Red Sox complete 3-game sweep of Blue Jays behind Verdugo's 9th-inning homer

Alex Verdugo greeted Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano with a first-pitch solo home run in the ninth inning to cap the visiting Boston Red Sox's 5-4 comeback win and sweep the three-game series on Sunday.

Romano (3-4) began the ninth inning with a four-seam fastball that wound up 415 feet away in the right-field seats.

The fifth-place Red Sox (43-42) now trail the Blue Jays (45-40) in the American League East Division standings by two games. Boston reliever Chris Martin (3-4) notched the win.

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Jarren Duran scored three times with four doubles and a check-swing infield hit as the Red Sox trailed 4-2 after sixth innings.

In the seventh, the Red Sox tied the game at 4-4 with reliever Erik Swanson pitching. Duran opened the inning with his fourth double and scored on Justin Turner's single to right field.

Turner then hustled on Verdugo's groundout to third, scoring on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. throwing error.

Brandon Belt smashed his sixth homer of the season to provide a two-run cushion with a one-out blast in the sixth before 41,455 in the series finale at Rogers Centre.

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