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Boston rallies against Toronto
Holt hits slam, has five RBIs and Jays' bullpen blows save
Published 11:28 pm, Friday, April 8, 2016
Toronto
Brock Holt hit his first career grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs, David Ortiz had two RBIs and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Blue Jays 8-7 Friday night, spoiling Toronto's home opener.
Josh Donaldson hit a grand slam, but the Blue Jays couldn't hold a 7-2 lead and blew a save for the third straight game.
Matt Barnes (1-0) pitched one perfect inning and Craig Kimbrel got his first save.
Boston has scored six or more runs in each of its first three games, the first time it has done so since 1995.
Drew Storen (0-1) allowed two runs in 1/3 of an inning.
Toronto's Marcus Stroman left after Xander Bogaerts' double and walks to Ortiz and Travis Shaw loaded the bases in the sixth. Jesse Chavez came on to face Holt, who hooked the second pitch over the wall in the right-field corner.
It was the second home run of the season for Holt, who hit two in 129 games last year. His career high is four, set in 2014.
Holt also hit an RBI double in the second.
After Dustin Pedroia and Bogaerts hit back-to-back singles off Storen (0-1) in the seventh, Brett Cecil came on and gave up a tying single to Ortiz, then a go-ahead single to Hanley Ramirez.
Toronto chased Red Sox right-hander Joe Kelly with a six-run fourth, an inning that began with four straight singles. The next batter, Kevin Pillar, plated a run when he was hit on the brim of his helmet.
Donaldson drilled Kelly's next pitch into the left-field bullpen for his third home run.
