Schneider homers in first at-bat, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 7-3

Whit Merrifield, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Daulton Varsho and Matt Chapman also went deep to help the Blue Jays increase their lead over Boston for the third and final wild-card spot in the American League.Jarren Duran and Yu Chang homered for Boston. The Red Sox have dropped five of their last six.

Merrifield hit a towering fly ball off James Paxton on the game's first pitch that had plenty of carry for his 14th career leadoff home run. Two batters later, Guerrero blasted a no-doubt shot of his own for Toronto's second solo home run of the inning. The Blue Jays kept playing home run derby in the second. Just up from the minors, Schneider jumped on a slider and sent it into the Green Monster seats. It was the third home run allowed by Paxton in seven batters. The lefty grinded through five innings, allowing four runs on a season-high nine hits and struck out four.Blue Jays: A 27th round selection in 2017, Schneider was selected to the major league roster before the game.

“He's a dude who's earned the promotion,” Toronto manager John Schneider said. With Schneider in the fold, the Jays optioned INF Ernie Clement to triple-A. They also designated RHP Thomas Hatch for assignment and reinstated RHP Jay Jackson from the family medical emergency list. Red Sox: INF Luis Urias was recalled from triple-A Worcester while INF Christian Arroyo was designated for assignment. Urias was a trade deadline acquisition from Milwaukee while Arroyo batted .241 in 66 games for Boston this season. … Philadelphia returned RHP Noah Song to Boston. Song was selected by the Phillies in last year's Rule 5 Draft. Originally drafted by Boston in 2019, Song missed four years of development while serving in the U.S. Navy.

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