Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
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Varsho hits fifth career grand slam, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 6-1 to maintain share of AL East lead
Toronto (91-68), which had lost six of seven, closes with three games at home against Tampa Bay.
Boston (87-72) was prevented from clinching a postseason berth. The Red Sox are in position for the second AL wild card, one game ahead of Detroit (86-73) and two games in front of Houston (85-74) with three games left. The Red Sox finish at home against the Tigers.
Three Blue Jays combined for six perfect innings before Jarren Duran doubled off Braydon Fisher starting the seventh and scored on Trevor Story's single.
Toronto opener Louis Varland struck out three of six batters, and Eric Lauer retired 10 straight.
Right fielder Nathan Lukes made a diving catch on Cedanne Rafaela’s liner to end the fifth.
Yariel Rodríguez (3-2) retired two batters to finish the sixth.
In his third straight losing start, Boston’s Brayan Bello (11-9) allowed three runs — two earned — and three hits in five-plus innings.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached starting the sixth on an error by Story, who tied the Yankees' Anthony Volpe at 19 for the high among AL shortstops.
Addison Barger walked, Anthony Santander was hit by a pitch and Varsho homered off left-hander Justin Wilson. Springer homered against Zack Kelly three batters later, his team-leading 31st.
Blue Jays: RHP Shane Bieber (3-2, 3.57 ERA) is scheduled to face Rays RHP Adrian Houser (8-4, 3.18) on Friday night.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | González popped out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Yoshida reached on infield single to third, Bregman to second, Duran to third. |
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9th Inning | Bregman walked, Duran to second. |
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9th Inning | Story flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Duran hit by pitch. |
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9th Inning | Hamilton struck out looking. |
Statistics
 BOS |
 TOR |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 2 |
| 6 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 8 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 1 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 4 | Hits | 7 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 2 | Walks | 4 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 6 |
| 2 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 29 | At Bats | 31 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 1 |
| 7 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
| 0 | Triples | 1 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 1 |
| 15 | Fly Balls | 15 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 126 | Pitches | 140 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 2 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 5 | Total Bases | 16 |
| 32 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 1 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 0.0 | Runs Created | 5.6 |
| .138 | Batting Average | .226 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .172 | Slugging Percentage | .516 |
| .103 | Secondary Average | .419 |
| .219 | On Base Percentage | .351 |
| .391 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .867 |
| 0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.0 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 6.0 |
| 10.0 | Batter Rating | 41.5 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 15.5 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.94 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.78 |
| .034 | Isolated Power | .290 |
| 0.25 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.80 |
| .063 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .108 |
| -.034 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .194 |
| 2.0 | Runs Produced | 12.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
| 62.5 | MLB Rating | 88.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 42,129 | Capacity: