On Thursday, the Boston Red Sox dominated Toronto Blue Jays' starting pitcher Kevin Gausman at Fenway Park. Gausman's poor performance resulted in the Blue Jays potentially dropping to fourth place in the American League East. This was a stark contrast to his previous season, where he never allowed more than five earned runs in a single start. However, during the finale of Toronto's series against Boston, Gausman was torched for eight runs in less than four innings, with five of those runs coming in the second inning alone.