Jays put more holes in the Red Sox as they win three of four

Red Sox v Jays. Final game of series.

Red Sox reeling after losing two of three to the Jays. They have to win tonight or drop further behind the Yankees. Romero who has had lots of trouble with Red Sox.
Line-ups: Red Sox: Ellsbury, Scutaro, Pedroia, Ortiz, Andrew Miller pitching. Jays have not seen this guy before which often spells trouble.
Jays: Escobar, Thames, Bautista, Encarnacion, Johnson, Lawrie, Cooper, Arencibia, McCoy and Romero pitching.

Top 1st: Ellsbury leading off, 0-2 count, fly ball to centre, oh boy Bautista and McCoy converge and both drop it. Ellsbury to second. Scutaro bunting up first base line, Cooper flips to Johnson one down but Ellsbury to third on the play. One down for Pedroia, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Ortiz, grounds to Johnson throw to Cooper at first base for third out. No damage from the leadoff double.
Bottom 1st: Escobar, 2-2 count, perfect, lines it into right field corner, Escobar stand up double. Thames, pops it up to shallow left centre, Scutaro make a great catch, one down. Bautista grounds first pitch to Scutaro throw to Youkilis at first, Escobar to third. Two down for Encarnacion grounds to Scutaro long bouncing throw to Youkilis just beats Encarnacion for third out. Mirror image of the Red Sox inning.

Top 2nd: Youkilis grounds to Lawrie throw to Cooper at first, one down. Lowrie, same play grounds to Lawrie throw to Cooper. Two down for Varitek, strikes out. Three up and down for Romero, very nice Ricky. 23 pitch count. Throwing lots of strikes, 18 so far.
Bottom 2nd: Johnson grounds to second, and beats out the throw, safe at first, great speed from Kelly there, leadoff single. Lawrie, one on, singles to right, Johnson to third. Cooper, loops one to left in front of McDonald, here comes Johnson and Jays go out ahead 1-0. Lawrie to second. Arencibia, two on nobody out, full count, YES JP hammers this one high to left and this one is out of here off the third level box. Here comes Lawrie here comes Cooper and here comes JP three run home run and Jays are up 4-0. Still nobody out, McCoy, full count, bounces over the mound to Scutaro, makes a nice play with throw to Youkilis. One down for Escobar, 3-1 count, ball four. Thames with one on and one down, grounds to Pedroia flip to shortstop Scutaro over to Youkilis, double play ball. But Jays have taken a good lead for Romero to work with.

Top 3rd: Reddick, lines to right for Bautista to make the out. McDonald, one down, full count and ball four. One on for Ellsbury, grounds to Johnson throw to Escobar, to get McDonald. Two down for Scutaro, 2-2 strikes out swinging. Another good innings from Romero.
Bottom 3rd: Bautista bounces one back to Miller, throw to Youkilis. One down for Encarnacion, 3-1 count, there she goes, Edwin gets hold of this one, high fly ball and into the netting over the Red Sox bullpen, another home run and Jays are 5-0. Reddick did a nice job climbing that fence out there but over his head. Johnson, strikes out. Two down for Lawrie, fly ball to McDonald in left but Jays have added another.

Top 4th: Pedroia 1-2 count, strikes out. One down for Ortiz, 2-2 count, grounds to Lawrie in shallow right for the shift, throw to Cooper. Two down for Youkilis, full count, ball four as Youkilis walks. One on two down for Lowrie, fly ball to McCoy in centre.
Bottom 4th: Cooper lines this one to the wall in centre, stand up double. Arencibia, one in scoring position, takes strike three. McCoy grounds to Scutaro throw to Youkilis. Two down.Escobar full count, ball four. Two on for Thames, 2-2 count, strikes out. Not good as leadoff double is left out there.

Top 5th: Varitek strikes out. One down for Reddick, lines this one off the wall in centre bounces back to McCoy. McDonald one on, fly ball to McCoy. Two down for Ellsbury, 0-2 count, great curve ball to strike him out. Romero frustrating the Red Sox hitters tonight.
Bottom 5th: Bautista grounds to Youkilis, takes it himself for the out. Encarnacion full count, lines to the wall in centre, another double to go with that home run. Johnson grounds to Pedroia throw to Youkilis at first base, two down, Encarnacion to third. Lawrie lines out to Lowrie at third. Jays leave Edwin out there at second. Pitch count 93.

