Overview

• With the bases loaded, third-base umpire Scott Barry ruled George Springer’s line drive foul despite replays indicating it was fair, and home plate umpire Doug Eddings called strike three on the next pitch outside the zone.
• Manager John Schneider said the ball “should have been a two-run double” and noted the play could not be reviewed after Eddings told him he did not see anything different.
• Toronto tied the game in the fourth, but Boston broke it open with three runs in the sixth off Kevin Gausman, handing the Blue Jays a 4-1 defeat after Lucas Giolito escaped the second-inning threat.
• The loss cut Toronto’s AL East cushion to one game over the Yankees, with the Blue Jays retaining the head-to-head tiebreaker.
• On the same day, MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System was announced for next season, and Toronto designated Alek Manoah for assignment, which GM Ross Atkins attributed to a roster crunch.