Red Sox win wild game against Blue Jays in extra innings

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J.D. Martinez drove in the tiebreaking run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Wednesday night, avoiding a three-game sweep.

"It’s a big one," Martinez said. "We lost that one last night. To avoid the sweep at this point was a big one."

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Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers (11) is held back by an umpire during a heated exchange after Toronto Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Toronto.  (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer and had four RBIs, and Franchy Cordero had his first career four-hit game as Boston bounced back from Tuesday's 6-5 defeat to win for the third time in 10 meetings with Toronto this season.

"It’s been hard to win here," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.

The Red Sox, who are off Thursday, went 20-6 in June, their most wins in the month since going 20-9 in 1990.

"We played some solid baseball," Cora said. "We gained some ground. We put ourselves in the playoff hunt."

With automatic runner Jackie Bradley Jr. at second base to start the 10th, Blue Jays right-hander David Phelps (0-2) walked Rob Refsnyder and Rafael Devers to load the bases for Martinez, who was hitless in his previous 13 at-bats.

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Bradley scored when Phelps hit Martinez in the back with a 1-2 pitch.

Martinez had a circular red welt on his back in the clubhouse afterward, but didn’t seem to mind.

"It was