, making Hembree (1-0) the winner. Chavis has 10 homers and 25 RBIs in 28 games.According to the team, the last time the Red Sox hit multiple go-ahead home runs in extra innings of the same game was April 29, 1951, at Philadelphia, when Dom DiMaggio and Tom Wright did it in the 11th and 12th innings.Cordero, who was claimed off waivers from Washington on May 15, was making his Blue Jays debut.Toronto has not won back-to-back games since a three-game sweep of Oakland from April 26-28. The Blue Jays are 6-15 since.Mitch Moreland had two RBIs and Jackie Bradley Jr. scored twice for the Red Sox, who have won three of four.Toronto rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first home run at Rogers Centre, but that was all the Blue Jays got against Red Sox right-hander Rick Porcello, who allowed three hits in six innings.All five of Guerrero's home runs have come within the past eight days.Toronto right-hander Aaron Sanchez was forced to leave after three innings because of a blister in his previous start, May 17 against the White Sox, but it didn't seem to bother him against Boston. He allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. Sanchez is winless in five starts.Red Sox slugger J. D. Martinez was held out of the lineup because of a sore back. Martinez sat out the previous two games because of illness, but had been expected to return Wednesday. The two-time All-Star is hitting .308 with nine homers and 28 RBIs.TRAINER'S ROOMRed Sox: Chavis remained in the game after being hit on the helmet by a pitch from Sanchez in the sixth. ... INF Brock Holt (right eye) went 1 for 3 with a walk in his second straight rehab name for Triple-A Pawtucket. 2B Dustin Pedroia (left knee) went 0 for 3 with a walk and two strikeouts.PUERTO RICAN PRIDEWhen their teams met at Fenway Park last month, Toronto's Charlie Montoyo and Cora became the first pair of Puerto Rican managers to oppose one another. Wednesday's game also featured another Puerto Rican, home plate umpire Roberto Ortiz. The three men posed for a pregame photograph.UP NEXTRed Sox: RHP Ryan Weber will make his first start for Boston in Thursday's series finale. Weber hasn't started since 2017, when he faced Toronto for Seattle. Weber left that start after 3 2/3 innings because of a sore shoulder.Blue Jays: LHP Clayton Richard is expected to come off the injured list and make his season debut Thursday. Richard has not pitched this season because of a stress reaction in his right knee.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Jays seek another triumph over Red Sox for rare win streakFLMThe Toronto Blue Jays have not won back-to-back games in nearly a month.After evening their four-game home set with the Boston Red Sox, the Blue Jays will look for a rare winning streak Wednesday night.A day after being routed 12-2 by Boston, Toronto rode a two-run homer and a three-run shot from rookie Rowdy Tellez to deliver its own rout of the reigning World Series champs, 10-3 on Tuesday night.Tellez, who has eight homers and 24 RBIs on the season, is batting .304 (7-for-23) during a six-game hitting streak.While the Blue Jays have won three of five overall, they're 6-14 in their past 20 and haven't won two in a row since sweeping a three-game home series against the Oakland A's from April 26-28.Toronto now is set to start Aaron Sanchez (3-4, 3.88 ERA), who appears ready after leaving his Friday start in a 10-2 Blue Jays win over the Chicago White Sox due to a blister on his right hand. Sanchez's night ended after just three innings and 54 pitches.After yielding two runs, three hits, two walks and hitting a batter against the White Sox, Sanchez has a 6.30 ERA while going 0-3 in four May starts. It was a cold evening in Chicago, and it seems Sanchez's issues with blisters have surfaced in chilly temperatures. That shouldn't be a concern in the climate-controlled Rogers Centre."If you go back and look, I had a problem in Oakland (on April 21), and it started in Minnesota (April 16), where it was cold," Sanchez told the Blue Jays' official website. "I had a problem in Boston (April 11); it was cold. I had a problem in Chicago; it was cold. Hopefully, it can heat up and I'll get through it." In that outing against the Red Sox, Sanchez allowed four runs, but only one earned, five hits and four walks over five innings. He wasn't involved in the decision as Toronto lost 7-6.Boston had won three straight road games and nine of its previous 11 away from home before Tuesday. Mitch Moreland, Rafael Devers and Jackie Bradley Jr. each hit solo homers, but the Red Sox had the bases loaded twice with less than two outs and failed to score.Moreland is batting .389 (7-for-18) with three homers against Toronto this season.Boston's Rick Porcello (3-4, 4.80 ERA) will try a fifth time to earn his first road win of 2019. The right-hander is 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA in four outings away from Fenway Park this season.It was one pitch that tarnished Porcello's most recent start on Friday against the visiting Houston Astros. Two batters into the eighth inning, Porcello allowed a two-run homer to George Springer for the only runs he yielded before being pulled. Boston wound up losing 3-1."I've got to do a better job," Porcello said. "(Manager Alex Cora) trusted me to go out there in the eighth inning, and I've got to make better pitches at least." Porcello went 0-1 with an 8.18 ERA in two starts at Toronto last season. For his career, he is 10-11 with a 5.55 ERA in 25 games (24 starts) vs. the Blue Jays.Sanchez is 4-4 with a 3.91 ERA in 20 career games (12 starts) against the Red Sox.There is a chance Sanchez will have to deal with Boston slugger J. D. Martinez, who missed the first two of the series due to an illness."Hopefully it's only a 24-hour thing and he'll be back (Wednesday)," Cora said.--Field Level Media
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