Sox Break Skid--Defeat Jays

Well, tonight started off with the Sox getting a three zip lead (sound recently familiar) in the 5th on homers by Betts and Pedey, coupled with some excellent pitching by Bucky going through the 8th. K's were not very high, but the way he was getting the powerful Jays lineup to beat the ball into the ground more than made up for the relative lack of K's. Came the 9th--Bucky got the first batter he faced; then gave up consecutive singles and a walk to load the sacks. On comes Koji. He quickly dispatches with the first hitter he faces on a fielder's choice grounder that scores a run, but is the second out, and leaves runners at the corners. The next guy up drills a two bagger to left scoring both runners, tying the score and giving Koji another BS (though he ultimately did get the W), a total that's getting uncomfortably high in recent weeks. Then he closes out the inning, score: three all. I'm thinking, "Shit, not again! Oh me of little faith! Sox 10th: Holt gets a one out infield single, steals BOTH second and third and waits for new Sox outfielder YoBaby (Cespedes) to single him home, which he does. Sox back on top! Jays' 10th and we get the closer who used to be--long, long ago--at least it feels that way (2012 for the A's)--Breslow. He puts away two of the first three batters, sandwiched around the tying run on a freebie, then closes out the Jays and the game on a foul pop to Craig at first--Game Over--So's the Streak!! Sox creep back to within 17 below .500--Ugh! Now I'm not at this stage going to put my rose colored glasses back on and say the Sox could still pull it off.  But, hey--the reverse is how they missed the playoffs in 2011 when it was such a sure thing.  I can hope, though!
In addition to the two Sox shots, YoBaby got a pair of hits, one getting home the winning run, as did Nava.  Overall, YoBaby's gotten 19 ribbies since arriving in the trade for Les, seven of those ribbies giving the Hose the lead at the time. Overall, the Sox had eight hits, so the runs all came on three of them. Papi sat out the game due to a bruised foot suffered against Seattle when he fouled a ball of the foot. Farrell hopes he'll be back in the lineup tomorrow. We do to, but only time will tell.