BOSTON — Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the 10th inning after breaking up Boston’s no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the seventh, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied past the Red Sox 6-2 on Thursday night.
Toronto opened the five-game series at Fenway Park with its seventh win in 10 games. Boston has lost four straight and 7 of 10.
Hernández launched an 0-1 change-up by reliever Phillips Valdez into the Boston bullpen in right field. With Derek Fisher on second base to open the 10th, Valdez (1-1) walked leadoff hitter Cavan Biggio and Randal Grichuk grounded out, bringing up Hernández.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added a two-out solo homer to cap Toronto’s four-run 10th.
Hernández singled off the left-field wall against Boston starter Martín Pérez for Toronto’s first hit. The left-handed Pérez entered the seventh at 77 pitches with a 2-0 lead, but was chased after allowing three hits and a two-out, RBI single by Joe Panik.
Blue Jays reliever Rafael Dolis (2-1) struck out three in 1 1/3 innings to earn the win.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had a solo home run and two RBI and J.D. Martinez had three hits for the Red Sox.
Taijuan Walker allowed two runs on six hits and stuck out four over 5 2/3 innings in his second start for the Blue Jays. He pitched six scoreless innings in a 5-0 win against Baltimore in his Toronto debut last Saturday after being acquired in a trade with Seattle.
Biggio doubled to lead off the eighth and moved to third on Ryan Brasier’s balk. With Hernández at the plate, Brasier threw a pitch in the dirt that rolled to the backstop and allowed Biggio to score easily.
Bradley homered for the fourth time this season to give Boston a 1-0 lead in the second. He drove in a second run by working a bases-loaded walk against Anthony Kay with two outs in the sixth.
NOTES: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right calf strain) threw a bullpen session Thursday, but his return will be pushed back with hope that he can pitch again this season. “Went really well again, but he still feels (it) a little bit,” Manager Ron Roenicke said. … RHP Colten Brewer (right ring finger strain) was placed on the 10-day injured list and RHP Marcus Walden was recalled.
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