Boston Pink Sox shortstop David Hamilton tags out Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette at second base on a double in the course of the third inning of a baseball sport in Toronto, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press through AP) Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press through AP
By IAN HARRISON, Related Press
TORONTO (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking dwelling run within the ninth inning and the Boston Pink Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.
Verdugo’s sixth dwelling run got here on the primary pitch thrown by Blue Jays nearer Jordan Romano (3-4). Verdugo stood at dwelling plate to admire his 415-foot drive into the stands behind the customer’s bullpen in proper discipline.
Jarren Duran went 5 for five with 4 doubles and Rafael Devers reached base 5 instances and drove in two for the Pink Sox.
Boston has received three straight following a season-long five-game dropping streak. Boston is 7-0 in opposition to Toronto this season after dropping 16 of 19 conferences in 2022.
Pink Sox right-hander Chris Martin (2-1) labored one inning for the win and left-hander Joe Jacques completed for his first profession save.
Blue Jays designated hitter Brandon Belt hit two solo dwelling runs and Bo Bichette added a two-run single. Toronto led 4-2 by means of six innings however couldn’t make it get up.
Boston right-hander Garrett Whitlock left after one inning due to tightness in his proper elbow. He missed 27 video games earlier this season due to proper elbow ulnar neuritis. Whitlock additionally missed 10 video games initially of the season whereas recovering from proper hip surgical procedure. He’s 4-3 with a 5.23 ERA in 10 begins.
Left-hander Brennan Bernardino took over within the second and pitched 1 1/3 innings.
Belt tied the rating at 1-1 when he homered off Whitlock within the first, then made it 4-2 with a drive off Nick Pivetta within the sixth. It was Belt’s first multihomer sport of the season and the ninth of his profession.
Devers opened the scoring with a base hit off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman within the first and made it 2-1 with one other two-out RBI single within the third. Bichette put Toronto in entrance with a two-run single off Kaleb Ort within the backside half.
Bichette was thrown out attempting to stretch his hit right into a double as proper fielder Verdugo picked up his team-leading seventh help. Verdugo threw Bichette out at dwelling plate to finish Saturday’s 7-6 Boston win.
Boston tied it with two runs in opposition to Erik Swanson within the seventh. Justin Turner hit an RBI single and was working from first base when Verdugo hit a floor ball to the correct aspect. Turner tried for third and scored when Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s wild throw ended up in foul territory.
Gausman allowed two runs and 5 hits in 5 innings. He walked one and struck out seven. Gausman leads the AL with 146 strikeouts.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pink Sox: Masataka Yoshida was held out of the lineup after being hit on the correct leg by a pitch within the seventh inning Saturday. Supervisor Alex Cora stated Yoshida was nonetheless sore after being struck in an unprotected space by a Nate Pearson fastball measured at 101.8 miles per hour.
ME NEXT!
Guerrero jokingly waited in line behind Gausman to have third base umpire Alex Tosi test his arms and cap as Toronto got here off the sector after the highest of the second.
UP NEXT
Pink Sox: Boston had not named a starter for Tuesday afternoon’s July 4th sport in opposition to Texas, the opener of a three-game sequence at Fenway Park.
Blue Jays: RHP Chris Bassitt begins Tuesday as Toronto visits Chicago for a three-game sequence in opposition to the White Sox. RHP Lucas Giolito (6-5, 3.53) begins for Chicago.
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