Alex Verdugo Hits Go Ahead Homer, Red Sox Come Back For Second Straight Night

Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox rallied late for the second straight game, beating Toronto 5-4. Boston star Rafael Devers added a solo homer on the four-year anniversary of his first major-league shot. Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer for fourth-place Toronto, which fell to 10 ½ games behind in the East. A day after being no-hit for seven innings by New York’s Domingo Germán before putting up five runs in the eighth to erase a 4-0 deficit and beat the rival Yankees, Boston’s bats were held down until Verdugo belted his drive over the Red Sox bullpen off Trevor Richards (1-1).