Porcello’s struggles continue, Blue Jays rout Red Sox

In his first start against the Rangers, he had been victimized by the home run-three of them in 6.2 innings of work-but had struck out seven and turned in a decent-if-not-quality start by holding Texas to four earned runs.

Therein lies the biggest question for the second half of the Jays’ season: whether the team’s pitching can improve enough to support the dominant offence. He’s now hitting.266, thanks to a. 338 average with the Red Sox.

Bradley hit a leadoff homer in the second and Ortiz opened the third with his 479th career home run for a 4-0 lead.

5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on.

“The good news is I get to put on a uniform tomorrow”, said Boyd, who was optioned back to Triple-A Buffalo following the game.

Miley said the long wait wasn’t a factor in his wildness, adding that he was more than happy with the cushion.

In the fifth, the Red Sox caught a break.

A one-out single by Reyes and a two-out homer by Bautista pushed the lead to 7-0 in the second.

In a odd play at home in the Jays fifth after a single up the middle, Mookie Betts fired a strong relay throw home to Hanigan, who blocked the plate for Danny Valencia coming home from third.

LHP Matt Boyd will make his second major league start Thursday in the finale of a four-game series against the Red Sox at Rogers Centre. But the Red Sox would not let up, essentially putting the game out of reach before many in the announced crowd of 29,758 had settled into their seats. Sandoval started the inning with a single. Xander Bogaerts came up to bat and made the Jays pay for their miscue with his fourth hit of the night, plating the 11th Boston run in the process. The eight runs allowed in the opening frame were the most given up by the Blue Jays in any inning this season…. De Aza continued to impress with an RBI double. Smoak tied his career high with three hits in the game and has earned more playing time, according to manager John Gibbons.

Chris Colabello grounded into a forceout with the bases loaded in the second inning as the Red Sox held an 8-4 edge. On June 20, they were ten games out. Boston had a season-high 19 hits. His major league debut came in 2010 and he remained with Boston until he was traded midway through the 2014 season to the Chicago Cubs, where he only pitched in only four games. Ramirez went 1 for 3 with a triple. It took him 103 pitches to get the job done, but he squeezed through five innings for the win. He allowed four runs on seven hits and inexplicably seven walks. Limiting the damage except for the second was the reason he was able to squeak by. Ogando has thrown 13⅔ scoreless innings in his last 12 appearances. He struck out three and walked one while giving up two hits.

Boyd’s night consisted of seven batters faced and not a single one retired.

As it would happen, he lasted through five, and didn’t allow another run. The Red Sox sent 12 men to the plate in the inning and scored eight runs.

Hitting Game Ball Bogaerts/De Aza, A+.

No one would have blamed Boyd if he walked through the Blue Jays dugout, kept going until he hit the pub across the street and pulled up a stool at the bar, uniform and all. This was especially painful after the Jays lost a challenge earlier in the inning to Boston when catcher Russell Martin was ruled out by the replay crew after initially being called safe at first. His success has blocked Jackie Bradley Jr.