TORONTO – Dustin Pedroia’s 11th inning ground-rule double helped the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Sunday.
The Red Sox (30-20) avoided the series sweep with the win and snapped a three-game losing skid. Toronto (26-26) saw its four game win streak ended in the loss.
Pedroia scored Blake Swihart from third for the go-ahead run with runners on the corner. Xander Bogaerts followed it up with a ground out to second that scored Mookie Betts.
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Clay Buchholz (3-5), who was making his first relief appearance since Aug. 17, 2008, which also came against the Blue Jays, pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Koji Uehara picked up his first save of the season.
Gavin Floyd (2-4) surrendered two earned runs in a third of an inning for the loss.
Toronto erased a 3-2 deficit on Edwin Encarnacion’s 11th home run of the season in the eighth inning. The designated hitter took Heath Hembree’s 1-0 pitch to the second deck in left field tying the game 3-3.
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