The Red Sox closed out their road trip with a disappointing 4-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto.  Vladimir Guerrero Jr hit a 3-run Home Run in the Bottom of the 8th Inning off Justin Slaten to give the Blue Jays their 1st lead of the night.  The Red Sox went 3-3 on their trip through Cleveland and Toronto. The Red Sox are now 2-5 on the season against the Jays.  

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Tanner's Night: Tanner Houck turned in his best performance of the season in the series finale Thursday night.  He departed the game with a 2-1 lead but took another no-decision and his still looking for his 1st win of 2025.  Houck gave up just 1 run over 7 Innings of work.  He walked no one and struck out 6. Houck tossed 6 scoreless innings before allowing a solo Home Run to Daulton Varsho in the 7th.  Houck managed to get the final 2 outs in the 7th to complete his longest outing of the season.  It was Varsho's 2nd Home Run of the series and his 2nd career Home Run off Houck.  0-2 1-5 

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On the Board 1st: Alex Bregman broke a scoreless tie with a 2-out, 2-run Double off Jose Berrios in the top of the 5th.  Bregman extended his hitting streak to 11 in a row and picked up his 12th two-bagger of the season to go with 26 RBIs.   

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Hitter Notes: Trevor Story went 1-for-4 on the night with a single.  Story went 2-for-13 in the Series and has 3 hits over his last 38 at-bats. The Red Sox managed only 7 hits and 1 walk in losing the series finale. Bregman's 2-run Double was the Red Sox only extra-base hit on the night.  The Red Sox were 1-for-8 with Runners In Scoring Position and left 5 on base.           

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What's On Tap?: The Red Sox open up a 6-Game Homestand with the 1st of 3 against the Minnesota Twins Friday night.  The Red Sox will also welcome in the Texas Rangers on the Homestand.   

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