Rapid reaction: Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 1

Rapid reaction: Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 1

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Gordon Edes, ESPN Staff Writer CloseHas covered Red Sox for 15 years

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BOSTON -- They came out of the Boston Red Sox bullpen in numbers typically seen only spilling out of a circus clown car. Jean Machi, Tommy Layne, Noe Ramirez, Junichi Tazawa, Robbie Ross Jr., all in the span of 13 batters.

And for four taut innings, it worked. Torey Lovullo was using more pitchers (six) than the Toronto Blue Jays had hits (three), and the Red Sox had pushed the Jays into extra innings.

But Sox pitcher No. 7, Alexi Ogando, proved one too many, as the Blue…