Robbie Ray pitched six strong innings, Randal Grichuk homered and drove in three runs, and the Blue Jays topped the Red Sox in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader.
``I felt like my slider was really good, especially those last two innings,'' Ray said. ``I threw some really good changeups, too. So I think it was just a matter of mixing up my pitches more than I had in the earlier stages of the game.''
Ray gave up one run on five hits, striking out eight. Jordan Romano earned his eighth save with a perfect seventh inning. Grichuk's 19th homer was a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the fourth off Garrett Richards that landed in the first row of the bleachers in straightaway center field. Springer led off the fifth with his ninth homer.
Bo Bichette walked in the second, stole second and later scored on Grichuk's single back to the mound that Richards couldn't contain.
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