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Blue Jays hurt again by Bogaerts' bat, drop series at Boston
Xander Bogaerts homered in his first at-bat a day after hitting a walk-off grand slam and drove in two runs, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Sunday to enter the all-star break with their best record since 1949.
Brock Holt also drove in two runs for the American League East-leading Red Sox (68-30), who own the major league's best record and have won 12 of their last 13 games.
Boston all-star Mookie Betts went 0-for-3, lowering his major league-leading batting average to .359, and fellow all-star J.D. Martinez enters the break with 29 homers and an MLB best 80 RBI.
Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays (43-52). Toronto's dropped seven of 10 and fell to 3-10 against the Red Sox this season.
"Just to reset. I think that's the mindset of anyone," losing pitcher Marcus Stroman said before storming off later in the interview after a question from a reporter. "Even if you're playing well, it's definitely good to get the break to kind of get away from the game, clear your head and hopefully come back and put some wins together."
Stroman was upset when a reporter asked a question about him pitching in Vancouver, to which Stroman was "irrelavant."
Brandon Workman (2-0), the first of five relievers, struck out the only batter he faced in the fifth after starter Brian Johnson was pulled with the score tied.
Kimbrel shuts door
All-star closer Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 30th save, his eighth straight season with 30 or more. Johnson gave up two runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Jackie Bradley Jr.'s RBI double against Marcus Stroman (2-7) pushed Boston ahead 3-2 in the fifth, and he scored on Bogaerts run-scoring grounder off Stroman's foot.
Holt's second RBI single made it 5-2 an inning later.
Bogaerts, whose 10th-inning slam on Saturday gave Boston a 6-2 win, homered on the third pitch he saw, sending it completely out of Fenway Park over the Green Monster for his 16th of the season in the first. Holt's RBI single made it 2-0 in the inning.
Hernandez's shot went over the Monster in the third.
Stroman gave up four runs, three earned, on five hits in five innings.
Special times
Going to the All-star game will have special meaning for Kimbrel, who is planning to take his eight-month-old daughter and his wife, Ashley, on the trip to Washington D.C.
"Yeah, it is," said Kimbrel of his seventh all-star selection in the clubhouse Sunday morning. "It's been a busy day trying to get everything ready."
Kimbrel's daughter, Lydia Joy, had two open-heart surgeries shortly after her birth, the second causing him to miss most of spring training.
First-timer Mitch Moreland has a different reason with his five-year-old son, Crue.
"I think the biggest thing over the years is watching the Home Run Derby, the guys having their kids with them out on the field," he said. "I'm looking forward to doing that with my son, my oldest, and I think he's looking forward to that, too."
Lefty ace Chris Sale rounds out Boston's five All Stars.
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