With the Detroit Tigers winning earlier in the day for a virtual tie with Toronto, the Blue Jays needed to handle business against the Red Sox to keep a half game lead in the AL East.
Dwight Evans made that immediately difficult.
Luis Leal surrendered a lead-off single to Wade Boggs and Dewey then blasted a pitch out of the park to give Boston a quick 2-0 lead. Toronto got half of that back in the bottom of the second when George Bell went yard with the bases empty.
Jackie Gutierrez singled home Rich Gedman in the top of the fourth to put Boston out front by two again. But it was Dwight Evans' second two-run bomb of the game in the seventh that really broke the Blue Jays back.
Oil Can Boyd, meanwhile cruised through eight innings of work with only the Bell homer counting on the scoreboard. As a 2-6 starter in Statis Pro, he is surprisingly 9-0 on the year.
The Toronto loss means the Roar of 84 has been restored - the Tigers are back in first!
Winning Pitcher - Dennis Boyd
Losing Pitcher - Luis Leal
Player of the Game - Dwight Evans, 2-3, 2 HR's, Sac Fly, 5 RBI, BB
Hall of Famers in the Game - Wade Boggs, Jim Rice
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