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Match Report

Surging Blue Jays beat Red Sox 8-7 in opener of doubleheader

Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer, Travis Shaw had a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 8-7 in the opener of a doubleheader Friday.

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Top Performers

BOS

  • Yairo Munoz 3B H-AB 3-4 · AB 4 · R 1
  • Alex Verdugo LF H-AB 0-4 · AB 4 · R 0
  • Rafael Devers 1B H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 1
  • Jackie Bradley Jr. CF H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 0

TOR

  • Teoscar Hernandez LF H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
  • Rowdy Tellez 1B H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 1
  • Randal Grichuk DH H-AB 1-3 · AB 3 · R 1
  • Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 0

Head to Head

Injuries

Toronto Blue Jays

  • Anthony Santander 60-Day-IL
  • Cody Ponce 60-Day-IL
  • Patrick Corbin 60-Day-IL
  • Jonatan Clase 60-Day-IL
  • Yimi Garcia 60-Day-IL

Boston Red Sox

  • Caleb Durbin Out
  • Garrett Whitlock Out
  • Roman Anthony Out
  • Tyron Guerrero Out
  • Romy Gonzalez Day-To-Day

Lineups

Confirmed

TOR

  1. Cavan Biggio2B4
  2. Randal GrichukCF34
  3. Rowdy Tellez1B11
  4. Teoscar HernandezDH37
  5. Jonathan VillarSS19
  6. Lourdes Gurriel Jr.LF12
  7. Derek FisherRF7
  8. Travis Shaw1B23
  9. Reese McGuireC30

Substitutes

  1. Santiago Espinal3B21
  2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.PH27

BOS

  1. Alex VerdugoDH27
  2. Yairo MunozRF95
  3. Rafael Devers3B16
  4. Christian VazquezC2
  5. Michael Chavis2B66
  6. Jackie Bradley Jr.CF41
  7. Bobby Dalbec1B31
  8. Tzu-Wei LinLF37
  9. Jonathan ArauzSS47

Play by Play

  1. Foul Ball 3-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    31075 7th Inning
  2. Foul Ball 3-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    31075 7th Inning
  3. Foul Ball 3-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    31075 7th Inning
  4. Foul Ball 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    31075 7th Inning
  5. End Batter/Pitcher 3-2
    34331 6th Inning
  6. Play Result 3-2

    Villar singled to center, Grichuk scored, Espinal to third.

    34331 6th Inning
  7. Single 3-2

    Pitch 7 : Ball In Play

    34331 6th Inning
  8. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 6 : Ball 3

    34331 6th Inning
  9. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 5 : Ball 2

    34331 6th Inning
  10. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    34331 6th Inning
  11. Strike Swinging 3-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging

    34331 6th Inning
  12. Ball 3-1

    Pitch 2 : Ball 1

    34331 6th Inning
  13. Strike Looking 3-1

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    34331 6th Inning
  14. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    34331 6th Inning
  15. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    34331 6th Inning
  16. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    33756 6th Inning
  17. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33756 6th Inning
  18. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    33756 6th Inning
  19. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33756 6th Inning
  20. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    33756 6th Inning
  21. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul

    36173 5th Inning
  22. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33756 5th Inning
  23. Foul Ball 3-1

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    33756 5th Inning
  24. Play Result 3-1

    Muñoz scored, Vázquez picked off second, Devers picked off third.

    33756 5th Inning
  25. Pick Off 3-1

    Muñoz scored, Vázquez picked off second, Devers picked off third.

    33756 5th Inning
  26. Foul Ball 2-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 5th Inning
  27. Foul Ball 2-1

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    37224 4th Inning
  28. Foul Ball 2-1

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    37224 4th Inning
  29. Foul Ball 2-1

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    37224 4th Inning
  30. End Batter/Pitcher 2-1
    37224 4th Inning
  31. Play Result 2-1

    Tellez homered to left (356 feet).

    37224 4th Inning
  32. Home Run 2-1

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    37224 4th Inning
  33. Strike Looking 2-0

    Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking

    37224 4th Inning
  34. Ball 2-0

    Pitch 3 : Ball 3

    37224 4th Inning
  35. Ball 2-1

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    37224 4th Inning
  36. Ball 2-1

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    37224 4th Inning
  37. Foul Ball 2-0

    Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul

    37224 3rd Inning
  38. Foul Ball 2-0

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  39. End Batter/Pitcher 2-0
    32789 3rd Inning
  40. Play Result 2-0

    Chavis singled to center, Devers scored, Vázquez to second.

