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(SportsNetwork. Andre Reed Jersey .com) - The Toronto Blue Jays came into their series with Boston hoping to get their playoff push back on track. Instead, the Jays will be trying to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox in Wednesday nights finale. The Blue Jays had won 10 of their 13 meetings with the Red Sox this year coming into the set, but have dropped back-to-back extra-inning contests. Toronto has played four straight extra-inning games, going 1-3. Jose Bautista homered for the Jays on Tuesday to join Carlos Delgado and Joe Carter as the only players in club history to have at least five straight 25- homer seasons, but the effort went to waste as Boston plated seven runs in the 11th inning to claim an 11-7 decision. Casey Janssen (3-2) was charged with four runs -- three earned -- on two hits over his inning-plus relief stint. "This was tough," he said. "We lost another tough game in extra innings." Mike Napoli hit a three-run homer in the deciding frame and Allen Craig added a two-run shot in the 11th, big homers given that the Jays scored three runs in the bottom of the frame. "The ability to score multiple runs was key for us, to give us some breathing room," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Nap with the huge swing on a three- run homer, good to see Allen drive the ball out the other way, and we executed the small things." Boston has won consecutive games for the first time since a four-game win streak from Aug. 10-14, further putting its recent eight-game slide in the rearview mirror. Still looking for his first victory since joining the Red Sox, Joe Kelly takes the hill tonight. Kelly has gone 0-1 with a 4.09 earned run average in four starts since being acquired from St. Louis. He logged five innings of one-hit ball on Friday versus Seattle, walking three and striking out five in a no-decision as he exited after tweaking his shoulder. The 26-year-old righty has never faced the Blue Jays, who counter with rookie Marcus Stroman. The 23-year-old may be hitting a rookie wall since beating the Red Sox in back-to-back outings on July 24 and 29. He gave up one earned run and fanned 15 over 14 innings, lowering his season ERA to 3.03. However, that ERA has risen to 4.11 as he has gone 0-3 over his last four starts while getting charged with five earned runs in all three setbacks. The right-handed Stroman is coming off an 8-0 setback to Tampa Bay on Friday, charged with six runs -- five earned -- on 10 hits and three walks over five frames. That dropped him to 7-5 on the year. Jerry Hughes Jersey . Leave it to Matt Niskanen, the newly proclaimed Eddie Haskell of the Washington Capitals. Jordan Mills Jersey . It was well worth the wait. 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"The Bruins," he said, "were the best team in the league all season long and they had a good first round and they played a solid game (Thursday)." But after having nine days off after Montreals sweep of Tampa Bay, Therrien thinks his team can improve. Price was outstanding, but the Canadiens know they cant let 51 shots get through to him again. "He stole that game for us," forward Brian Gionta said. The Bruins helped. Sloppy play led to 13 takeaways by Montreal, while Boston had just three. The Bruins also allowed two goals on the three power plays after the Canadiens had just two in 13 opportunities in the four games against the Lightning. The Bruins, after five days off, started slowly and trailed 2-0 after the second period on goals by P.K. Subban on a power play and Rene Bourque. Boston tied it in the first seven minutes of the third on goals by Reilly Smith and Torey Krug. "We had some great chances there in the second half of the second. It just took us a while to get our game going," Julien said. "I thought from midway through the second period on, thats where we were at our best." Francis Bouillon gave Montreal the lead midway through the third period before Johnny Boychuk tied it with 1:58 left in regulation. The Bruins took 14 shots in the first overtime then lost on Subbans power-play goal 4:17 into the second overtime. "We need to do a better job boxing out, bllocking shots, and disturbing their entries" on power plays, Boston centre Patrice Bergeron said, "doing a better job on our forecheck. Kyle Williams Jersey . Thats all." But Bergeron, one of the NHLs top faceoff players, lost the draw and Subban scored just seven seconds after a penalty to Bostons Matt Bartkowski. Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara didnt have enough time to get in front of Subbans blast from the blue line. "Its tough for him to come out and block that shot," Subban said. "I think he did all he could to get in my lane, but by the time he already did, I had already let it go." So now the Bruins are in the same spot where they were after Game 1 of the opening round. They lost 1-0 to Detroit then won the next four games to advance. Three years ago, they lost the first two games of the first round at home against Montreal then won it in seven games and went on to capture the Stanley Cup. "I dont think we can even think about winning the series," Subban said. "When there is success you have to take it and get better." The Bruins had plenty of success putting shots on Price. Boychuk had six and Bartkowski, David Krejci and Smith had five each. "Those games are going to happen. You just hope they dont happen in the playoffs," Smith said. "They have a good goaltender on the other side, and its something we really have to focus on, making life a little bit more difficult on him." After a close game in which they outplayed the Canadiens in several aspects, the Bruins expect to show resiliency, just as they did after falling behind 2-0 and 3-2 on Thursday. "We didnt get the first one," Boston right wing Jarome Iginla said, "but, at the same time, we did a lot of things that we feel are a part of our game and were effective, and we stay with that." But the Canadiens wont be satisfied with gaining a split in Boston. "The Bruins played a really solid game," Therrien said. "The thing I know and I believe is that our team is going to be better next game." China Jerseys China Jerseys Jerseys NFL Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys 2018 Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '
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