FINAL: Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5 - Verdugo walk-off HR leading off 9th

Alex Verdugo is en fuego.

That's his third walk-off hit of the season. Just like Saturday night, the Red Sox blew a lead (2 Kike Hernandez errors in the 8th led to two tying runs), and then Verdugo was the hero again.

Emmanuel Valdez had his first MLB home run, following Jarren Duran in the same frame. Verdugo, Yoshida, Valdez and McGuire each had two hits to lead a 13-hit barrage.

Winnkowski blew the save and picked up the win with two runs allowed (one earned) in two innings of work.

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WHO: Red Sox (15-14) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (18-10)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: First meeting. Toronto was 16-3 vs. Sox in '22 (8-1 in '22).
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Corey Kluber (1-4, 6.75) vs. RHP José Berríos (2-3, 4.71)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7 

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WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox are 10-6 in their last 16 games, dating back to 4/14, tied for the 3rd-best record in the AL and 6th best in MLB during that span. The Red Sox have posted 15+ wins before May for the 7th time in the last 20 seasons...They made the Postseason in each of the previous 6 instances, including each of their last 4 World Series championship seasons (2021, ‘18, ‘13, ‘08, ‘07, ‘04). ... The Red Sox won the 3-game series vs. CLE from Friday-Sunday, 2-1, to improve to 6-3-0 in series play, including 4-1-0 at home. ... The Red Sox are 7-3 over their last 10 home games, winning each of their last 3 home series (3-1 vs. LAA, 2-1 vs. MIN, 2-1 vs. CLE). ...  The Sox went 3-16 against the Jays last season, including 1-8 at Fenway Park...Prior to 2022, Boston had never lost more than 12 games to Toronto in a single season. The Red Sox have lost each of their last 9 games against the Blue Jays, beginning 7/22/22, their longest losing streak ever against the club. BOS has lost 8 consecutive games vs. TOR at Fenway Park, beginning 4/20/22...The last time any opponent had a longer winning streak at Fenway was TOR’s 15-game streak from 8/1/1987-8/16/1989. ... Kluber allowed 1 run in a season-high 6.0 innings on Tuesday at BAL (5 H, 0 BB, 3 SO)...It marked his 48th career start with 6.0+ IP and 0 BB. Snapped a career-long 5-start losing streak, which began with his final outing of 2022 with the Rays.