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KEVIN PILLAR |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Kevin Pillar delivers a big game
and helps snap the Sox winning streak
July 13,
2018 ...
Justin
Smoak homered and Kevin
Pillar hit a two-run double as the Toronto
Blue Jays chased Rick Porcello in a five-run
third inning, beating the Red
Sox 13-7 and snapping their 10-game winning
streak. Pillar had four of Toronto’s 14 hits and Smoak had three, including another
homer in the eighth. They drove in four runs apiece.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
had two hits and two of Toronto’s four errors. Yangervis
Solarte also had a pair of hits.
Dwight Smith Jr.
also homered for Toronto, who won for the second time in six games. Jake
Petricka (1-0) pitched two innings of shutout ball in
relief of Ryan
Borucki, who lasted just three-plus innings.
Mookie Betts had
three hits, including two triples, to raise his major league-leading batting
average to .357. J.D.
Martinez had two hits for the Red Sox, who won 15 of
their previous 17 games and will head into the All-Star break with the best
record in baseball and the AL East lead.
The Red Sox led 1-0 after one and posted five runs in the second to make it
6-3, getting a two-run triple off the Green Monster from Betts to take the lead.
But Porcello (11-4) couldn’t hold it, allowing Smoak’s leadoff homer, Pillar’s
two-run double and then a two-run shot by Smith.
Toronto added three in the eighth on RBI singles by Smoak and Pillar and a
run-scoring double by Kendrys
Morales. Smoak made it 13-7 in the eighth with his 16th
homer of the season.
Betts, who tripled in each of the first two innings, also walked once and
singled. Right-hander Seunghwan
Oh came on to face him with two outs in the seventh and
Toronto leading 8-7; Betts lined out to third , where Solarte did a celebratory
dance with Gurriel, the shortstop, before leaving the field.
It was 8-6 midway through the second, with both starters already giving up
a five-run inning. Porcello was pulled after allowing the first five batters in
the third to reach base; In all, he gave up eight runs and seven hits.
Borucki pitched to three batters in the fourth and was charged with seven
runs, four earned, and eight hits. Petricka shut the Sox down after coming in
with runners on first and third and nobody out in the fourth.
Andrew Benintendi went
on the bereavement list because of a death in the family. He is expected to
rejoin the team after the All-Star break. Sam
Travis was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket and
started at designated hitter. |
