Billy McKinney was 2-3 with a pair of runs scored as the Blue Jays knocked off the Red Sox 7-5
Game Highlights:
- The Red Sox opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st as Mitch Moreland smacked a HR just over the Blue Jays bullpen
- The Red Sox doubled the lead in the bottom of the second as Xander Bogaerts scored on a double play ball hit by Dustin Pedroia
- The Blue Jays got a run back in the top of the 3rd as Freddy Galvis singled home Alen Hanson
- A batter later, Billy McKinney scored on a sac fly by Teoscar Hernandez
- The Blue Jays took the lead in the bottom of the 4th as Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singled home Randal Grichuk
- Two batters later, Danny Jansen scored on a passed ball charged to Red Sox catcher Christian Vasquez
- The same batter, Gurriel Jr. caught Chris Sale napping and stole home, ala Kevin Pillar just over a year ago
- Chris Sale pitching line: 4IP 7H 5R (all earned) 0BB 3K 76 pitches (54 for strikes)
- The Red Sox got one back in the bottom of the 6th on a Mookie Betts solo shot to left-center
- Four batters later, Bogaerts scored on a fielding error by Hernandez
- Matt Shoemaker pitching line: 5.2IP 5H 4R (2 earned) 2BB 4K 93 pitches (57 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 7th as Grichuk singled home Hernandez
- The Red Sox got one back in the bottom of the 8th on a Bogaerts double that scored JD Martinez
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 9th as Galvis doubled home Billy McKinney
- Ken Giles pitched a scoreless 9th for his 3rd save of the season
- Final score: Blue Jays 7 Red Sox 5
- I loved the aggressiveness on the base paths today. That was a huge heads-up play by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. stealing home plate. Also, great heads up play by Danny Jansen reacting so nicely to the passed ball. The Blue Jays were 3-3 on stolen base attempts today and Danny Jansen threw out Christian Vasquez
- The bullpen did a great job, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk over 3.1 innings.
- A much better job with managing strikeouts. Two days after 16 Blue Jays batters went down swinging/looking, nine Blue Jays struck out against one of the better strikeout pitchers in the league.
- Freddy Galvis continues to swing a hot bat, with 2 more hits today and 2 more RBI
- Dustin Pedroia got his first hit of 2019- good for him after a tough 2 seasons with injury
- Up next, the Blue Jays wrap up this brief 2 game set after an off-day tomorrow. They go for the series sweep and first series win of the season. The Blue Jays will be facing Nathan Eovaldi, who was roughed up in his first 2 starts of the season. Aaron Sanchez looks to continue his strong start to the season.