TORONTO — Teoscar Hernandez homered twice, Whit Merrifield also homered and the Toronto Blue Jays took an important step toward securing home-field advantage in the wild-card round by beating the Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Sunday. .
The Blue Jays completed the three-game series sweep with their 16th win in 19 games against Boston this season. That’s the most wins by any major league team against a division opponent this season.
Sixteen wins is also the most the Blue Jays have accomplished against an opponent in a single season. Toronto went 15-4 against Baltimore in 2002 and again in 2010.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman left after three innings with a cut on the middle finger of his right hand. He allowed two runs on four hits, struck out four and walked none.
For the Blue Jays, the Dominicans Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 3-0 with a run scored, Teoscar Hernández 4-2 with two runs scored and three RBIs, Raimel Tapia 4-0.
For the Red Sox, Puerto Rican Enrique Hernández .4-1 Dominican Abraham Almonte 4-1 with a run scored.