Looks like all the Toronto Blue Jays needed was a little break.
Coming off the All-Star pause in action, the Blue Jays bats caught fire against the Boston Red Sox, totalling 25 runs through the first five innings to set a franchise record for runs in a game on Friday night.
Bo Bichette hit an RBI in the first, Matt Chapman carried the momentum with a two-run home run in the second. It was a good start — then it got silly.
The Blue Jays compiled hit after hit in the third inning, capping it off with an inside-the-park grand slam from Raimel Tapia thanks to Jarren Duran's blunder where he lost track of a fly-ball in centre field. 10-0 Toronto.
In the fourth, Teoscar Hernandez hit a solo dinger. Then Danny Jansen crushed a three-run bomb. Make that 14-0.
Can't get much worse than that for the Red Sox, right? Right...
The Blue Jays saved the worst for the fifth inning, proving there is in fact no such thing as a Mercy Rule in Major League Baseball.
First Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a single, 15-0. Then, with two outs, Chapman hit a fly-ball high in the air and it finally seemed as though Boston would get out of an inning without too much damage.
But while that ball floated in the air, three Red Sox players stood and watch while it landed between them, and the onslaught continued. Toronto went on to hit 10 more runs for 11 in the inning, totalling 25 in the game.
In the end, the Blue Jays won the game 28-5.
Of course, social media (minus the Red Sox fans) loved it. Here are some of the best reactions:
