TLDR: Boston came to Rogers Centre riding a four-game skid and left with a fifth, undone by a two-out eruption that turned a tight one into a laugher before a late rally made it respectable.
−rotation depth thinning fast with Bloss also down
Ranger Suarez got the ball for Boston looking to snap the slide, taking on José Soriano and a Blue Jays club that had won the first two of this series already. First pitch was 7:07 PM ET at Rogers Centre, with Toronto chasing a third straight win over its AL East rival.
Ranger Suarez
(5-3)·3.35 ERA
Aug 6 vs White Sox
ND
3.0IP
3ER
3K
2BB
70P
08/12 Lineup
José Soriano
(10-7)·3.43 ERA
Aug 7 @ Phillies
ND
4.2IP
1ER
3K
3BB
94P
08/12 Lineup
Boston came in without half its rotation — Garrett Crochet, Tanner Houck, Johan Oviedo and Kutter Crawford all on the 60-day IL — while Triston Casas, Trevor Story and Isiah Kiner-Falefa remain out on the position-player side too. Toronto had its own fresh scars, having just placed Jameson Taillon on the 15-day IL and lost Trey Yesavage to knee surgery, with Jake Bloss also going down the day of this game.
None of that dictated the outcome. This one turned on one bad inning for Boston's bullpen, and the board tells the story before the recap even starts.
Toronto had trailed 1-0 into the middle innings before erupting for 5 runs in the 8th, the kind of frame that turns a taut pitchers' duel into a laugher in about 10 minutes. Boston clawed back with 3 in the 9th to make it interesting, but the deficit was too much to climb all the way out of, and the Jays closed it out 6-4.
It's the fifth straight loss for a Red Sox club that's now dropped 3 in a row to Toronto specifically, a rough stretch for a team that was 64-55 and playing meaningful games as recently as last week. Toronto, by contrast, has won 4 of its last 5 and is starting to look like the tougher out at home. Boston heads out of Rogers Centre needing a reset in a hurry.
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