Toronto batted around in the eighth inning to score all of its runs, capped by a Russell Martin two out, two-run single off Craig Kimbrel. Koji Uehara preceded Kimbrel and struggled to locate his pitches, walking a pair following a leadoff infield single from Kevin Pillar that turned into two bases because of a Josh Rutledge throwing error. The wheels came off for the Boston bullpen from there.
The Red Sox tried to rally in the ninth, scoring a pair of runs off Blue Jays reliever Drew Storen and bringing pinch-hitter David Ortiz to the plate with the tying run on base.