Boston, MA (Sports Network) - J.P. Arencibia knocked in four runs and Travis
Snider had three RBI, as the Toronto Blue Jays finished off a three-game sweep
of the Boston Red Sox with a 15-7 win at Fenway Park.
Rajai Davis, Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus each drove in two runs for
Toronto, which banged out 18 hits.
The Blue Jays swept the Red Sox for the first time since September 28-30,
2009.
Adrian Gonzalez clubbed a three-run homer for the Red Sox, while starter Jon
Lester (5-8) endured a forgettable outing. Lester allowed a career-high 11
runs on nine hits, including four homers, and five walks in four-plus innings.
Lester's afternoon got off to a rough start as Brett Lawrie sent his first
pitch of the game over the Green Monster in left field. And the first inning
only got worse for the southpaw.
Yunel Escobar walked and Rasmus bunted for a single before Encarnacion stroked
a ground-rule double to right. Arencibia hit a run-scoring groundout, Davis
pulled an RBI double and Jeff Mathis executed the safety squeeze to
perfection, plating Davis with Toronto's fifth run of the frame.
Toronto starter Henderson Alvarez (6-7) equally struggled on the mound in the
first, enabling the Red Sox to immediately cut into their deficit. Jacoby
Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia singled around a groundout, and Gonzalez drove an
offering to the right-field seats.
Lester's woes resumed in the second as Toronto increased its lead to 9-3. He
walked two batters before allowing back-to-back two-out homers to Arencibia
and Davis. Snider took Lester deep after Davis drew a leadoff walk in the
fifth.
Ellsbury then opened the bottom of the fifth by belting a solo shot to center
for his first home run of the season. The Red Sox had loaded the bases an
inning earlier, but produced just one run on Mike Aviles' sacrifice fly.
Boston closed the gap to 11-6 in the sixth when Ryan Sweeney and Aviles hit
back-to-back doubles with two outs. The right fielder Davis had lost Sweeney's
fly ball in the sun and Aviles followed with a drive off the Green Monster.
Nick Punto then singled home Aviles to draw the Red Sox to within four.
The Blue Jays tacked on four more runs in the eighth. Rasmus drove in a pair
with a bases-loaded single, while Encarnacion and Snider both lofted sacrifice
flies.
Game Notes
Alvarez was tagged for seven runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings...The Blue
Jays were 6-for-12 with runners in scoring position...Junichi Tazawa struck
out five over three scoreless innings for the Red Sox.
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