Good luck finding a team more enigmatic than the 2015 version of the Boston Red Sox. 

Just a day after starter Rick Porcello allowed three home runs in two innings in an embarrassing blowout defeat at the hands of Toronto, the Red Sox shellacked Blue Jays starter Matt Boyd (L, 0-2) in even more devastating fashion, erupting for eight runs in the first inning alone which carried them to a 12-6 victory in the series finale. 

Both second baseman Brock Holt and shortstop Xander Bogaerts went 4-for-6 on the night, center fielder Mookie Betts went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, right fielder Alejandro De Aza went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, and designated hitter David Ortiz and left fielder Hanley Ramirez smacked back-to-back dingers in the first inning for Boston, who finished off a tremendous divisional road trip with a 5-2 record. 

Center fielder Kevin Pillar went 4-for-5 and right fielder Jose Bautista accounted for two RBIs for Toronto, however the Blue Jays simply could not overcome the seven earned runs that Boyd allowed on six hits without even recording a single out in his horrendous performance. The eight runs were the most any Red Sox team has scored in the first inning since 1994, and the first eight batters of the inning reached base until catcher Ryan Hanigan was finally retired by reliever Liam Hendriks. 

The rally began immediately, as Betts and Holt lead off the contest with consecutive singles. Bogearts then kicked off the scoring party with an RBI single, and a subsequent three-run bomb from Ortiz increased the Red Sox advantage to 4-0. Boston was far from finished however, as Ramirez hammered a home run over the left-field fence in the ensuing at-bat. Third baseman Pablo Sandoval followed that up with a single, and, after a walk issued to first baseman Mike Napoli, Boyd was mercifully pulled out of the game. 

Hendriks received a harsh welcome to the ballgame, as De Aza instantly knocked a triple to deep center, scoring both Sandoval and Napoli. After Hendriks was at last able to record an out, Betts knocked his second single of the inning to left field, scoring De Aza to push the insurmountable lead to an astonishing 8-0. 

Red Sox starter Wade Miley (W, 8-7) made the Boston faithful hold their rejoices, however, showing signs of a potential breakdown in the second inning. With the bases loaded and one out in the stanza, second baseman Devon Travis put the Blue Jays on the board with an RBI single to right field. After Miley retired shortstop Jose Reyes, third baseman Josh Donaldson walked to score a run, and Bautista singled to left, plating two runners and slicing the deficit in half at 8-4. 

Miley was able to weather the damage however, leaving the contest after five innings having allowed four earned runs on seven hits and an eyebrow-raising seven walks, striking out two. The Red Sox proceeded to extend their advantage even further in the seventh inning, plating four runs against Toronto reliever Steve Delabar, one of eight Blue Jays pitchers to receive playing time. 

Sandoval lead off the inning with a single, and, after Napoli struck out, he advanced to third on consecutive wild pitches by Delabar. A De Aza double to right then plated Sandoval, and, after the third wild pitch of the inning moved De Aza to third and a walk issued to Hanigan placed runners on the corners, a Betts single scored the tenth run of the game for Boston. A groundout by Holt then moved Hanigan to third, and he proceeded to score on an infield hit by Bogaerts, upping the lead to 11-4. 

De Aza would provide even more offense in the top of the eighth, as Boston struck yet again with some two-out magic. After Blue Jays reliever Roberto Osuna struck out both Ramirez and Sandoval to begin the inning, Napoli doubled and scored on De Aza's subsequent RBI single, increasing the advantage to 12-4. 

Avoiding a complete emasculation in front of the few embittered Canadians that remained within the confines of the Rogers Centre in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Blue Jays were able to cut their deficit in half yet again, as catcher Russell Martin and left fielder Danny Valencia smacked consecutive home runs off of Red Sox left-hander Craig Breslow, decreasing the gap to 12-6.