The Boston Red Sox won their 3rd game in a row on Saturday, 7-1, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays and are now 2.0 games in front of the New York Yankees, in 1st place in the AL East. Chris Sale picked up his 11th win of the season. Officially at the Half-way point of the season, the Red Sox have a record of 46-35

Chris Sale pitched 7.0 scoreless innings allowing just 4 hits while striking out 11. He walked just 1 Blue Jay and threw just 83 pitches.

Hanley Ramirez, heating up in July was 3-5 with a double. Xander Bogaerts was 1-4 driving in 3 runs and Dustin Pedroia was 1-4 driving in 2 runs. All together, the Red Sox had 12 hits.

The Red Sox play the final game of the 3 game series Sunday afternoon in Toronto, before going to Texas to play Monday night. Sunday afternoon's pregame begins at 12:20 with the 1st pitch at 1:07 on AM 1370 WDEA. Drew Pomeranz is scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox.

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