Blue Jays score five in eighth to beat Red Sox
TORONTO (Interstat) — Tyler Rogers earned the win as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Attendance was 42,888, and the game lasted 2:41.
Toronto trailed 1-1 before scoring five runs in the eighth inning. Myles Straw had two hits and two RBIs, and Kazuma Okamoto drove in a run. José Soriano allowed one earned run over six innings. Louis Varland earned his 26th save.
Boston scored once in the fifth and three in the ninth. Willson Contreras homered. Tyron Guerrero took the loss.
The Blue Jays improved to 59-63. The Red Sox fell to 64-56.