TORONTO — Whit Merrifield's RBI single in the 13th inning gave the Blue Jays a badly needed 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday to keep Toronto's playoff hopes alive.
Rafael Devers had a two-run homer in the sixth inning to back Chris Sale's superb start for Boston . Pablo Reyes had an RBI single in the 12th inning.
The win — which took four hours, one minute to record — moved the Blue Jays to one game behind the Texas Rangers and even with the Seattle Mariners in the wild-card chase, before those teams played later on Saturday. Texas visited Cleveland and Seattle hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sale was the model of efficiency through the first five innings of the game, needing only 58 pitches. He had seven strikeouts in the first four innings alone.
Bassitt completed the seventh to reach a new high for innings pitched in a season with 185 2/3, surpassing his previous best of 181 2/3 with the New York Mets last year. His five Ks on Saturday gave him a total of 166 strikeouts in 2023, one away from his career best, also last year.
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