Raimel Tapia hit an inside-the-park grand slam after a misplay by Boston centre fielder Jarren Duran and the Toronto Blue Jays set a franchise record for runs in a game, rolling past the Red Sox 28-5 on Friday night.
Raimel Tapia put his head down and started a slow jog to first base, not sure he'd gotten the pop he wanted when he drove a bases-loaded fly ball to deep center field in the third inning.Tapia hit an inside-the-park grand slam after a misplay by Boston centre fielder Jarren Duran and the Toronto Blue Jays set a franchise record for runs in a game, rolling past the Red Sox 28-5 on Friday night.
Danny Jansen homered twice and drove in six runs. Matt Chapman and Teoscar Hernandez added solo homers for Toronto, which topped its previous single-game mark of 24 runs set June 26, 1976 against the Baltimore Orioles. The Fenway Park faithful jeered throughout the night - except for a wedding proposal on the video board with the home team trailing 25-3. The woman's “yes” was one of the few times Boston fans found reason to cheer.
That started a 29-hit night for Toronto - winners of four straight - which featured nearly as many follies by the Red Sox.With two outs in the third and Toronto leading 6-0, Tapia lifted a two-out fly to center against reliever Austin Davis. Duran walked slowly toward the ball while left fielder Alex Verdugo raced over, slid to scoop it up and fired it toward the infield. The relay home wasn't close to nabbing Tapia, who picked up speed when he realized Duran had lost the ball.Duran called losing sight of the ball “the most hopeless feeling you could ever feel.”
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