BSJ Game Report: Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 3 -- Casas' three hits powers Sox past Jays for fifth straight

All you need to know, in quickie form, about the Red Sox' win over the Blue Jays, complete with BSJ analysis and insight:

BOX SCORE

HEADLINES

Sox take third against Jays, match last season's win total: In 19 games against the Blue Jays in 2022, the Red Sox won only three times.

This season, the Sox have flipped the script as they remain undefeated against their AL East foes in three games following the 8-3 win on Wednesday at Fenway Park.

It was another come-from-behind effort for Boston after falling behind 2-0 through three innings, until the Sox' offense stayed hot with at least one run in each of the next five innings. The Red Sox have combined for 17 runs and 29 hits in their last two victories against Toronto.

Triston Casas swung the bat well for Boston, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs, snapping an 0-for-11 stretch heading into the meeting.

Matasaka Yoshida also improved his hit streak to 13 games with two on Wednesday, while also adding a couple of RBIs.

The Blue Jays were paced by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho who each pocketed a pair of hits.

TURNING POINT

Enmanuel Valdez' two-run single in the fifth was the result of a fortuitous bounce that crossed up Guerrero Jr. at first base. The Sox tied the game shortly before on a Casas RBI single, before taking a two-run lead after the lucky break.

TWO UP

Sox offense is feeling itself: All nine batters recorded at least one hit for the Sox in the victory on Wednesday, with five players producing multi-hit performances.

Casas' trio of base knocks was highlighted by his RBI single in the fifth to knot the score up at 3-3.

Altogether the Sox recorded 15 hits, marking another busy night at the plate.

Nick Pivetta powers through: For the second straight night, a Red Sox starter overcame adversity and allowed the offense to pick them up with a strong final inning.

Pivetta was called for a balk in the fifth inning, which brought in Toronto's go-ahead third run. It was a controversial call since it appeared to look no different than any of his previous deliveries during the at-bat.

Nevertheless, Pivetta came out during the sixth and went one-two-three with a pair of strikeouts mixed in. Pivetta finished at five hits allowed for three runs with six strikeouts and one walk in six innings of work for the win.

ONE DOWN

Early errors: The Sox committed a couple errors in this one and both came in the early portion of the game. 

Rafael Devers had a fielding miscue during the first at-bat of the night, while Connor Wong had a throwing error in the fourth inning.

Luckily for the Sox, Toronto finished with three errors throughout the night.

QUOTE OF NOTE

"I think they're a really aggressive lineup," Pivetta said. "I was able to execute my off-speed early and then use my fastball later, and then flip-flop that around. At the end of the day, it's what I'm here to do. I'm not here to throw, I'm here to pitch."

UP NEXT

The fourth and final game against the Blue Jays (NESN) will have RHP Brayan Bello (0-1, 6.57) face off against RHP Kevin Gausman (2-2, 2.33) with first pitch set for 6:10.