Final: Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 0

Held to just one hit after the first inning and blanked for the second time in the last three games, the Red Sox saw their losing streak stretch to five games with an 8-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Jays took advantage of a defensive lap in the fourth to score twice, then teed off against a trio of pitchers in the fifth for six more. knocked in three runs and two other Jays knocked in two each.

Rafael Devers singled in the first inning, but the Sox managed just three more baserunners the rest of the way and were without a hit until Brock Holt singled to lead off the ninth.

WHO: Red Sox (76-69 ) vs. Blue Jays (56-89)
WHEN: 7:07 p.m.
WHERE: Rogers Centre
SERIES TO DATE: Toronto 1-0
SEASON SERIES TO  DATE: Boston 10-7
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Bobby Poyner (0-0 10.50) vs. RHP Wilmer Font (3-4, 4.38)
TV/RADIO: NESN/WEEI 93.7 FM

IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:

9:22   Seven innings, one hit.

8:40  Ryan Weber knocked around for four straight singles, resulting in two runs. He leaves and gives way to Brian Johnson.

8:18 The requisite homer against the Red Sox for Rowdy Tellez. He's got 19 homers this year, and incredibly, seven have come against Red Sox pitching.

8:17 Trevor Kelley didn't check on Biggio at second, allowing an uncontested steal of third. That proves especially costly when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits a fly ball near the warning track, scoring Biggio with a sacrifice fly

8:15  An overly generous decision by the official scorer awards Cavan Biggio a double, but that ball absolutely should have been caught by Rafael Devers. Either way, the Jays have their first baserunner.

8:06 Red Sox offense has been quiet the last few days, with just four runs over the last 26 innings dating back to Sunday night.

7:42 Bobby Poyner has looked impressive over two innings, retiring all six hitters he's faced, including two by strikeouts. He attacked the strike zone despite below-average velocity on his fastball.

 

LINEUPS 



RED SOX

Holt RF
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Martin
Moreland 1B
Benintendi LF
Vazquez C
Bradley CF
M. Hernandez 2B

BLUE JAYS

Bichette SS
Biggio 2B
Guerrero Jr. 3B
Tellez DH
Grichuk RF
Hernandez LF
Davis CF
Drury 1B
Jansen C

WHAT'S UP: The Sox are 3-7 in the last 10 games, including four losses in a row...The Red Sox are 38-17 against Toronto since the start of 2017 for a winning percentage of .691...They're also 19-7 (.731) in their last 26 games in Toronto...They're 8-0-0 in their last eight series in Toronto...The Sox have homered in 39 of their last 42 games, totaling 74 homers in that span....Mookie Betts hit his 20th career leadoff homer Tuesday night, extending his own club record...Jacoby Ellsbury is second with 10...The homer Tuesday marked the fourth time Betts has homered on the first pitch and second time this month....Betts has reached base safely in 24 straight games....He leads in the majors with 129 runs scored and is on pace for 144...Rafael Devers became the eighth player in franchise history to hit 50 doubles in a season and the youngest to ever do so....Only two other players have ever hit 50 or more doubles before turning 23 -- Alex Rodriguez (54 in 1996) and Manny Machado (51 in 2013)…..Xander Bogaerts needs just one double to give the Sox two players on the same team with 50 doubles in a season...Devers needs one homer to get to 30. That and one more doubles for Bogaerts will give the Red Sox an MLB first -- two teammates with 50 doubles and 30 homers....Devers needs three more extra-base hits to become the second Red Sox a player not yet 23 with 86 extra-base hits...Ted Williams had 86 in 1939....Only two Red Sox shortstops have ever hit 50 doubles in a season: Joe Cronin, who hit 51 in 1938 and Nomar Garciaparra who did it twice -- 56 in 2002 and 51 in 2000...Bogaerts has 80 extra-base hits; Garciaparra has the club record for shortstops, with 85 in 1997 and again in 2002....J.D. Martinez has 44 RBI over the last 44 games....Bobby Poyner will get his first major league start tonight. Poyner has made three professional starts -- once for Salem, once for Portland and once for Pawtucket...Mitch Moreland has a four-game hitting streak.