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The Purple Sox wanted a throw out on the plate to win Saturday.
TORONTO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit his twentieth residence run, Justin Turner homered and scored thrice and the Boston Purple Sox spoiled Canada Day celebrations in Toronto by holding on to beat the Blue Jays 7-6 Saturday.
Proper fielder Alex Verdugo threw out Bo Bichette at residence plate for the ultimate out of the sport after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single off Purple Sox nearer Kenley Jansen. George Springer scored on the play, however Bichette was tagged out by catcher Caleb Hamilton. Toronto’s problem was unsuccessful.
Verdugo’s help gave Jansen his seventeenth save in 20 possibilities.
Devers went 3 for five with three RBI and scored twice. Turner completed 3 for five with two RBI as Boston returned to .500 at 42-42. The Purple Sox are 37-13 when scoring 4 or extra runs.
Matt Chapman hit a two-run residence run, and Springer and Bichette each had solo homers, however the Blue Jays dropped to 16-28 all-time on Canada’s nationwide vacation, disappointing a sell-out crowd of 41,813.
The Blue Jays wore purple hats and jerseys for his or her eighth Canada Day assembly with the Purple Sox. Toronto is 2-6 in these video games.
Purple Sox right-hander Kutter Crawford (3-4) pitched 5 2/3 innings to win for the second time in three begins as Boston received its second straight following a season-worst five-game shedding streak.
Chapman scored from third base on Josh Winckowski’s errant pickoff throw within the seventh, then made it a one-run recreation with an opposite-field residence run within the eighth, his eleventh.
Jansen changed Winckowski after Danny Jansen walked to place runners at first and second. After each runners superior on a double steal, Cavan Biggio lined a ball to proper subject however his drive landed simply foul. Jansen struck out Biggio on a full-count pitch to protect Boston’s lead.
Turner made it 7-5 with a leadoff homer off Erik Swanson within the ninth, his thirteenth.
The Purple Sox are 6-0 in opposition to Toronto this season after shedding 16 of 19 conferences final 12 months. The Blue Jays final misplaced six straight to Boston in 2018.
Springer opened the scoring together with his 56th profession leadoff residence run and fourth this season. Solely Corridor of Famer Rickey Henderson (81) hit extra.
Springer’s twelfth residence run of the season got here on an 0-2 pitch.
Devers answered with a two-run homer off left-hander Yusei Kikuchi within the third, however Bichette’s homer, his fifteenth, tied it within the backside half.
Toronto’s Kevin Kiermaier hit Crawford in the best hip space with a line drive within the fifth. The ball ricocheted to catcher Caleb Hamilton, who threw the speedy Kiermaier out at first base.
Kikuchi (7-3) allowed 5 runs and 7 hits in 4 1/3 innings to lose for the primary time since Could 24 at Tampa Bay. He struck out two and walked seven.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Purple Sox: Masataka Yoshida stayed within the recreation to run after he was hit on the best leg by a pitch from Nate Pearson within the seventh, however was changed by Triston Casas within the ninth. Yoshida was the DH Saturday.
Blue Jays: Kiermaier returned after lacking the previous 4 video games due to a sore again.
ALL SQUARE
Boston is 21-21 at Fenway Park and 21-21 on the highway.
MANOAH MOVES UP
Blue Jays RHP Alek Manoah will begin at Double-A New Hampshire on Sunday, his second minor league outing. Manoah allowed 11 runs and 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings in a rookie-level Florida Complicated League recreation Tuesday. A 2022 All-Star and AL Cy Younger finalist, Manoah was demoted June 6 after going 1-7 with a 6.36 ERA in 13 begins.
ROSTER MOVES
Toronto recalled RHP Thomas Hatch from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned RHP Trent Thornton to Triple-A.
UP NEXT
RHP Kevin Gausman (7-4, 3.01 ERA) begins Sunday as Toronto tries to keep away from the sweep. RHP Garrett Whitlock (4-3, 5.15) goes for the Purple Sox.
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