Blue Jays - 140 000 001 - 6 11 0 Red Sox - 200 010 010 - 4 6 0The Blue Jays scored four times after there were two outs in the second inning, with Teoscar Hernandez and Josh Donaldson both hitting two-run doubles off Drew Pomeranz (2-7-5-1-0, 47). Tonight was the 31st start of the season for Pomeranz (a career high), but it was also his shortest outing of the year as he faced only 13 batters and recorded six outs.
The loss kept the Red Sox's Magic Number at 3, but the team is likely more concerned about possible injuries to Eduardo Nunez and Mookie Betts. Nunez returned to the lineup for the first time since September 9. He doubled in the first inning, but was not running smoothly. He apparently re-aggravated his right knee on a swing in the third. Nunez finished the at-bat, but that was the end of his night. Betts was bothered by his left thumb or wrist after singling in a run in the fifth. Betts played the outfield for three more innings, but Andrew Benintendi pinch-hit for him in the eighth.
Benintendi hit his 20th home run in that at-bat, a shot to dead center, bringing the Red Sox to within one run. But Ryan Goins's solo shot down the right field line restored Toronto's two-run lead. In the ninth, Rafael Devers flied to deep right, and was perhaps robbed of a home run by Ezequiel Carrera, but the next two batters grounded out.
Josh Donaldson took Pomeranz deep in the top of the first, but Boston got two runs in the bottom half off Brett Anderson (5-6-3-3-3, 80). Xander Bogaerts singled to right and Nunez doubled to right-center. Although Betts and Hanley Ramirez both grounded out, a run scored on each play. For Betts, it was his 100th RBI of the season.
After allowing a leadoff single in the top of the second, Pomeranz got a double play, but he had a lot of trouble getting the third out. Darwin Barney walked and Goins and Luke Maile reached on infield hits. Hernandez doubled in two runs and Donaldson did the same before Justin Smoak ended the inning with a fly to center. Pomeranz started the third, but after Jose Bautista's leadoff single, John Farrell went to the pen.
Christian Vazquez was responsible for two outs in the top of the sixth. Goins singled with one out and tried to steal second on Blaine Boyer's first pitch to Maile. Vazquez's throw was high, but Deven Marrero leapt up and brought down a quick tag. Maile doubled and when Hernandez swung and missed on Boyer's 0-1 offering Vazquez fired the ball to Marrero and picked Maile off second base.
Bogaerts, SSMLB.com: "Since late May, no starting pitcher has been more consistent for the Red Sox than Pomeranz. The lefty is 13-2 with a 2.61 ERA in his past 22 starts."
Nunez, DH
Betts, RF
Ramirez, 1B
Vazquez, C
Devers, 3B
Young, LF
Marrero, 2B
Bradley, CF
Since May 24:
STR IP ERA Opp OPS TEAM Pomeranz 22 127.2 2.61 .673 17-5 Chris Sale 22 143.2 3.01 .622 16-6
John Farrell, on athletes kneeling or sitting or remaining in the clubhouse during the National Anthem:
I follow it closely. As it relates to our players, if they were to choose to express themselves in the way we've seen other athletes in other sports, we would fully support them. We strive to create an environment that's inclusive. We would have their back as an organization. If that's the expression they chose to do, it's their constitutional right.John Tomase, WEEI, noting Donald Trump's "breathtaking" combination of "insecurity, bigotry, narcissism and ignorance":
The unstated subtext of Trump's comments, of course, concerns black men in America not knowing their place. That he would criticize NFL players at an effectively all-white Republican rally in the deep south isn't an accident. Forget about dog whistles; that sound is shrill enough to signal the end of Fred Flintstone's workday.As the ACLU of New York tweeted on Saturday:
If peaceful protests did nothing, the powerful wouldn't try so hard to silence them.
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