{"id":25051,"date":"2026-06-19T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/after-a-misplayed-foul-pop-valenzuela-hits-go-ahead-double-in-blue-jays-4-3-win-over-red-sox-spectrum-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:04:40","slug":"after-a-misplayed-foul-pop-valenzuela-hits-go-ahead-double-in-blue-jays-4-3-win-over-red-sox-spectrum-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/after-a-misplayed-foul-pop-valenzuela-hits-go-ahead-double-in-blue-jays-4-3-win-over-red-sox-spectrum-news\/","title":{"rendered":"After a misplayed foul pop, Valen\u00adzuela hits go-ahead double in Blue Jays&#039; 4-3 win over Red Sox &#8211; Spectrum News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/app\">Learn More<\/a><br \/>             <a class=\"continue-link\" href=\"#\">Continue in Browser<\/a>         <br \/>Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts.<br \/>Please enter a valid zipcode.<br \/>Save<br \/>BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Brandon Valenzuela hit a go-ahead RBI double off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 win Thursday.<br \/>Valenzuela&#8217;s tiebreaking hit clanked off the Green Monster and came after Red Sox catcher Connor Wong misplayed a pop-up in foul territory that would have been the final out of the ninth.<br \/>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Nathan Lukes homered for Toronto, which has taken five of six matchups against Boston this season.<br \/>Trailing 3-1, the Red Sox tied it in the eighth on back-to-back homers by Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Caleb Durbin.<br \/>Tommy Nance (1-2) picked up the win after recording the final two outs in the eighth and Mason Fluharty pitched a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.<br \/>Chapman (0-2) took the loss as Boston fell to 12-25 at Fenway Park and 6-17 against AL East teams this season.<br \/>Guerrero jumped on the first pitch he saw from Red Sox starter Sonny Gray for a 410-foot homer that landed in the first row of the Green Monster seats. The first-inning blast was his fourth home run of the season and first since May 17.<br \/>Toronto starter Trey Yesavage carried a shutout into the seventh, but left with the game tied at 3. The right-hander struck out six and walked none while allowing three runs in 7 1\/3 innings.<br \/>Gray allowed three runs \u2013 including solo homers by Guerrero and Lukes \u2014 and six hits over seven innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked one.<br \/>Before the consecutive homers by Kiner-Falefa and Durbin in the eighth, the Red Sox snapped a 16-inning scoreless in the seventh when Wilson Contreras drove in Ceddanne Rafaela on a grounder.<br \/>Up next<br \/>Blue Jays: RHP Kevin Gausman (4-4, 3.41 ERA) starts Friday at Wrigley Field against Chicago RHP Ben Brown (3-2, 1.74).<br \/>Red Sox: Travel to Seattle for a weekend series that begins Friday night. Boston LHP Ranger Suarez (2-3, 3.21) starts opposite Seattle RHP Bryce Miller (3-0, 1.54).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxQTE1DamhBY2tvaGRKMTRkYzBXeDdLQzhaZk5aQUZxNjY3T2lmSDBsdmNfTEd1V3B3Q2JpWkFEVlRkMHNXYVJsaE1JMDZ1TVNFX3poUG05OGtCSEdsVENOYjlvZ1RlWUlINGMweU9IblpIZ1FDdUtEd0QyaTAyUGpTSGZHWmhlLXVFVVdhTHpPVkZKWGtoSGZlMlNYeUhvT2x2ZW5aTk52LVEwWkROdmMxOEQxM3FXZHdVWF9FbFM0RE1jNWFMLUs2WVUxald5NzdvdXJMQ2JaMTRIUzByMVZOMnZ0TElSZw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts.Please enter a valid zipcode.SaveBOSTON (AP) \u2014 Brandon Valenzuela hit a go-ahead RBI double off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}