Despite taking the loss against the Toronto Blue Jays over the border in Canada, Red Sox starting pitcher Brayan Bello set a career-high in strikeouts with 10 Friday night.
The 24-year-old allowed five hits over six dominant innings. One of those hits happened to be a three-run home run by Blue Jays’ first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bello’s only real mistake of the night.
“I would like to take that pitch back,” Bello said through a translator postgame. “He was aggressive and he jumped on that first pitch.”
For context, the rest of Toronto’s starting lineup batted 2-20 with 10 punchouts against Bello.