Still in the heat of the battle for the top of the AL East, the Toronto Blue Jays needed a solid start from righty Max Scherzer against the Boston Red Sox.

That wasn’t in the cards on Wednesday night.

Scherzer managed to last five innings but struggled mightily in the first, giving up three runs and digging the Blue Jays into a hole right off the bat.

He wound up exiting the game with apitching line of four earned runs on 10 hits with one home run and five strikeouts on 86 pitches.

It marks the second consecutive trying outing for the 41-year-old after notching only two outs and giving up seven runs in a 20-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals last Friday.

The three-time Cy Young winner has struggled mightily in the first inning this season. He has a 12.96 ERA in the opening frame — the f

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