The Red Sox (40-43) returned home from their longest road trip of the season and lost their season-high 6th in a row with a 9-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in front of 35,710 at Fenway Park Friday night. The Red Sox are back to 3 games below .500 with the loss in the series opener.

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Bello on the Bump: Brayan Bello made the start in Friday night's series opener and ended up taking the loss. Bello gave up single runs in each of the 1st 3 Innings, with 2 of the 3 runs coming with 2 outs. Bello ended up going 6 Innings in his outing. The Sox are now 6-7 in Bello's 1st 13 starts for the season and 1-5 in his last 6 starts.

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Sox at the Dish: The Red Sox had the leadoff man reach twice in 7 Innings against Blue Jays starting pitcher Jose Berrios and both times the leadoff man was erased on a groundball Double Play. Berrios struck out the leadoff man 4 times in 7 Innings. Berrios walked 1, struck out 8 and was 17-for-24 on 1st-pitch strikes. Connor Wong struck out with runners at 1st & 2nd and 1 Out in the 5th Inning. Wong is 0-for-24 this season with Runners In Scoring Position. David Hamilton reached with a leadoff walk in the 8th and was erased when Nick Sogard hit into an inning-ending Double Play.

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#'s of the NIGHT: The Red Sox were shutout for the 3rd time this season and for the 1st time at Fenway. The Red Sox are 2-6 against the Jays this season and have lost 4 of the 5 meetings at Fenway against Toronto. The Sox fell to 12-15 in series openers on the season with Friday's loss. The Sox managed only 4 hits (3 Singles & 1 Double from Roman Anthony) and collected 5 Hits Or Less for the 6th time in the last 15 Games. The Blue Jays collected 16 Hits in the win and were 7-for-17 with Runners in Scoring Position.

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What's On Tap?: The Blue Jays and Red Sox continue their series at Fenway Saturday afternoon. Chris Bassitt is set to face Lucas Giolito. Walker Buehler is scheduled to go against LHP Eric Lauer in the finale on Sunday. The Sox welcome in the Cincinnati Reds for a 3-game series that starts on Monday. Friday night started a stretch of playing 13 of 16 at Fenway, leading into the all-star break.

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