On paper, this was the most problematic matchup remaining on the Red Sox schedule. They were in Toronto, which has become a house of horrors. They were facing Kevin Gausman, who had allowed just three runs over his last four starts going in, and they had Lucas Giolito on the hill, who has been struggling limiting walks of late, and did again tonight.

But once again, baseball took what SHOULD have happened and lit it on fire: • The Sox piled up nine hits and four runs off Gausman, chasing him from the game in the sixth. • Giolito pitched around the walks and some shaky defense and somehow only allowed one run despite only lasting 4.2 innings. • The bullpen prevented any nightmares by quietly rocking the Blue Jay bats to sleep.

And of course, because baseball is baseball, it simultan

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