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Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox scores off Tyler Heineman of the Blue Jays from Toronto.
Xander Bogaerts totaled He had four hits, and the Boston Red Sox celebrated the return of manager Alex Cora by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Wednesday, snapping a four-game losing streak.
The Puerto Rican Cora rejoined. to the Red Sox after contracting COVID-19 and missing six games. Boston went 1-5 under bench coach Will Venable. 4-for-4 with four singles and a walk. The American League leader in hits leads the majors with seven games of three hits or more this season.
On Monday, he added three hits in a 10-inning loss.
Michael Wacha (2-0) took home three hits. his second consecutive win. The right tolerated one run and four hits in six innings. to his last seven rivals after receiving a double from Gosuke Katoh in the fourth act. prescribed five strikeouts and delivered a couple of walks.
Relief pitcher Trent Thornton (0-1) accepted the call. two touchdowns in one inning for Toronto, which fell for the second time in eight games.
For the Red Sox, Mexican Alex Verdugo 5-1 with a run scored. Rafael Devers 5-2 with a double, a run scored and an RBI. Puerto Rican Kiké Hernández 4-1 with a run scored and two RBIs.
For the Blue Jays, Dominicans Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 4-0 with an RBI, Raimel Tapia 4-0, Santiago Espinal 1 -0. Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 4-0.