Red Sox Vs. Blue Jays: Toronto Walks Off In Homer-Filled Slugfest

With Jon Lester going up against hard-to-hit rookie Kyle Drabek, one might've expected the Red Sox/Blue Jays contest Tuesday night to turn into a pitcher's duel. But a pitcher's duel it was not to be, and after ten innings, six combined homers, and 13 total runs, Toronto knocked off Boston 7-6 on a walk-off sacrifice fly.

Lester and Drabek wound up going just 10.1 innings between them, and though they each struck out five, they also each allowed a pair of home runs. Drabek was tagged by David Ortiz in the top of the fourth and Adrian Gonzalez in the top of the fifth. Lester, meanwhile, was tagged by Jose Bautista in the bottom of the fifth and J.P. Arencibia in the bottom of the sixth. Arencibia's solo shot put Toronto on top 5-4.

That lead wouldn't hold up, as the Red Sox tied the game on a Jarrod Saltalamacchia RBI single against Marc Rzepczynski in the top of the eighth. But then in the bottom of the eighth, rookie David Cooper - who earlier entered the game as an injury replacement for Yunel Escobar - stood in against Daniel Bard and pulled a fastball just over the right-center fence for his first career home run. The lead was restored going into the ninth, and the Blue Jays handed the ball to Frank Francisco.

Fortunately, the Blue Jays got him off the hook in the end. After a couple zeroes went up on the board, the game was 6-6 in the bottom of the tenth when Rajai Davis hit a one-out single off Matt Albers. Davis stole second and then promptly stole third, and a fly ball off the bat of Cooper was plenty deep enough in center to bring the speedy Davis home for the walk-off win. It wasn't as pretty as the Blue Jays might've liked it, but they all count the same in the standings, and now Cooper has himself a day to remember.

The quick two-game series wraps up Wednesday, with John Lackey opposing Jesse Litsch.