Published 9/13/2008
by KP Wee
at Bleacher Report - MLB
The Toronto Blue Jays thumped the Boston Red Sox 8-1 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader at Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon.
While it turned out to be an easy victory for Toronto, it certainly didn't seem that way early on.
In the fourth inning, the Blue Jays had two runners (Vernon Wells on a blooper to left, Adam Lind on his own drive off the Green Monster) thrown out at third base within moments of each other. Toronto still scored a run to go up 2-0.
However, it wasn't a good sign when a team that had been shut out the night before (7-0 by Tim Wakefield for eight innings) squandered a potential big inning like that.
Not to worry, however, as rookie Travis Snider changed things the next two innings.
In the fifth, Snider drilled a three-run bomb, his second home run in the majors, into the bullpen for a 5-0 lead. This came right after Boston pitching coach John Farrell had came out to chat with Red Sox starter Paul Byrd.
Interestingly, through five innings, ...
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