    32789 3rd Inning
  41. Single 2-0

    Pitch 3 : Ball In Play

    32789 3rd Inning
  42. Strike Looking 1-0

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking

    32789 3rd Inning
  43. Strike Swinging 1-0

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging

    32789 3rd Inning
  44. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  45. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  46. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  47. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  48. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  49. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 3rd Inning
  50. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    37224 2nd Inning
  51. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    37224 2nd Inning
  52. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    37224 2nd Inning
  53. Foul Ball 1-0

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    37224 2nd Inning
  54. End Batter/Pitcher 1-0
    32789 2nd Inning
  55. Play Result 1-0

    Lin hit a ground rule double to deep center, Vázquez scored, Bradley Jr. to third.

    32789 2nd Inning
  56. Ground Rule Double 1-0

    Pitch 4 : Ball In Play

    32789 2nd Inning
  57. Ball 0-0

    Pitch 3 : Ball 1

    32789 2nd Inning
  58. Foul Ball 0-0

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    32789 2nd Inning
  59. Strike Looking 0-0

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    32789 2nd Inning
  60. Foul Ball 0-0

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    37224 1st Inning
  1. End Inning 3-2

    End of the 7th inning

    7th Inning
  2. End Batter/Pitcher 3-2
    32147 7th Inning
  3. Play Result 3-2

    Biggio struck out swinging.

    32147 7th Inning
  4. Strike Swinging 3-2

    Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging

    32147 7th Inning
  5. Strike Looking 3-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking

    32147 7th Inning
  6. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 3 : Ball 2

    32147 7th Inning
  7. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball 1

    32147 7th Inning
  8. Strike Looking 3-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    32147 7th Inning
  9. Start Batter/Pitcher 3-2

    Matt Barnes pitches to Cavan Biggio

    32147 7th Inning
  10. End Batter/Pitcher 3-2
    32147 7th Inning
  11. Play Result 3-2

    Guerrero Jr. grounded into double play, third to second to first, Shaw out at second.

    32147 7th Inning
  12. Ground Out 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball In Play

    32147 7th Inning
  13. Strike Swinging 3-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging

    32147 7th Inning
  14. Start Batter/Pitcher 3-2

    Matt Barnes pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

    32147 7th Inning
  15. Play Result 3-2

    Guerrero Jr. hit for McGuire

    7th Inning
  16. End Batter/Pitcher 3-2
    32147 7th Inning
  17. Play Result 3-2

    Shaw singled to center.

    32147 7th Inning
  18. Single 3-2

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    32147 7th Inning
  19. Strike Swinging 3-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging

    32147 7th Inning
  20. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 3 : Ball 2

    32147 7th Inning
  21. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball 1

    32147 7th Inning
  22. Strike Looking 3-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    32147 7th Inning
  23. Start Batter/Pitcher 3-2

    Matt Barnes pitches to Travis Shaw

    32147 7th Inning
  24. Play Result 3-2

    Barnes relieved Leyer

    32147 7th Inning
  25. Start Inning 3-2

    Bottom of the 7th inning

    7th Inning
  26. End Inning 3-2

    Middle of the 7th inning

    7th Inning
  27. End Batter/Pitcher 3-2
    31075 7th Inning
  28. Play Result 3-2

    Vázquez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Muñoz out at second.

    31075 7th Inning
  29. Ground Out 3-2

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    31075 7th Inning
  30. Foul Ball 3-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    31075 7th Inning
  31. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 3 : Ball 1

    31075 7th Inning
  32. Strike Swinging 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging

    31075 7th Inning
  33. Foul Ball 3-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    31075 7th Inning
  34. Start Batter/Pitcher 3-2

    Wilmer Font pitches to Christian Vazquez

    31075 7th Inning
  35. End Batter/Pitcher 3-2
    31075 7th Inning
  36. Play Result 3-2

    Devers flied out to left.

    31075 7th Inning
  37. Fly Out 3-2

    Pitch 4 : Ball In Play

    31075 7th Inning
  38. Strike Swinging 3-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging

    31075 7th Inning
  39. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    31075 7th Inning
  40. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    31075 7th Inning

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