Late offense not enough for Red Sox

BOSTON — Marco Estrada turned in a brilliant performance on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park, taking a no-hitter into the eighth, but the Blue Jays had to stave off a furious rally by the Red Sox in the bottom of the ninth en route to a 5-4 victory in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Chris Young spoiled Estrada’s bid at history by bashing a solo homer over the Green Monster with one out in the eighth.

After giving up a leadoff double to Dustin Pedroia in the ninth, Estrada came out in favor of closer Roberto Osuna. The Red Sox scored three in the inning to make it a one-run game, and the tying and winning runs were on base when Marco Hernandez struck out to end the game.

Estrada allowed two hits and two runs over eight-plus innings to improve to 4-2 and lower his ERA to 2.41.

The righty was trying to become just the second Blue Jays pitcher in history to throw a no-hitter and first since Dave Stieb on Sept. 2, 1990, against the Indians. Meanwhile, the Red Sox kept their streak alive of …

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