Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel retired the first two batters he faced in the bottom half of the inning, but the righty then surrendered a single to Justin Smoak. Pinch-runner Ezequiel Carrera stole second base and advanced to third on a wild throw by Christian Vazquez. Russell Martin then came through with a game tying double and moved up to third on an eventual wild pitch.
That set the stage for Travis, who hit a sharp ground ball down the third-base line. Travis Shaw initially made a very nice play on the ball, but his strong throw across the diamond got away from first baseman Hanley Ramirez. Travis was safe at first as Martin crossed the plate for the walk-off win.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision. Toronto right-hander Marcus Stroman matched his career high by allowing seven earned runs on 11 hits over 5 1/3 innings. Boston's Rick Porcello performed better by allowing four runs over 6 2/3 innings and he was in line for the win until the late collapse by the Red Sox bullpen.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
All the way back: The Blue Jays trailed, 8-4, entering the bottom of the eighth. Toronto put the first two runners of the inning on base and then Martin came through with an RBI single and Travis followed with a two-run double. That cut the lead to one, and three batters later, Jose Bautista brought his club all the way back with an opposite-field RBI single. Two of the runs were charged to right-hander Junichi Tazawa, who has now surrendered 23 runs in 28 innings vs. Toronto in his career.
Bautista's game-tying single
BOS@TOR: Bautista knocks a game-tying single in 8th
Jose Bautista hits a sharp ground ball through the right side of the infield to score Devon Travis and tie the game in the 8th
Bogaerts extends streak: The Boston bats were quieted early by Stroman, but Xander Bogaerts seemed to change the momentum of the game when he led off the fourth with a home run to extend his hitting streak to 21 games. Bogaerts holds the second-best streak in the Majors this season after Jackie Bradley Jr., who hit in 29 straight. Bogaerts leads the American League with a .351 batting average. More >
Bogaerts' solo home run
BOS@TOR: Bogaerts extends hit streak with solo homer
Xander Bogaerts extends his hitting streak to 21 games with a solo dinger that just clears the wall in left-center field
Starting from the bottom: Toronto jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, and the bottom of the order was the main reason why. Darwin Barney and Kevin Pillar hit back-to-back doubles to lead off the third inning before Toronto eventually loaded the bases with nobody out. Another run scored when Edwin Encarnacion was hit by a pitch, and the third run of the frame scored on a double play off the bat of Michael Saunders. Barney later added a triple in the fourth to cap his impressive day at the park.
Gregor Chisholm has covered the Blue Jays for MLB.com since 2011. Follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB and Facebook, and listen to his podcast.
Ian Browne has covered the Red Sox for MLB.com since 2002. Follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne and Facebook.
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Jays use two rallies to walk off vs. Red Sox
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