TORONTO — Trevor Story hit a tie-breaking double in a three-run 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Tuesday night.
Vaughn Grissom reached base four times, scored once and drove in a run as the Red Sox won their fourth straight.
Boston trailed 3-0 after six innings, scored two in the seventh and tied it in the eighth.
Story gave Boston its first lead with a one-out double off right-hander Tommy Nance (0-3) that began a three-run 10th. Pinch-hitter Connor Wong drove in a run with a grounder and Grissom added an RBI single.
Chris Martin (3-1) worked a scoreless ninth.
Leo Jiménez cut it to 6-4 in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI double off Zach Penrod, who exited after walking Nathan Lukes.
Chase Shugart got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to fly out, walked Spencer Horwitz to load the bases, then walked Alejandro Kirk to force in a run.
Shugart then ended it by getting Addison Barger to pop up. The save was the first of his career.
The Blue Jays have lost all five home meetings with Boston this season. Toronto has lost five straight overall.
Guerrero opened the scoring with a two-run double off Brayan Bello in the third. He has 103 RBI this season.
Lukes made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Ceddanne Rafaela started Boston’s comeback with a two-run single off Ryan Burr in the seventh. Rafaela has 61 RBI from the ninth spot in the order this season.
Boston tied it against Génesis Cabrera in the eighth. Romy Gonzalez led off with a single, advanced to third on a hit by Triston Casas and scored on Masataka Yoshida’s grounder.
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