FINAL: Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 6 - Duran walks it off after Boston rallies from being down 6-2

The Red Sox defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Monday night at Fenway Park rallying from being down 6-2. Jarren Duran walked it off with an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th inning.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Ceddanne Rafaela reached on an E4 in the bottom of the ninth and moved to 2nd base on a balk. 
• Romy Gonzalez pinch hit 2-run single tied it up at 6 in the bottom of the 8th. 

• David Hamilton made up for his timely E4 with a 2-run HR to RF which cut the deficit to 6-4.

• Boston had an awful 7th inning when Hamilton's E4 opened the door for Toronto to take a 3-2 lead and then Vladimir Guerrero Jr hit a 471 homer over the monster which gave the Blue Jays a 6-2 lead. 

• Definitely one of the better wins at Fenway Park so far this season. 

The Red Sox will continue their three-game series with Toronto tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m. 

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WHO: Toronto Blue Jays (35-42) at Red Sox (42-36)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m. 
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston. 
SERIES TO DATE: 0-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Tanner Houck (7-5) 2.14 ERA vs RHP Chris Bassitt (6-6) 3.52 ERA 
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran CF
Hamilton 2B
Abreu RF
Devers 3B
O'Neill LF
Yoshida DH
Smith 1B
McGuire C
Rafaela SS

SP Tanner Houck 

BLUE JAYS
Kiner-Falefa SS
Horwitz 2B
Guerrero Jr 1B
Turner DH
Springer RF
Barger 3B
Schneider LF
Kirk C
Kiermaier CF

SP Chris Bassitt 
WHAT'S UP

•  The Red Sox have won 7 of their last 8 games, improving to a season-high 6 games above .500.
•  At 42-36 (.538), Boston owns MLB's 10th-best record.
•  The Red Sox' run differential (+48) ranks 4th in the AL and 7th in MLB.
•  Since May 19, the Sox are 20-12 (.625)...They own MLB's 2nd-best record in that span behind CLE (20-9; .690).
• The Sox have won a season-high 4 consecutive series (2-1 vs. PHI, 2-1 vs. NYY, 3-0 at TOR, 2-1 at CIN), their longest streak since 6/30-7/16/23 (also 4).
• They're undefeated in their last 7 series (4-0-3), their longest streak since 5/21-6/26/22 (7-0-1).
•  Boston is tied for the MLB lead with 13 wins during June, and tied with HOU for the AL's best record (13-7).
• During June, the Sox lead MLB in AVG (.286), OBP (.356), and stolen bases (tied, 31)...They also rank 3rd in the AL in SLG (.468), OPS (.824), and runs scored (112).
• The Red Sox lead the American League with 78 stolen bases (4th in MLB)...They have not finished a season leading the AL in SB since 1935 (91).
• Their 29 stolen bases since 6/7 are their most in a 15-game span during the Live-Ball Era (1920-present).
• David Hamilton ranks T-4th in MLB and T-2nd in the AL with 21 SB, while Jarren Duran ranks T-6th in MLB and T-4th in AL with 20.
• They're the only teammates with 20+ SB each this season.
• They're just the 2nd pair of Red Sox to ever record 20+ SB within the team's first 80 games, joining Tommy Dowd and Chick Stahl in the club's inaugural 1901 season. 
• Boston is 33-4 (.892) when scoring 5+ runs, the 4th-best record in MLB (SEA: .929, NYY: .907, BAL: .900).
• They've won each of their last 17 games when doing so.
• The Sox have scored 5+ runs in 7 of their last 11 games.
• Boston has recalled catcher Tyler Heineman and right-handed pitchers Isaiah Campbell and Josh Winckowski from AAA. 
• The Red Sox have placed catcher Connor Wong on the Paternity Leave List.  
• Boston has sent down LHP Cam Booser and RHP Brad Keller to AAA.