Red Sox beat Jays by 3 runs in 10th

Trevor Story’s RBI double broke a 3-3 tie and started a three-run 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Vaughn Grissom had three hits, including an RBI single in the 10th, to help Boston (80-78) win the first two games of a three-game series.

Toronto starter Bowden Francis allowed three hits, one walk and four strikeouts in five scoreless innings.

Boston’s counterpart Brayan Bello allowed two runs, two hits and two walks and had four strikeouts in four innings.

Toronto took a 2-0 lead in the third when Joey Loperfido walked with one out and stole second base. Nathan Lukes then walked with two outs and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a 3-2 slider to center for a two-run double.

Lucas Sims replaced Bello in the fifth inning and allowed a leadoff walk to Davis Schneider, who reached third base on George Springer’s double to left center field with one out and scored on Luke’s sacrifice fly to left for a 3-0 lead.

Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a double to right with one out in the sixth inning.

Easton Lucas, recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, allowed two walks with two outs to Grissom and Wilyer Abreu in the seventh inning. Ryan Burr took the mound and allowed an infield single by former Blue Jay Danny Jansen that loaded the bases. Ceddanne Rafaela’s single to left brought in two runs and cut Boston’s lead to 3-2.

Toronto’s Genesis Cabrera allowed singles by Romy Gonzalez and Triston Casas to start the eighth inning, putting runners at the corners. Masataka Yoshida forced out a ground ball to tie the game.

Boston reliever Chris Martin (3-1) avoided a leadoff walk in the ninth inning and ultimately took the win.

Tommy Nance (0-3) intentionally walked Casas with one out in the 10th inning, and Story’s double brought home automatic runner Jarren Duran. Pinch runner Mickey Gasper scored on Connor Wong’s groundout before Grissom hit his RBI single.

Pinch hitter Leo Jimenez had an RBI double and Kirk managed a walk with the bases loaded in the second half of the inning, but the Blue Jays’ comeback attempt failed.

–Field level media