IT WAS A GOOD SERIES FOR US, WE’RE PLAYING GOOD BASEBALL. THE GUYS ARE BATTLING.

ton) Kershaw, some really good pitchers. My job is to keep runs off the board so we have a chance to win. Today I pitched just well enough that we had a shot. I wouldn’t consider it a great outing but I wouldn’t consider it a bad outing either.”

The Sox won it in the 11th when Jays right-hander Gavin Floyd walked Boston outfielders Blake Swihart and Mookie Betts back-toback with one out, Swihart making it to third on a wild pitch. Floyd was pulled for Drew Storen, who gave up a ground-rule double to second baseman Dustin Pedroia to right-centre, scoring Swihart from third. With one out, shortstop Xander Bogaerts hit an infield grounder, which Darwin Barney bobbled, to score Betts. Barney got the out at first. Toronto centre-fielder Kevin Pillar made a nice sliding catch for the third out on a bloop by Travis Shaw.

The Red Sox are now 3020 after losing their first two at the Rogers Centre. Koji Uehara closed it out for Boston in the bottom of the 11th, picking up the save for Boston. Floyd was hit with the loss.

“I just think he was worn down,” said Gibbons of Floyd. “He’d been pitching a lot. He’s logged a lot of innings over his career, he’s had some arm issues, so we’re trying to be careful with him. I just think he’s a little bit out of gas right now.”

Betts broke up Dickey’s no-hit bid with one out in the sixth when he rapped a triple to the wall in right centre. The next batter, Pedroia, smacked a single to left to score Betts. Bogaerts kept the party going with a single through the hole at shortstop, extending his hit streak to 22 games.

Jays designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth with a home run off reliever Heath Hembree into the second deck in left field.

Price went 6 1/3 innings, giving up five hits, including the home run by Bautista (his 11th of the season), and two runs, while walking a seasonhigh three and striking out three.

Toronto second baseman Devon Travis, who singled in the fourth, has hit in all five games since returning from the DL. Ezequiel Carrera recorded his sixth multi-hit game of the season, while Bautista’s homer extended his hitting streak to nine games. In his first return to Rogers Centre since signing with Boston, David Price pitched a solid 61/3 innings.