The Blue Jays beat the Red Sox 2-0, but the seventh inning turned into the kind of mess that can make a game feel much bigger than the final score.
Toronto had everything under control until the top of the seventh, when the Red Sox tried to piece together a rally after Anthony Seigler singled off Simeon Woods Richardson to start the inning and Connor Wong followed with another single. Nick Sogard then lined a ball at Vladimir Guerrero, who handled it on a hop and started a force at second for the first out.
Then the whole thing went sideways.
Ceddanne Rafaela lifted a fly ball to center, and both the runner on first and the runner on third took off before the catch. Brett Bateman threw into second, Toronto completed a double play on the runner from first, and everybody left the field. Sportsnet went to commercial.
When the broadcast returned, the umpires were meeting with the managers before calling New York for a ruling from “the Gods above”.
The ruling went against Toronto. The Red Sox were awarded a run because the Jays recorded the out at first, but the runner from second crossed the plate first.
That didn’t change the fact that he had tagged up before Bateman made the catch, which was illegal. Toronto could not appeal because the club had already left the field after the called third out.
The run was not placed on the board until ten minutes after the inning had ended.
The Jays were left arguing, in effect, that if a run can be awarded ten minutes later, an appeal should still be possible ten minutes later too.
Jameson Taillon had given Toronto four strong innings before leaving after the fourth with pain in his forearm. He allowed one hit, walked three and struck out three while working four scoreless innings. The concern is obvious, and the expectation here is that he won’t be back on the mound in five days.
Woods Richardson picked up the next three innings and was excellent as well, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out two. He was charged with the earned run and still came away with the win.
Toronto’s bullpen finished it off cleanly. Tyler Rogers worked a fast eighth, walking one and striking out one.
Louis Varland handled the ninth, but not without a little stress. He gave up a leadoff double, then watched Jarren Duran move to third on a sacrifice bunt.
Varland responded with a strikeout and a ground out, with Guerrero making a nice play, to earn his 25th save.
The offense didn’t need much. Toronto managed only seven hits, but it did just enough to support the pitching.
Charles McAdoo opened the scoring in the fifth with a solo home run. Then in the sixth, George Springer singled with one out and stole second after a challenge overturned the umpire’s call.
With two outs, Andrés Giménez singled to right to bring Springer home. Connor Wong couldn’t handle the throw from right, and that likely saved Springer from being thrown out.
Jays of the Day went to Taillon, Varland, McAdoo, Woods Richardson and Rogers. Nathan Lukes took the Other Award.
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