Final
Lewis' sacrifice fly lifts Blue Jays past Red Sox
Aug 12, 2010 - 9:17 PMVideo
Fred Lewis' sacrifice fly capped a four-run rally in the ninth inning and lifted Toronto to a 6-5 victory over Boston on Thursday, just the Blue Jays' third win in 12 games against the Red Sox this season.
"He's always shut the door on us," Toronto's Aaron Hill, who scored the winning run, said of Papelbon. "It's nice to get a guy like that."
The blown save, Papelbon's first in 25 career chances against Toronto, denied the Boston right-hander his 30th save. He needs one more to become the first pitcher ever to begin his career with five straight 30-save seasons.
Trailing 5-2, Toronto's Jose Bautista chased starter John Lackey by leading off the ninth with his major league-leading 36th homer.
"Once again, there's Bautista," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. "He got us going."
Papelbon (4-5) came on and blew his sixth save of the season.
"It seemed like every one of my pitches today was up in the zone," Papelbon said. "In a pressure situation, obviously, that can't happen."
Papelbon said he felt "groggy" all afternoon, both in the bullpen and on the mound.
"I didn't have much power or energy in my delivery today," Papelbon said.
Vernon Wells greeted Papelbon with a double and scored when Adam Lind lined a single up the middle. Pinch-runner Dewayne Wise stole second and moved to third when Hill singled off Papelbon's left foot.
"It seemed like it hurt a little bit," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "He needed a second."
Papelbon stayed in the game and struck out Travis Snider, but Encarnacion tied it with a double down the line in left. Pinch-hitter Lyle Overbay was walked intentionally to load the bases for Lewis, who hit a fly ball to shallow center off Daniel Bard. Hill tagged up and slid home well ahead of the throw from Jacoby Ellsbury.
"It was down and in," Bard said of his pitch to Lewis. "He probably grounds it out half the time. It was definitely where I wanted it. he did a good job getting under it."
Kevin Gregg (1-4) pitched one inning for the win.
The Red Sox, who are second in the American League wild card race, open a three-game series in Texas on Friday and will have to put the defeat behind them quickly.
"Whether we can or not, we're going to have to," infielder Jed Lowrie said. "We don't have a choice at this point."
David Ortiz and Lowrie hit solo homers for the Red Sox, who had won 10 of their previous 11 in Toronto.
Lackey came in having allowed 13 earned runs in 10 2-3 innings over two starts against the Blue Jays this year but was better in this one, allowing three runs and eight hits in eight-plus innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Lackey had thrown only 98 pitches when manager Terry Francona came out to replace him, but wasn't about to question the decision to got to Papelbon.
"I still felt pretty strong but we've got a great closer so it's tough to argue," Lackey said.
Lowrie and Ortiz both hit solo shots in the fifth, giving Boston eight homers in the series and 155 this season. Only Toronto (179) has hit more.
Ortiz's homer was his 25th of the season, the seventh time in his Red Sox career he's reached the plateau. Only Ted Williams (14) and Jim Rice (7) have had as many 25-homer seasons with Boston.
Lowrie's homer was his first of the season and first since a grand slam against Cleveland last Oct. 4, the final game of the 2009 regular season.
The Red Sox opened the scoring with two in the third when Victor Martinez hit a sacrifice fly and Ortiz followed with an RBI single.
Toronto cut the deficit in half in the fourth when Bautista scored on Lind's double play grounder.
Lowrie led off the fifth with a drive to center. One out later, Ortiz lined a 3-2 pitch over the wall in right.
Toronto pulled to 4-2 in the sixth on another double play, with Lewis scoring on Bautista's grounder, but the Red Sox pushed the lead back to three on Darnell McDonald's RBI triple against Scott Downs in the eighth.
Blue Jays left-hander Brad Mills allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings. He walked two and struck out a season-high seven.
Mills was optioned back to Triple-A Las Vegas after the game, with lefty Marc Rezepczynski coming up from Las Vegas to start Friday against the Los Angeles Angels.
NOTES: Blue Jays LHP David Purcey injured his right foot making a play at first base in the sixth and will be evaluated again Friday in Los Angeles. ... Overbay was held out of the lineup with Lind starting at first base. ... Boston SS Marco Scutaro got the day off, with Lowrie starting in his place. ... Francona said LHP Hideki Okajima (right hamstring) threw at 120 feet on flat ground Wednesday.
- Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 5 - FINAL
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Ellsbury cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200
J Lowrie ss 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 .312
V Martinez 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .286
D Ortiz dh 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 .263
A Beltre 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .331
J Drew rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .260
B Hal
Aug 12 3:32 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY FRED LEWIS SCORED AARON HILL
FINAL SCORE - TORONTO 6, BOSTON 5.
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 6 Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 12 3:30 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY EDWIN ENCARNACION SCORED DEWAYNE WISE
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, E ENCARNACION ON SECOND, A HILL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
TORONTO 5 BOTTOM,9TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J MOLINA (.263, 0-FOR-3)
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 5 Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 12 3:26 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ADAM LIND SCORED VERNON WELLS
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A LIND ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
TORONTO 4 BOTTOM,9TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.212, 1-FOR-3)
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4 Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 12 3:13 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY JOSE BAUTISTA (36) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
OUT IN THE 9TH OFF JOHN LACKEY.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5, TORONTO 3
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: V WELLS (.273, 1-FOR-3)
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3 Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 12 3:08 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY DARNELL MCDONALD SCORED JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D MCDONALD ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
TORONTO 2 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J ELLSBURY (.203, 1-FOR-4)
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2 Top 8, 0 OutsAug 12 2:48 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND DP BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED FRED LEWIS
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
TORONTO 2 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: V WELLS (.273, 1-FOR-2)
Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 12 2:22 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (25) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 5TH OFF BRAD MILLS.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4, TORONTO 1
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: A BELTRE (.333, 0-FOR-2)
Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 1 Top 5, 0 OutsAug 12 1:53 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY JED LOWRIE (1) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN THE
5TH OFF BRAD MILLS.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3, TORONTO 1
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: V MARTINEZ (.285, 1-FOR-1, SF, RBI)
Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 1 Top 5, 0 OutsAug 12 1:49 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND DP BY ADAM LIND SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2
TORONTO 1 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.213, 1-FOR-1)
Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1 Bot 4, 0 OutsAug 12 1:46 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED JED LOWRIE
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D ORTIZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2
TORONTO 0 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: A BELTRE (.334, 0-FOR-1)
Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 0 Top 3, 0 OutsAug 12 1:24 PM - AL
AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED JACOBY ELLSBURY
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LOWRIE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
TORONTO 0 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.261, 0-FOR-1)
Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0 Top 3, 0 OutsAug 12 1:22 PM
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