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Toronto Blue Jays destroy Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park

By Allsports.com.gh
Sports News Toronto Blue Jays destroy Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
JUL 29, 2014 LISTEN

A nine-run sixth inning set up the Blue Jays' 14-1 win over their American League East rivals, who beat them by the same score just a week ago at the Rogers Centre.

Melky Cabrera homered from both sides of the plate as part of his five RBIs as the Blue Jays took to Clay Buchholz and Felix Doubront.

Buchholz lasted five innings, giving up seven hits and as many runs, while Doubront got through 0.2 for six runs.

Ryan Goins had four RBIs while Munenori Kawasaki (two), Jose Reyes (one) and Colby Rasmus (one) also pitched in.

Pitcher RA Dickey got the win after seven strong innings as the Blue Jays moved to within 2.5 games of division leaders the Baltimore Orioles.

The New York Yankees are two games further back after a 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.

The Tampa Bay Rays, whose nine-game winning streak was ended by the Red Sox on Sunday, completed a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Marlins staged a remarkable comeback to edge National League East leaders the Washington Nationals 7-6.

Trailing 6-0 through six innings, the Marlins scored seven times in the final three to claim their fifth straight win.

Jeff Baker's walk-off single completed the victory.

Nick Ahmed's RBI single in the 15th saw the Arizona Diamondbacks finally fight past the Cincinnati Reds with a 2-1 win.

Starting pitchers Chase Anderson (Diamondbacks) and Homer Bailey (Reds) were strong through seven and eight innings respectively.

Bartolo Colon claimed his 10th win of the season to guide the New York Mets to a comfortable 7-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Atlanta Braves completed a series win over the San Diego Padres thanks to Ervin Santana, who struck out 11 in their 2-0 victory.

The Chicago Cubs were 4-1 winners over the Colorado Rockies, the Houston Astros went deep four times in their 7-3 victory against the Oakland Athletics and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0.

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