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Mookie launches yet another leadoff home run

TORONTO -- Mookie Betts got the Red Sox off to yet another fast start on this road trip by belting his third leadoff homer in the span of a week.

The star right fielder smashed the third pitch of Wednesday night's game from Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez -- a 95.9-mph fastball -- over the wall in left.

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According to Statcast™, the homer, No. 7 on the season for Betts, had an exit velocity of 103.8 mph and traveled a projected distance of 402 feet.