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Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox

2017-07-20 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 37094 · 88°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph to RF · 3:25

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Boston Red Sox 8–6. Toronto Blue Jays opened the scoring in the 1st — Blue Jays challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Josh Donaldson doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Mookie Betts. Russell Martin scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 2nd — Mookie Betts singles on a line drive to center fielder Ezequiel Carrera. Deven Marrero scores. Brock Holt scores. Toronto Blue Jays took the lead in the 3rd — Ryan Goins singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Mookie Betts. Kendrys Morales scores. Steve Pearce scores. Ezequiel Carrera to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Dustin Pedroia homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field. Brock Holt scores. Mookie Betts scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	9
BOS	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	9

W: Dominic Leone L: Doug Fister SV: Roberto Osuna

Umpires — HP: Bruce Dreckman · 1B: Chris Segal · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Jordan Baker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Bautista	5	0	0	0	0	1
Russell Martin	3	2	1	0	2	2
Josh Donaldson	4	1	1	1	1	3
Justin Smoak	5	2	3	3	0	1
Kendrys Morales	4	1	1	0	1	0
Steve Pearce	5	1	0	0	0	2
Ezequiel Carrera	4	0	2	0	1	1
Ryan Goins	4	0	1	2	1	0
Darwin Barney	3	1	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	4	1	2	2	1	0
Chris Young	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dustin Pedroia	5	1	3	3	0	1
Hanley Ramirez	4	0	0	0	1	3
Jackie Bradley	3	0	0	0	1	2
Xander Bogaerts	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sandy Leon	3	0	1	1	1	1
Deven Marrero	3	1	1	0	0	1
Brock Holt	3	2	1	0	1	1
Andrew Benintendi	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Moreland	1	0	0	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Liriano	1.2	6	1	1
Dominic Leone	2.1	0	1	4
Joe Biagini	2.0	1	1	1
Danny Barnes	0.2	2	2	0
Ryan Tepera	1.1	0	1	2
Roberto Osuna	1.0	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Fister	4.1	6	4	3
Fernando Abad	1.0	0	2	2
Ben Taylor	0.2	1	0	1
Kyle Martin	1.0	0	1	1
Brandon Workman	2.0	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Bautista: 13/G15S-
Russell Martin: D8/L78D+
Josh Donaldson: D9/F9D+.2-H
Justin Smoak: K
Kendrys Morales: 43/L34+

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: 53/G5S-
Chris Young: 3/F3F-
Dustin Pedroia: S8/L8RS-
Hanley Ramirez: K

Top 2

Steve Pearce: 63/G6
Ezequiel Carrera: S8/G4
Ryan Goins: 9/F9M
Darwin Barney: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 2

Jackie Bradley: 7/F78M
Xander Bogaerts: D7/F7D
Sandy Leon: D7/L7LM+.2-H
Deven Marrero: S8/L89M.2-3;B-2(E8)
Brock Holt: S7/F5D-.3XH(72);2-3;B-2
Mookie Betts: S8/L8RM.3-H;2-H(UR)
Chris Young: W.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: 7/L78M

Top 3

Jose Bautista: 53/G56
Russell Martin: W
Josh Donaldson: W.1-2
Justin Smoak: 43/G4.2-3;1-2
Kendrys Morales: W
Steve Pearce: E4/F4MD-.3-H(UR)(NR);2-H(UR)(NR);1-3
Ezequiel Carrera: W.1-2
Ryan Goins: S9/G34+.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Darwin Barney: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2

Bot 3

Hanley Ramirez: K
Jackie Bradley: K
Xander Bogaerts: 8/F8RXD+

Top 4

Jose Bautista: 9/F9D+
Russell Martin: K
Josh Donaldson: K

Bot 4

Sandy Leon: K
Deven Marrero: K
Brock Holt: 43/G4

Top 5

Justin Smoak: HR/F89XD+
Kendrys Morales: S4/L3D+
Steve Pearce: 64(1)/FO/G6
Ezequiel Carrera: K
Ryan Goins: 13/G15S-

Bot 5

Mookie Betts: W
Chris Young: CS2(24)
Chris Young: 53/G5
Dustin Pedroia: S9/L9S
Hanley Ramirez: W.1-2
Jackie Bradley: K

Top 6

Darwin Barney: W
Jose Bautista: K
Russell Martin: SB2
Russell Martin: W
Josh Donaldson: K
Justin Smoak: WP.2-3
Justin Smoak: S9/L89S.3-H;1-2
Kendrys Morales: 8/L8LM

Bot 6

Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6
Sandy Leon: 9/L9LD+
Deven Marrero: 163/G15-

Top 7

Steve Pearce: K
Ezequiel Carrera: 3/G34
Ryan Goins: W
Darwin Barney: 8/L8LM

Bot 7

Brock Holt: W
Mookie Betts: S7/G56+.1-2
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F7S
Dustin Pedroia: HR/F7D+.2-H;1-H
Hanley Ramirez: 43/G4MD+
Jackie Bradley: W
Xander Bogaerts: K

Top 8

Jose Bautista: 9/F89S
Russell Martin: K
Josh Donaldson: K

Bot 8

Sandy Leon: W
Mitch Moreland: 9/F89D+
Brock Holt: K
Mookie Betts: 9/F9D+

Top 9

Justin Smoak: HR/F78D+
Kendrys Morales: 7/F78D
Steve Pearce: K
Ezequiel Carrera: D8/L89M
Ryan Goins: 7/F7LM

Bot 9

Andrew Benintendi: 3/G3+
Dustin Pedroia: K
Hanley Ramirez: K23

Notes & reviews

Blue Jays challenged call that Donaldson was out trying to stretch; call was overturned - double
originally scored as single with 2 RBI, changed to error on 08-02-2017, making 4 runs unearned

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