BOSTON (AP) – Josh Donaldson homered and drove in three runs, powering the Toronto Blue Jays past the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Monday night.
Boston’s six-game winning streak was snapped and its magic number to clinch a second straight division title remained at three. The Red Sox lead the second-place New York Yankees, who beat Kansas City earlier in the day, by four games with six remaining.
Eduardo Nunez and Mookie Betts both left with injuries for Boston. Nunez aggravated a right knee injury that sidelined him for 13 games, and Betts came out with pain in his left wrist.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson rounds first base on his solo home run off Boston Red Sox’s Drew Pomeranz, left, during the first inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Ryan Goins hit a solo homer and Teoscar Hernandez had a two-run double for the Blue Jays. Brett Anderson (2-2) allowed three runs in five innings.
Red Sox lefty Drew Pomeranz (16-6) had his shortest start of the season, giving up five runs and seven hits in two innings.
Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell, right, and a trainer tend to Eduardo Nunez after during the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Nunez was removed from the game after finishing his at-bat. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston Red Sox’s Deven Marrero comes down with the high throw in time to tag Toronto Blue Jays Ryan Goins (17) trying to steal second base during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Boston Red Sox stand for the national anthem before a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Toronto Blue Jays’ Teoscar Hernandez, left, Ezequiel Carrera (3) and Kevin Pillar celebrate after defeating the Boston Red Sox 6-4 during a baseball game in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston Red Sox’s Drew Pomeranz pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston Red Sox’s Andrew Benintendi, right, follows through on his solo home run in front of Toronto Blue Jays’ Luke Maile during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson (20) celebrates his solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Toronto Blue Jays’ Brett Anderson pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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