Then he had to shut down the Red Sox one more time. “I kind of tried to erase what happened in the last inning, because it was a lot of adrenaline,” he said after leading Toronto to a 6-5 victory over Boston in 10 innings Thursday night. “You had to stay focused. We’ve got three more hitters coming in and I’m like, let’s win a game.” A night after earning a save in an overtime win over Boston, Romano (5-3) earned the win to seal a three-game sweep of Toronto. The Blue Jays, who took three of four against the AL East-leading Yankees to start the week, have won eight straight games at Fenway Park this year. “We can hang out with anyone, you know what I mean?” Romano said. “We came to their place and yes, we won a lot of games. So I think it was a huge road trip. Good for morale and just let us know we’re real.” The Red Sox had a runner on third with nobody out in the eighth and then loaded the bases against Romano with no outs in the ninth, both times failing to score. In the 10th, pinch runner Cavan Biggio took third on a groundout and then raced home on George Springer’s groundout to short, sliding head first under the tag with Xander Bogaerts’ throw going in too high. Danny Jansen had three hits, including a home run, for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of their last eight games. He is 8-1 in Boston this year, winning the last two in extra innings. After JD Martinez singled to lead off the ninth and Bogaerts doubled, Christian Arroyo was walked intentionally to load the bases. Romano struck out Francy Cordero and then, with five players on, Quique Hernandez grounded out to third baseman Matt Chapman, who moved to third and threw to first for the game-ending double play. “He’s got an amazing internal clock and obviously a cannon for an arm,” Toronto interim manager John Schneider said. “So you want the ball to hit him in basically any scenario. This whole series showed that.” John Schrieber (3-3) didn’t allow a hit in the 10th, but took the loss with the unearned run scored on a fielder’s choice. Reese McGuire had three hits for Boston, which has lost four straight and six of seven games. McGuire led off the eighth with a line drive into the right field corner that went under Teoscar Hernandez’s glove and into the wall, turning a double into a triple. Adam Sieber struck out Bobby Dahlbeck, struck out Jaren Duran and then struck out Tommy Pham before Tim Maiza got Rafael Devers on a hard grounder that went off the glove of first baseman Vladimir Guerrero but slowed enough for second baseman Santiago Espinal to field and throw back to first for the third out. GLOVE WORK Dulbeck was busy at first base. In the fourth, he couldn’t get under a foul pop up near the stands, allowing Guererro to stay at the plate with two outs. He followed with a two-run single to give the Blue Jays a 4-3 lead. But in the sixth, he came off the bag to get Devers’ bad throw on Santiago Espinal’s hard chopper at third. Dulbec reached out as he landed to tag Espinal in the back before reaching base. Jansen followed with a solo home run. The 108 mph shot was caught bare-handed by a fan in the front row of seats atop the Green Monster. COACH ROOM Red Sox: 2B Trevor Story went 3-for-4 with a single, double and home run in a rehab start for Double-A Portland. … LHP James Paxton will be shut down after tearing a rib muscle while trying to return from Tommy John surgery. He left his first rehab start last week after striking out just two batters. NEXT Blue Jays: Return home to face the Angels. Toronto RHP Mitch White (0-1) will face LHP Reid Detmers (4-4). Red Sox: Open a three-game series against the Rays. RHP Michael Wacha (8-1) will start for Boston; Tampa Bay’s start is TBD.