Top 6th: Scutaro singles to left. This guy has single handed nickeled and dimed Jays pitchers this series. Pedroia, grounds to Lawrie, throw to Johnson to get Scutaro. One down for Ortiz, whoa, that one gets away and over the head of Ortiz, fly ball to McCoy. Two down for Youkilis, strikes out.
Bottom 6th: Bowden now pitching. Cooper, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down. Arencibia, lines out to Ellsbury in centre, two down for McCoy. Fly ball to Ellsbury. Jays go three up and down.

Top 7th: Lowrie leading off, grounds to Escobar, throw to Cooper, one down. Varitek, full count, ball four. 100 pitches for Romero. One on one down for Reddick, fly ball to Bautista in right, two down. McDonald grounds to Escobar, safe on the throw, Varitek to second. Ellsbury, doubles to left and finally Red Sox get a run across. 5-1 Jays. McDonald to third. That is it tonight for Romero. Did his job well tonight. Pitch count 113. Great standing ovation from the crowd. Casey Janssen now pitching. Two in scoring position for Scutaro, it would be him. Does it again, singles to left, here comes McDonald, here comes Ellsbury behind him, Thames throw not in time. 5-3 Jays. Scutaro to second. Pedroia, grounds to Escobar throw to Cooper for third out but Red Sox are back in this one.
Bottom 7th: Escobar fly ball to Reddick in right, one down for Thames. That will do it Eric, hammers this one to right and over the fence, way back in the first deck seats, no doubt about this one, home run Thames and Jays get one of those runs back. 6-3 Jays. Bautista, oh wow Jose pulls this one high and into the left field fifth deck but just foul, full count and ball four. Good at bat Jose, he was down 0-2 count. Encarnacion with one on and one down, strikes out. Two down and that is it for Bowden. Doubront now pitching. There goes Bautista, they have him picked off, Varitek to Youkilis to Scutaro who makes the tag.

Top 8th: Ortiz strikes out swinging. One down for Youkilis, grounds to Escobar, throw to Cooper at first. Lowrie fly ball to Thames for third out. Three up and down for Janssen.
Bottom 8th: Johnson grounds to Pedroia throw to Youkilis. One down for Lawrie, pulls it into left field corner, stand up double. Cooper, lines to centre over the head of Ellsbury to the wall, his third hit tonight, here comes Lawrie, welcome back David. 7-3 Jays. That is it for Doubront. Albers now pitching. Arencibia strikes out. McCoy, full count, grounds to Lowrie at third, throw to Youkilis. Jays have added another insurance run here.

Top 9th: Francisco now pitching, had the save last night. Can he do it again and help Jays win a huge series for them and Boston. Varitek, OH NO, hammers this one to right, into the second deck, home run Varitek. 7-4 Jays. This is déjà vu last night Frankie. Come on. Reddick pops up to Escobar. One down. Spears now pinch-hitting for McDonald grounds to Johnson throw to Cooper. Two down. Ellsbury, 0-2 count, crowd on their feet, grounds to Johnson at second, oh he bobbles it and beats out the throw, safe at first. on error to Johnson. Scutaro, 2-3 tonight, singles to right, we will be glad to see the back of him, Ellsbury to second. The error to Johnson is huge. Two on for Pedroia and he is the tying run. Oh boy, crowd not happy here. 0-2 count, everyone up again, just like last night, outside ball one, strikes out swinging. Jays win this and the series 3-1. Huge boost for them and payback for the June series at least.

The excellent: Romero finally beating his Red Sox jinx and also the string of losses. Cooper, three hit game, Lawrie two hits, Escobar, on base three times. The home runs from Arencibia Thames and Encarnacion.
Not so good: Jays runners in scoring position 3-13 tonight, not good at all. This could have been a football score but tonight lets enjoy this series win at the expense of these Red Sox who leave Toronto concerned now about their current slump.