TORONTO -- Edwin Encarnacion hit a bases-clearing double in a five-run eighth inning and drove in five runs on Wednesday as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to defeat the Boston Red Sox 11-10.
Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield stood to win the 200th game of his career but Boston's bullpen disappointed the veteran. Reliever Daniel Bard (2-6) coughed up two runs with bases-loaded walks in the eighth inning and Matt Albers surrendered Encarnacion's tie-breaking double.
It was Wakefield's seventh attempt to reach 200 after winning No. 199 on July 24 against Seattle.
Jacoby Ellsbury had four hits including a three-run homer to extend his hit streak to 12 games and David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez also homered for the Red Sox.
Gonzalez hit his 24th of the season in the ninth against Frank Francisco who picked up his 13th save despite giving up two runs. Shawn Camp (4-3) got the win.
Wakefield allowed three hits including J.P. Arencibia's two-run homer in the second inning. The knuckleballer allowed three walks and five runs -- four earned -- in five innings. He also hit two batters and made two wild pitches.
Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow lasted 4 1--3 innings and allowed eight runs and eight hits that included Ellsbury's 25th homer of the season with two on and the 29th by Ortiz, a solo shot. Morrow also hit two batters but the Blue Jays' comeback took him off the hook for his fourth consecutive loss.
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