The Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to 10 games with Saturday’s 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox, marking the fifth double-digit win streak in franchise history, per Sportsnet Stats.
Following Friday’s remarkable comeback from an 8-1 deficit with the help of a nine-run seventh inning, Toronto again beat Boston in dramatic fashion Saturday afternoon.
The Blue Jays jumped out to an early 4-0 lead behind RBI singles from outfielder Kevin Pillar, second baseman Ryan Goins and shortstop Jose Reyes.
The Red Sox then tied things up at four, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, before designated hitter David Ortiz hit a game-tying solo home run off Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey to lead off the bottom of the sixth.
The game remained tied until the top of the 11th, when Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin hit a game-winning solo home run off Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes.
The Blue Jays easily have the American League‘s best run differential at plus-63, but they own a modest 33-30 record and still finished Saturday’s contest a game and a half behind the New York Yankees (33-27) for first place in the AL East.
Boston is the only AL team that has allowed more runs than Toronto this season, but the Jays are also the league’s only team with 300 or more runs, having plated a whopping 343 through 63 games (5.4 per game).
The Blue Jays enter Sunday with a shot to tie the franchise record of an 11-game winning streak, previously set in 1987 and matched in 1998.
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