Boston Red Sox Accomplish Something That Hasn't Been Done in More Than 100 Years vs. Blue Jays
The Boston Red Sox rolled the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night by a score of 11-5. The win moved the Red Sox to 19-14 on the season and completed a four-game sweep of the division rivals.
The loss dropped the Jays to 18-14 and pushed them into fourth place in the division. It's their fifth straight loss.
The Red Sox offense was rolling in this series, scoring six, seven, eight and 11 runs. In fact, the offense was so good for Boston that it accomplished something that hadn't been done in more than 100 years in the sport.
Per @OptaSTATS on Twitter:
"Numbers for the @RedSox offense in the Blue Jays series:
58 hits
32 runs
12 doubles
9 home runs
9 stolen bases
The last MLB team to reach all of those numbers in a single series was the New York Giants against the Phillies at the Baker Bowl from June 24-27, 1921."
Anytime you accomplish something in baseball that hasn't been done in more than 100 years, you're doing something pretty special. Despite injuries to Yu Chang and Adam Duvall, the Sox are finding a way to get it done up and down the lineup.
They got hits from seven of nine starters on Thursday, got multiple hits from five players, RBIs from six players and home runs from both Masataka Yoshida and Rafael Devers.
Also impressive, they chased Blue Jays star Kevin Gausman from the game after just 3.1 innings. He surrendered eight earned runs and 10 hits.
The Sox will put their six-game winning streak on the line on Friday night when they travel to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies.
First pitch is 7:05 p.m. ET.
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