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Sox 9, Blue Jays 8 (10)
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[September 06, 2014]
Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 8 (10): Yoenis
Cespedes’ fourth hit of the night went deep into the triangle in center
for a walk-off single as Boston came back to stun visiting Toronto.
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Casey Janssen (3-3) came on for the Blue Jays with a two-run lead
in the 10th and surrendered four straight singles to cut the lead to
8-7. Dustin Pedroia followed with a sacrifice fly to left to tie it
up and Steve Tolleson committed a throwing error at second to
re-load the bases for Cespedes, who blasted a single to the deepest
part of the ballpark to make a winner out of Tommy Layne (2-1).
Xander Bogaerts drove in two runs on three hits and Mookie Betts had
an RBI and three runs scored as the Red Sox snapped an eight-game
home losing streak. Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion each hit a
two-run homer and Adam Lind drove in a pair as Toronto fell five
games behind the Seattle Mariners in the race for the second
American League wild card.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Sep/06/images/ads/current/LINCOLN_theater_011411.png) Pitcher Marcus Stroman came on as a pinch runner in the 10th for the
Blue Jays and went to third on John Mayberry Jr.’s pinch-hit double
before breaking for home on Dioner Navarro’s bouncer over the mound
and beating the throw with a head-first slide to score the go-ahead
run. Mayberry tagged from second base and scored on a flyout to
right field to make it 8-6 before Boston rallied in the bottom half.
Toronto took a 4-3 lead on Bautista’s 30th home run in the sixth and
extended it to a three-run advantage when Encarnacion sent a two-run
homer across the street and onto the roof of a parking garage beyond
left field in the top of the eighth, but Boston fought back in the
bottom of the frame. Two singles and a double steal set it up before
Betts singled in a run and Bogaerts ripped a two-run double into the
gap in right-center to tie it up.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Toronto LF Melky Cabrera was removed in the sixth inning
due to a right pinky finger fracture. Cabrera also suffered an avulsion
of the extensor tendon in the finger and will undergo season-ending
surgery. … Boston starter Allen Webster was charged with four runs -
three earned - on six hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings while Toronto
starter Drew Hutchison surrendered three runs and six hits in six
frames. … Pedroia (concussion) returned after a five-game absence and
went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
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