Blue Jays rout Red Sox for 2nd straight game to take final home series of regular season

Catcher Danny Jansen was a triple short of hitting for the cycle to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon.

Saturday's win moved Toronto closer to home-field advantage in the first round of the American League playoffs. Tampa Bay and Seattle are also vying for top spot in the wild card race.

Teoscar Hernandez had a solo homer and a late RBI double while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI double in the win. All-star shortstop Bo Bichette, who set a club record with 48 hits in September, kept his torrid pace with four hits.

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Ross Stripling (10-4) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out three. Anthony Bass, David Phelps, Jordan Romano of Markham, Ont., and Adam Cimber came out of the bullpen to secure the victory.

Brayan Bello (2-8) gave up four runs on 10 hits and two walks, striking out four, over four innings Boston (75-83). Zack Kelly and Josh Winckowski came on in relief.

Jansen struck again the next inning, sending a double down the first-base line to score Hernandez and Tapia.

Hernandez tacked on another run in the fifth, driving an 81.4 m.p.h. Kelly change-up to deep centre field for his 23rd home run of the season. After Tapia struck out Jansen came to the plate, and hit his homer.

Jansen's 15th of the season came on the first pitch he saw in the inning, an 86.2 m.p.h. slider from Kelly that he sent 342 feet into the Blue Jays dugout for a 6-0 lead.

DANNY DINGERS