{"id":10459,"date":"2026-08-12T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10459"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:34:39","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-edge-boston-red-sox-5-3-to-keep-2026-wild-card-push-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-blue-jays-edge-boston-red-sox-5-3-to-keep-2026-wild-card-push-alive","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Blue Jays Edge Red Sox 5-3 to Keep Wild-Card Push Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Toronto Blue Jays won 5-3, taking its second consecutive victory against the Boston Red Sox.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ernie Clement\u2019s sixth-inning fielder\u2019s choice allowed George Springer to score the go-ahead run.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boston has now lost four straight games, while Toronto continues its push in the AL wild-card race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox<\/strong> 5-3 on Tuesday, August 11, earning their second straight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/baseball\">MLB<\/a> win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-american-league-wild-card-chase-goes-on\">The American League Wild-Card Chase Goes On<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto broke a 3-3 deadlock in the sixth inning when <strong>Ernie Clement<\/strong> grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice. The play forced out <strong>Alejandro Kirk<\/strong> at second, but <strong>George Springer<\/strong> scored from third to give the Blue Jays their first lead of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto added insurance in the eighth when Myles Straw delivered a two-out RBI double, extending the lead to 5-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Insurance from Kilometres Straw \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y0Mj8olmo1\">pic.twitter.com\/y0Mj8olmo1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJays\/status\/2087353923287880102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brett Bateman<\/strong> played a key role in the Blue Jays\u2019 offense, tying the game twice with RBI hits. His RBI double in the third made it 1-1 before his run-scoring single in the fifth brought Toronto level again at 3-3. <strong>Charles McAdoo<\/strong> also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cease-makes-toronto-debut\">Cease Makes Toronto Debut&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/ceasedy01.shtml\">Dylan Cease<\/a> <\/strong>made his Toronto debut on the mound, striking out seven while allowing three runs on five hits and four walks over five innings. He threw 104 pitches, leaving Toronto&#8217;s heavily used bullpen to cover the final four innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dylan Cease is doing cruel things to MLB hitters. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlueJays<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IaiBW52CGO\">pic.twitter.com\/IaiBW52CGO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeeganMatheson\/status\/2087316373110132942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chase Lee<\/strong> earned the win, while <strong>Brendon Little, Braydon Fisher and Spencer Miles<\/strong> combined to shut down Boston over the final four innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Sox took an early lead through Ceddanne Rafaela\u2019s sacrifice fly in the third. Wilyer Abreu then put Boston ahead again with a solo homer in the fourth, before Rafaela launched a solo shot of his own in the fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The loss was Boston\u2019s fourth consecutive defeat, dropping the Red Sox to 64-55. Toronto improved to 58-63 and remained within striking distance of the American League wild-card picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game also marked the Boston debut of catcher Adley Rutschman, who was activated from the 10-day injured list less than an hour before the first pitch. Acquired from the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline, Rutschman went 0-for-3 with two walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto&#8217;s victory came despite continued pressure on its bullpen. Blue Jays relievers had already thrown 39\u2153 innings over the previous eight days before adding another four innings Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/baseball\/odds\">Blue Jays will look to make it three straight wins<\/a> when the teams meet again in the third game of their four-game series. Jose Soriano is scheduled to start for Toronto, while Ranger Su\u00e1rez will take the mound for Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: The Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday, August 11, earning their second straight MLB win.\u00a0 The American League Wild-Card Chase Goes On Toronto broke a 3-3 deadlock in the sixth inning when Ernie Clement grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice. 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