TORONTO - Forced to go swing-for-swing with the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays proved more than up to the challenge.
After David Ortiz made yet another impact on the series with a three-run home run, the Blue Jays bounced right back and eventually poured on the offence to beat the Red Sox 6-4 on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre.
Jose Bautista had two RBI, one each on a double and a home run, to lead the charge. Jose Reyes, Josh Thole and Ryan Goins chipped in by driving in a run each.
Blue Jays starter R.A. Dickey (8-10) survived a rocky start to get the victory. Dickey allowed four earned runs on nine hits in six innings of work.
Top prospect Aaron Sanchez made short work of the heart of the Boston order in his major league debut, getting Dustin Pedroia, Ortiz and Mike Napoli to each fly out in the seventh. In the eighth he set Daniel Nava (strikeout), Xander Bogaerts (groundout) and Stephen Drew (strikeout) down in order
Clay Buchholz (5-6) gave up five runs -- four earned -- on six hits in his six innings and was saddled with the loss.
