Springer ties game, Tapia wins it in 10th as Jays rally past BoSox

TORONTO — George Springer hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Raimel Tapia hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th to give the Toronto Blue Jays a wild 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

With Bo Bichette on second base to start the extra frame, the Blue Jays loaded the bases on an intentional walk to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and a base on balls to Alejandro Kirk.

Matt Barnes (0-1) struck out Matt Chapman before Tapia lifted a fly ball to left field off Matt Strahm that brought home Bichette with the winning run.

Jordan Romano (1-1) retired the Red Sox in order in the top of the 10th as Toronto (12-6) won for the sixth time in seven games.

Boston's Jake Diekman blew a save opportunity in the ninth as Toronto pulled even with a three-run frame. Tapia led off with a double and scored when Santiago Espinal followed with a double of his own.

Diekman fanned pinch-hitter Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and Bradley Zimmer before Springer turned on a 96-m.p.h. fastball for his fourth homer of the year.

The Red Sox had broken open a tight game with four runs in the eighth inning off Toronto reliever Yimi Garcia, who lasted just one-third of a frame. Trevor Story and Xander Bogaerts keyed the Boston attack with RBI doubles as Garcia allowed an earned run for the first time in nine appearances this season.

Boston (7-11) has dropped four in a row and six of its last seven.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman struck out nine over six strong innings for the Blue Jays. The right-hander allowed four hits and an unearned run, trimming his earned-run average to 2.19 from 2.89.

Boston starter Nick Pivetta, a Victoria native, retired the first six batters in order before issuing a leadoff walk to Espinal in the third inning.