BOSTON (AP) – Mitch Moreland hit two house races, one shot at the Green Monster to send the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 lead over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
It is the fourth house race in Moreland’s race and the first since August 4, 2017 against the Chicago White Sox.
Xander Bogaerts tied with two outs of Thomas Hatch (0-1) to prepare the winner of Moreland’s match. Matt Barnes (1-1) pitched a ninth scoreless score to take the win.
The Blue Jays are now heading to Buffalo, New York, where they will play their best house games at their partner Triple-A across the Niagara River from Canada.
Toronto’s first game at Sahlen Field is Tuesday night off Miami. The Blue Jays have been prevented from playing in Toronto this year through the Canadian government due to fitness issues related to the coronavirus, and so far have been on tour for each and every game.
Rafael Devers scored for the Red Sox.
Boston starter Nathan Eovaldi pitched six innings, allowing three runs and six hits, adding two home runs. But he received a clever tackle from his bullpen, which kept the Blue Jays goalless and goalless for the rest of the game.
Tile opener Matt Shoemaker also lasted six innings, dropping two runs and allowing the race to score for a pitching error.
Moreland put Boston 1-0 at the entrance of the moment, with Shoemaker’s lead over the center wall of the area for his fifth home race of the season.
Cavan Biggio tied in the third, jumping on an Eovaldi cutter that passed over the plate and hit his fourth house race of the year in the middle.
Boston took the lead back in the third when Shoemaker fielded Alex Verdugo’s ground ball and tried to start a double play. Instead, he threw the ball past shortstop Bo Bichette and into center field, allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score from second.
Teoscar Hernandez of Toronto scored with a double in the fourth and then scored with a single with two outs by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Bichette hit a house run over Eovaldi in sixth position on a line in the centre to take it to 3-2.
But Devers tied him in Boston’s innings, leading a shoemaker’s first lead over the centre-down fence for his home-run career of the season.
COACH’S ROOM
Referee Paul Nauert, the team leader who was the dish in Saturday’s game, was absent in Sunday’s final. Nauert got rid of a hard ball from his face mask in Saturday’s third inning, but was able to finish the game.
On Sunday he was a three-man team, Ryan Additon taking Nauert’s position on the plate, Chad Fairchild at first base and Carlos Torres at third base.
Following
Tiles: Hyun Jin Ryu (1-1, 5.14 MPM) will be on the mound Tuesday when Toronto receives Miami in Buffalo. He is 3-1 at 2.39pm in 4 starts in his career against the Marlins.
Red Sox: Roenicke called a starter for Monday’s first game of the series against Tampa Bay. But he said Colten Brewer (0-0, 2.57 effectiveness) would have a role, either as a starter or making some loose paintings on the relay bullpen.
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