Blue Jays use six-run outburst in fifth to beat Red Sox

Boston — Cavan Biggio's two-run double capped a sixrun fifth inning, Rowdy Tellez and Caleb Joseph homered and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 10-8 on Sunday.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had four singles for the Blue Jays, who had lost the previous two games after winning the opening pair of a five-game series at Fenway Park. They have won eight of 12 overall.

“Watching this team, they can hit,” pitcher Robbie Ray said after his first start with the Blue Jays. “It's a lot of fun to watch a lot of young guys that can swing the bat. When they get going and get rolling, it's really fun to watch.”

Toronto, second in the AL East, begins a three-game series on Monday night at its temporary Buffalo home against the third-place Yankees. They may have to open without slugger Teoscar Hernández and his team-leading 14 homers. He was out with rib soreness that was caused by a swing on Saturday night.

Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said Hernández had an MRI, but may have another because there was swelling.

“That's going to be a big loss if he's going to have to go (out) for a while,” Montoyo said.

Kevin Plawecki hit a threerun homer off Ray in the first, Xander Bogaerts had a tworun blast for his team-leading 10th, and Bobby Dalbec and José Peraza also went deep for the Red Sox, who have dropped six of eight.

The game lasted 4 hours, 23 minutes, caused in large part by Boston's pitchers issuing nine walks.

“When you're going good, you seem to attack the zone better," Boston manager Ron Roenicke said. "When you're scuffling, you try to pick on the corners, and then it usually doesn't go that well.”

The Blue Jays erased a 4-1 deficit with their big fifth against reliever Matt Hall (02), who was recalled from the alternate training site before the game.

Gurriel had an RBI single, Joe Panik followed with a game-tying, two-run single and Derek Fisher hit a two-out dribbler that turned into an RBI infield single when Hall slipped and double-pumped before throwing to first.

Biggio then drove reliever Robinson Leyer's pitch off the left-field wall over Peraza's mistimed leap for his double, making it 7-4.