Wakefield denied again as Blue Jays top Red Sox

TORONTO (AP) – Edwin Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to deny Tim Wakefield his 200th career win, beating the Boston Red Sox 11-10 Wednesday night.”If it happens, it happens,” said a philosophical Wakefield after the game. “If it doesn’t, it doesn’t change what I’ve done.”Toronto trailed 8-6 heading into the eighth against Daniel Bard (2-6), who opened the inning by hitting Brett Lawrie and giving up a single to Adam Loewen, the former pitcher’s first career hit. J.P. Arencibia walked before Bard struck out Dewayne Wise and caught Yunel Escobar looking. But the Blue Jays tied it when Bard issued back-to-back walks to Eric Thames and Jose Bautista.Matt Albers came on and gave up a three-run double to Encarnacion.Encarnacion went 2 for 4 with a sacrifice fly and matched a career-high with five RBIs.Shawn Camp (4-3) pitched one inning for the win and Frank Francisco survived a two-run ninth to record his 13th save in 17 chances.Adrian Gonzalez led off the ninth with his 24th home run and David Ortiz singled, took second on a grounder and scored on a two-out hit by Marco Scutaro before pinch runner Mike Aviles was thrown out trying to steal secondJacoby Ellsbury homered and finished with four hits and Ortiz also went deep, but the Red Sox couldn’t give Wakefield his first win since July 24 against Seattle.Wakefield allowed five runs, four earned, and three hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out three.The Red Sox gave Wakefield an early lead by scoring three times in the first against Brandon Morrow. Kevin Youkilis was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Scutaro hit a two-run single to center.Toronto answered with a run in the bottom half on Encarnacion’s sacrifice fly, then tied it on J.P. Arencibia’s two-run drive to center in the second.The homer was Arencibia’s 21st of the season, the most in a single season by a Blue Jays catcher. John Buck hit 20 homers for Toronto in 2010.The Blue Jays took a 5-3 lead by scoring twice in the third. Eric Thames was hit by a pitch, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Jose Bautista’s double. Two outs later, Brett Lawrie walked and Bautista stole third. Then, when Lawrie stole second, Bautista broke for home on catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s throw to second, sliding in ahead of a wide return throw from shortstop Scutaro.Bautista is the first player to steal home and hit at least 40 homers in the same season since Adam Dunn did it with Cincinnati in 2004.Boston reclaimed the lead with a four-run fourth. Josh Reddick hit an RBI double and Ellsbury drilled a three-run blast to right, his 25th.Ortiz made it 8-5 with a solo shot to right in the fifth, his 29th.Morrow (9-11) left after Youkilis followed with a single. The right-hander allowed eight runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings.Toronto cut it to 8-6 against Dan Wheeler in the seventh when Escobar hit a leadoff double and scored on a two-out base hit by Encarnacion.Notes: Boston RHP Josh Beckett (right ankle) was scheduled to rejoin the team Wednesday after traveling back to Boston Tuesday to visit doctors. ? Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz (back) made 60 throws at over 100 feet Wednesday. He’ll take Thursday off, then throw from 120 feet Friday. ? Loewen made his major league debut as a position player. A former pitcher with Baltimore, elbow injuries forced Loewen off the mound in July, 2008. He’s been playing in Toronto’s minor league system since 2009.