Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays

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Boston Red Sox

17-15, 9-9 Away

Final
6 - 7

Toronto Blue Jays

14-16, 9-6 Home

Kirk hits winning single in 10th, Blue Jays rally past Red Sox 7-6 in Giolito's return

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started the 10th as the automatic runner on second, Justin Slaten (0-1) intentionally walked Daulton Varsho and George Springer with one out and Kirk singled to left.

Jeff Hoffman (3-0) struck out three in two hitless innings.

Anthony Santander tied the score in the seventh with his fourth home run this season, a three-run drive off Garrett Whitlock.

Kirk and Varsho started the rebound from a 6-0 deficit with back-to-back homers in the sixth off Giolito, who made his Red Sox debut more than 15 months after signing a a $38.5 million. two-year contract, Giolito didn’t pitch last season because of a partial tear in his right ulnar collateral ligament, then had been sidelined since spring training due to a strained left hamstring.

Toronto began the night with 16 homers, 29th among the 30 teams, and hit three homers in a game for the first time this season.

Yariel Rodríguez's run-scoring balk and Alex Bregman's seventh homer built a 2-0 lead in the first, and Jarren Duran hit an RBI single in the second and scored on Rafael Devers' double. Carlos Narváez stretched the lead to 6-0 with a two-run homer off Chad Green in the sixth.

Key moment Kirk lined a single over Jarren Duran to end the game.

Key stat Toronto scored more than four runs for the first time since a 6-3 win over Atlanta on April 15.

Up next Red Sox RHP Tanner Houck (0-2, 7.58 ERA) is expected to start against Toronto RHP José Berríos (1-1, 4.24) on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Kirk singled to left, Guerrero Jr. scored, Varsho to second, Springer to third.
	10th Inning	Varsho intentionally walked, Springer to second.
	10th Inning	Springer intentionally walked.
	10th Inning	Santander lined out to center, Guerrero Jr. to third.
	10th Inning	Slaten relieved Chapman
	10th Inning	Abreu struck out swinging.

Statistics

BOS		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	8
5	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	38
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	2
2	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
169	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	19
41	Plate Appearances	42
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
5.5	Runs Created	6.5
.200	Batting Average	.263
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.500
.429	Secondary Average	.342
.317	On Base Percentage	.333
.746	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.833
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
41.0	Batter Rating	47.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	12.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.55
.229	Isolated Power	.237
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.095
.229	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.079
11.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.3	MLB Rating	94.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Rogers Centre

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 26,498 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

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