Red Sox Bats Wake Up Too Late as Blue Jays Push Total Over in 6-4 Slugfest

So much for that elite pitching matchup. The Blue Jays tagged Boston 6-4 at Rogers Centre, pushing the total to 10 runs and torching our UNDER 7.0 in the process. Turns out those "ice-cold" Red Sox bats and that stingy Toronto home pitching were both due for regression—and we caught it on the wrong night.

The game script looked promising early, but both starters got knocked around harder than the 2.63 combined ERA suggested they would. Suarez couldn't keep Boston's suddenly-awake lineup in check, while Soriano's sub-2.00 ERA took a beating from a Blue Jays offense that remembered how to hit at home. Toronto built enough cushion to withstand a late Boston push, with the final 6-4 margin landing comfortably over our number.

The fatigue angle? Apparently didn't matter. Back-to-back games and brutal schedules were supposed to grind these offenses into dust, but instead we got 10 runs of pure chaos. Sometimes the numbers lie, sometimes regression comes at the worst possible time, and sometimes you just get burned. The Red Sox four-game skid continues, but their bats showed life—just enough to help sink our under. Baseball gonna baseball.