Thanks to an offensive attack the Red Sox (66-73) won the third game of the series against the Blue Jays (79-60), and played spoilers against them with a series win. Toronto maintains a 1.5 game lead over the Yankees, who lost in New York to the O's. The Red Sox sent Joe Kelly to the mound, while the Blue Jays had Drew Hutchinson, who has a horrible record at Fenway Park, on the hill.

Hutchinson lasted only 3.1 innings in 81 pitches, with 6 earned runs on six hits and two walks, while Joe Kelly dominated again. The Red Sox attacked first with a four run third inning.

Ryan Hanigan began the inning with a walk and even though Jackie Bradley Jr. followed him with a double-play, the Red Sox didn't look back. Mookie Betts followed Bradley Jr. with a solo home-run to give Boston a 1-0 lead, while Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts hit back-to-back singles to put runners in first and second for David Ortiz. Big Papi didn't hesitate, and launched a three-run home run to center field. This was his 32nd home run of the season and the 498th of his career, as he is in the quest of 500.

Toronto managed to cut the Red Sox lead in the next inning when Kelly gave up a hit to Revere to begin the top half of the fourth. He retired Donaldson with a fly out, but issued a walk to José Bautista and a single to Edwin Encarnacion that cut the Red Sox lead to 4-1. Troy Tulowitzki followed Encarnación with a forceout that put runners in the corners, and Kelly hit Collabello with a pitch to load the bases. The Red Sox found themselves in trouble when Russell Martin stepped to the plate with the bases loaded, but Kelly struck him out with three pitches to end the inning.

Boston continued with the hitting performance in the fourth, with back-to-back doubles from Castillo and Hanigan that boosted the lead to 5-1. After Hanigan's double, Toronto decided that Hutchinson was done and replaced him with Aaron Loup. Loup got Bradley Jr. out with a strikeout and was replaced with Liam Hendricks, who gave up a double to Betts that gave the Red Sox a 6-1 lead. Pedroia hit a lineout to end the inning.

Joe Kelly found himself in trouble again in the top half of the fifth when he allowed back-to-back singles to Revere and Donaldson and advanced them to second and third with a wild pitch, but struck out Bautista to end the inning.

The bottom half of the fifth ended up being the last nail in Toronto's coffin. The Red Sox began the inning with a double from Bogaerts, and afraid of Big Papi the Blue Jays gave him an intentional walk. Travis Shaw loaded the bases with no outs, and Pablo Sandoval followed him with an RBI-single that gave the Red Sox a 7-1 lead. Castillo grounded into a forceout that got Ortiz out at home, so the bases were still loaded for Hanigan. The catcher hit a double that scored Shaw and Sandoval, and the Red Sox now had a 9-1 lead. Bradley Jr. walked to continue with the bases loaded, and was followed by an RBI forceout from Betts. Pedroia struck out to finally end the inning.

The score remained the same until the top of the eight inning, when Craig Breslow replaced Jean Machi. Breslow began the inning by giving up a single to Munenori Kawasaki, and settled down with a ground out from Ezequiel Carrera and a strikeout to Justin Smoak. However, the Blue Jays cut the Red Sox lead thanks to a single from Matt Hague and a home run from Chris Colabello.

In the end the final score ended up being 10-6. Joe Kelly, with the win, became the first Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 1999 to win eight straight starts.