Teoscar Hernandez belted a pair of three-run homers over the Inexperienced Monster — two of Toronto’s eight longballs — and Marcus Semien prolonged his street hitting streak to 26 video games because the Blue Jays pounded the Boston Pink Sox 18-4 on Sunday.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cavan Biggio, Rowdy Tellez and Semien additionally went deep for the Blue Jays, a day after they belted 5 homers in a 7-2 victory. Guerrero’s was his main league-leading twenty first.
“It is unbelievable,” Hernandez mentioned. “I am hoping it may be like that on daily basis so we will have enjoyable and snort the entire recreation.”
Bichette had 4 of Toronto’s season-high 20 hits, and Guerrero, Hernandez and Gurriel every had three. The Jays additionally reached a season excessive for runs.
Xander Bogaerts and Bobby Dalbec homered for Boston, which captured the collection opener earlier than Toronto’s energy surge.
Vlad Guerrero Jr. is the quickest <a href=”https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>@BlueJays</a> hitter to achieve 21 HR in a season (63 video games) since Carlos Delgado in 2000. <a href=”https://t.co/X4AqdMzp0M”>pic.twitter.com/X4AqdMzp0M</a>
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Toronto hit 5 homers in two straight video games for the third time in workforce historical past, additionally in 2020 and 2017.
Ray (4-2) struck out 10 over six innings, giving up three runs, 4 hits and three walks.
The Blue Jays grabbed a 4-0 lead within the first towards Martin Perez on Hernandez’s three-run homer and a solo shot from Gurriel.
Semien’s drive into the batters’ eye in heart made it 5-0 within the second, prompting loud boos from the Fenway Park crowd. These shortly turned to mock cheers when Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora got here out to drag Perez after the following batter, Bichette, singled.
The Pink Sox have given up 53 runs of their final six video games.
Perez (4-4) retired solely 4 batters, getting tagged for 5 runs on six hits. In his final two begins, he is allowed 11 runs in 3 1/3 innings, ballooning his ERA from 3.09 to 4.52.
“I am not finding the ball the place I wish to,” he mentioned. “The final two they’ve been hitting good towards me, that is a part of the sport.”
Toronto broke it open with 4 runs within the fourth and 4 extra within the fifth, making it 13-1. Hernandez hit his second three-run shot, a drive estimated at 440 ft that left Fenway within the fourth, after Guerrero’s RBI single.
Bo Bichette is the third participant in <a href=”https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>@BlueJays</a> historical past with 4 H and 5 R in a recreation (Josh Donaldson 2015, Orlando Hudson 2004). <a href=”https://t.co/gQb49TUGaR”>pic.twitter.com/gQb49TUGaR</a>
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Within the fifth, Bichette’s three-run shot additionally left the park.
Within the final two video games, Toronto has hit 9 homers over the fabled left-field wall.
“It is actually enjoyable, whenever you hit a fly ball that is an everyday fly ball in different parks, right here it [can be] a base hit, perhaps a double,” Hernandez mentioned. “Some fly balls that do not go for base hits in different parks are a single. I prefer to play right here.”
RHP Ryan Weber, recalled from Triple-A Worcester earlier than the sport, went 5 2/3 innings, permitting 11 runs on 11 hits and putting out seven.
Boston utility participant Marwin Gonzalez labored an ideal eighth, bringing cheers from the group with most of his pitches within the mid-40s mph vary.
Second baseman Christian Arroyo pitched the ninth, giving up two unearned runs on Tellez’s homer.
Coach’s room
Blue Jays: Positioned Saturday’s profitable pitcher, Steven Matz, on the COVID-19-related injured record. “He is nonetheless going by means of further testing,” supervisor Charlie Montoyo mentioned. “The blokes that have been round him which are vaccinated got here again unfavorable, and that is excellent news.”
Pink Sox: Bogaerts was within the lineup after lacking the final two video games with a sore left knee. … 3B Rafael Devers obtained the day without work, with 1B Dalbec transferring throughout the diamond.
