Toronto Blue Jays' Brett Lawrie slides safely at home on a single hit by Colby Rasmus as Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, left, waits for the ball in the eighth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
July 22, 2012 - 5:26 PM
BOSTON - Brett Lawrie hit the game's first pitch for one of Toronto's four homers and the Blue Jays tagged Jon Lester for a career-worst 11 runs in a 15-7 victory that completed a three-game sweep over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
J.P. Arencibia, Rajai Davis and Travis Snider also homered for the Blue Jays.
Toronto (48-47) posted a season high for runs and climbed out of the AL East cellar, moving a half-game ahead of the Red Sox (48-48).
Lester (5-8) also allowed a career-high four homers and nine hits. He was booed off the field after being pulled with no outs in the fifth.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer and Jacoby Ellsbury a solo shot for the Red Sox, who play their next six games on the road against division leaders.
News from © The Associated Press, 2012