Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6: A great start wasted

David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports The Red Sox and Blue Jays played their first of five games over a four-day stretch, so of course it went to extras. Boston was actually in control of this one for most of it with Martín Pérez tossing a gem for the first six innings. In fact, he didn’t allow a hit over those six frames. He lost the no-hitter in the seventh, and that’s when things started to unravel. After the offense only gave him two runs of support to work with, the bullpen came on and gave up a run in each of the seventh and eighth innings, the offense continued to prove ineffective against Blue Jays pitching. The only silver lining is this was not exactly a marathon loss, as Phillips Valdez gave up a three-run homer to Teoscar Hernandez in the tenth, and that was the difference. The Red Sox are now 12-26.

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