The series finale finds a pair of solid right-handers facing off against each other at Fenway Park this afternoon.
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox
Toronto fell 5-4 in 11 innings in Saturday night’s contest against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, as reliever Casey Janssen served up a walk off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning. “I just kind of talked myself out of a pitch,” Janssen said. “You can second guess. If I get him out, it’s the right pitch. If I don’t, then it’s the wrong pitch.” The Blue Jays are 4-10 against the Red Sox this season, including a 2-3 mark on the road in this series. The club is 13-27 versus Boston dating back to the middle of the 2008 season, but they’ve actually won five of the last eight contests at Fenway Park. Toronto dropped below .500 on the road with yesterday’s loss, currently standing at 33-34 away from the Rogers Centre (+590). The Blue Jays are still bring a solid 27-21 mark against division opponents into the series finale (+1,120) and the total is 22-25 O/U in those contests. It’s important to note that the team is 7-10 as a road underdog of +125 to +150 in 2010 (-60) and 18-31 in this situation the last three years (-670).
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