The Blue Jays crush the Red Sox at Fenway Park, collecting 20 hits in a 16 – 2 victory. Lyle Overbay hits two homers and has a career-high 7 RBI, John Buck gets 4 hits, John McDonald has 3 hits and a homer and José Bautista also goes long in support of Brett Cecil’s pitching. Jon Lester gives up 9 runs in only 2 innings to be saddled with the loss. The Red Sox get more bad news as they put 2B Dustin Pedroia back on the disabled listafter playing only 2 games since being reactivated from a fractured foot.

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On August 20, 2010 — The Blue Jays crush the Red Sox at Fenway Park, collecting 20 hits in a 16 – 2 victory. Lyle Overbay hits two homers and has a career-high 7 RBI, John Buck gets 4 hits, John McDonald has 3 hits and a homer and José Bautista also goes long in support of Brett Cecil’s pitching. Jon Lester gives up 9 runs in only 2 innings to be saddled with the loss. The Red Sox get more bad news as they put 2B Dustin Pedroia back on the disabled listafter playing only 2 games since being reactivated from a fractured foot.

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