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.
Chris Bassitt gave up two runs on four hits and three walks over seven innings with five strikeouts. Tim Mayza, Erik Swanson, Jordan Romano of Markham, Ont., Jordan Hicks and Chad Green came out of the Blue Jays bullpen.
Sale’s no-hit bid ended in the fifth. Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk bounced a hit off the outfield wall for a two-out single. Kirk tried to stretch the hit into a double, however, and right-fielder Alex Verdugo fired the ball to second for an easy out, ending the inning. 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.Devers broke open the scoreless game in the sixth with his 32nd home run of the year. He launched a 93.7 m.p.h. four-seam fastball from Bassitt into the home bullpen, scoring Wilyer Abreu for a 2-0 Boston lead.
Blue Jays right-fielder George Springer laid out for a diving catch in the top of the seventh, robbing Masataka Yoshida of a likely extra-base hit. The sold-out crowd of 42,276 at Rogers Centre cheered the highlight-reel play, with Springer waving to fans when he got back on his feet. 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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