BOSTON (AP) -- Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run homer, Rick Porcello held Toronto to one run over seven innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 4-1 on Wednesday night.David Ortiz and Mookie Betts had RBI singles for the Red Sox, who took the three-game series after losing their previous two.Porcello (2-2) held the Blue Jays down one night after they put up 17 hits in an 11-8 win. He allowed two hits, struck out six and walked two in his best effort since joining the Red Sox. 
R.A. Dickey (0-3) allowed four runs and nine hits, striking out four without walking a batter in seven innings. He was 4-0 against Boston last season.Koji Uehara struck out all three batters in the ninth for his fourth save.Trailing 1-0, the Red Sox took the lead with three runs in the third. Ortiz hit his RBI single before Ramirez followed with his 10th homer, a drive into the last row of Green Monster seats.The Blue Jays had taken a 1-0 lead in the first. Kevin Pillar doubled and scored on a strange play when Josh Thole lined to left with the bases loaded, but Michael Saunders was forced out at third.Porcello walked the first batter of the game, then struck out the next three.Ramirez tied David Ortiz for the club record for homers before May 1. Ortiz did it in 2006 when he finished with a career-best 54. He also tied the best start of his career for homers before May 1. He did it with the Marlins in 2008.
R.A. Dickey (0-3) allowed four runs and nine hits, striking out four without walking a batter in seven innings. He was 4-0 against Boston last season.Koji Uehara struck out all three batters in the ninth for his fourth save.Trailing 1-0, the Red Sox took the lead with three runs in the third. Ortiz hit his RBI single before Ramirez followed with his 10th homer, a drive into the last row of Green Monster seats.The Blue Jays had taken a 1-0 lead in the first. Kevin Pillar doubled and scored on a strange play when Josh Thole lined to left with the bases loaded, but Michael Saunders was forced out at third.Porcello walked the first batter of the game, then struck out the next three.Ramirez tied David Ortiz for the club record for homers before May 1. Ortiz did it in 2006 when he finished with a career-best 54. He also tied the best start of his career for homers before May 1. He did it with the Marlins in 2008.
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