen surrendered 4 runs in relief before the offense pulled it out in the eighth.
The win moved Boston to 53-49, snapping back with a second straight result after opening a winning streak at W1. Toronto fell to 47-57 as its skid reached L1.