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TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays dug themselves a massive hole, then almost managed to climb out Saturday against the Boston Red Sox. But when it was all over they had wasted another lead, seen another pitcher flame out on the mound and lost their fourth straight at home. After roughing up Clay Buchholz for three runs in the first inning, Toronto (11-13) found itself behind 6-3 after three innings as starter Brandon Morrow literally lost control. A late comeback by the Jays fell short as Boston (12-13) hung on for a 7-6 win. Morrow (1-2) walked a career-high eight of the 14 batters he faced before being pulled after 2 2/3 shocking innings before an announced crowd of 40,322 under the roof at the Rogers Centre. "Its not a good feeling when you can take the blame for the game and put it squarely on your shoulders," said Morrow, who made no excuses as he threw himself on his sword. "I came in with one goal and that was to pitch late in the game and keep us in it. I let down the team in a big way today." Twice he was rescued by double plays before the bottom fell out in a six-run Boston third that saw Toronto pitching coach Pete Walker ejected for back-chat to home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg. "Its embarrassing to not be able to command your fastball," said Morrow, who said physically he was fine. "I had decent command of the other stuff." The first walk of the afternoon, to Red Sox leadoff batter Dustin Pedroia, was the 100th Jays free pass this season. Toronto pitchers issued nine walks on the day, with David Ortiz the recipient of three. "Weve been walking way too many guys all year," said manager John Gibbons. "Thats unlike us. Weve got some strike-throwers." A.J. Pierzynski hit his eighth career grand slam to power the Red Sox offence before Toronto staged a nail-biting late comeback. The Jays sent eight men to the plate and scored twice in the eighth before leaving the bases loaded. Jose Bautista, facing closer Koji Uehara, then opened the ninth with his seventh homer of the year -- and 175th as a Jay -- to cut the lead to 7-6. Dioner Navarro and Brett Lawrie singled, around a Colby Rasmus strikeout, to keep the drive alive. But Edwin Encarnacion flied out to end the rally and give Uehara his fifth save. "All year long those guys have been battling," said Gibbons. "Thats all you can ask for as a manager, that they dont pack it in." Over the last four losses, Toronto has given up 36 runs on 47 hits and 22 walks. The Jays allowed their opponents off the hook in three of those games, with the Orioles staging comebacks Wednesday and Thursday. Buchholz (1-2) survived a three-run first to help Boston to its seventh win in 11 games. He gave up three runs in seven innings on six hits, three strikeouts and two walks. Buchholz threw 105 pitches, 67 for strikes. Juan Francisco homered for Toronto, his second blast in as many days, to greet Boston reliever Junichi Tazawa in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Encarnacion then singled home Navarro to make it 7-5 as Tazawa gave up his first runs of the season. Chris Capuano came on with men on first and third and one out. He struck out Jonathan Diaz but walked Jose Reyes after a 10-pitch showdown to load the bases. Uehara then induced Cabrera to pop up to shallow left field. On a strange day Toronto outhit Boston 13-5, left 11 men on base to the Red Soxs four, and lost. "Weve been struggling in certain areas, its no secret," said Gibbons, refusing to point the finger at one element of his team. "But were going to get better." Morrow has failed to last six innings in four of his five starts this season, as well as nine of his last 14 dating back to last season. His descent into the pitching mire was swift Saturday. Only five of Morrows 14 pitches in the first were strikes. He was 11-for-31 after two innings and 25-for-66 when he was removed in favour of Chad Jenkins in the third. Morrow wouldve been living only marginally more dangerously if he was juggling chainsaws on the mound. With two out in the third Morrow walked four straight and was removed, with the Jays somewhat amazingly still leading 3-1. Two balls later, Pierzynski slammed the grand slam homer off the newly recalled Jenkins, who promptly gave up a solo shot to Will Middlebrooks for a 6-3 Boston lead. It was the second homer of the season for both. "We took advantage of a high number of walks," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "One of the things we do well is not expand the strike zone and that was the case again today." Morrows outing marked the 11th time a Jays pitcher has given up eight or more walks in a game. The club record is nine, by four different pitchers (Pat Hentgen, Jim Clancy, Chris Carpenter and Jesse Jefferson). Consecutive doubles by Mike Carp and Grady Sizemore in the fifth extended the Boston lead to 7-3 and chased Jenkins in favour of Aaron Loup. Buchholz also had trouble finding the strike zone in the first and paid for it after issuing a leadoff walk to Reyes. The Jays shortstop was running on Cabreras single and came home on Bautistas deep single to left-centre. Cabrera scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 with no outs. Bautista, who extended his on-base streak 24 games, came home on Navarros deep single to right to make it 3-0. The Red Sox starter threw 26 pitches in the first, with just 13 for strikes. He faced just three batters in the second but needed a successful challenge to remove Reyes, who had been called safe on an infield hit. Buchholz walked two with two out in the third but escaped damage and ended up blanking the Jays for six straight innings. He had gone winless in his first four starts for the first time of his career. But, despite the rocky opening the trip to Toronto proved to be a tonic for the 29-year-old right-hander. Buchholz arrived with a 9-5 career mark and 2.44 earned-run average against Toronto and was 7-2 with a 1.09 ERA in 10 starts at the Rogers Centre. Toronto used six pitchers, with Loup, Brett Cecil, Steve Delabar and Sergio Santos helping douse the fire set by Morrow and Jenkins. Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, on his bobblehead day, is scheduled to pitch Sunday against Boston left-hander Jon Lester in the series finale. Manchester City Jerseys . -- Theres nothing like winning to bring hope for a struggling team. Sergio Aguero Jersey . Fourteen players were suspended last summer by Major League Baseball as part of the Biogenesis drug scandal, ranging from All-Stars to also-rans. http://www.tmancitysoccershop.com/c-49-brahim-diaz-manchester-city-fc-jersey.aspx . They actually finished with a better record in ‘07 than they did in ‘06 but only marginally, going from 61 victories to 66. 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Jordan Henderson set up Liverpools opening goal by Adam Lallana, and grabbed the winner in the 61st minute with a shot from inside the area, lifting the anxiety around Anfield after the clubs run of three league games without victory. We needed to find a way to win today, said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, whose team has struggled to maintain the form of last season that swept it to a second-place finish. Liverpools problems are nothing compared to those of Newcastle, which remained winless this season after a 2-2 draw at Swansea. The pressure on Pardew would have been fierce with another defeat but he was helped out by two equalizers from Cisse, who also scored twice in a draw against Hull two weeks ago. Anybody who saw the game today will see the players gave everything, Pardew said. Theres a lot of pressure on us and its difficult to play. They only way to get through this is keep fighting. Sunderland beat Stoke 3-1, Hull defeated Crystal Palace 2-0, and Burnley scored through a 90th-minute free kick to draw 2-2 at Leicester in a match between two promoted clubs. Manchester City could put pressure on first-place Chelsea by beating Aston Villa in the late game. The memory of Liverpools surprise challenge for the league title last season is fading after an underwhelming start to this campaign, with its only previous victories coming in August. The performance against West Brom was unconvincing, too, with Daniel Sturridge still out injured and Mario Balotelli dropped to the bench. Crucial interventions from Henderson made the difference. The England midfielders clever flick played in LLallana, who converted his first goal for Liverpool to give the hosts the lead in the 45th.dddddddddddd Saido Berahino equalized with a 56th-minute penalty he won from a challenge by Dejan Lovren that appeared to be made outside the area, but Henderson restored Liverpools lead with a goal that lifted the team into the top half of the standings. Its been frustrating, Rodgers said. We had to make changes in the summer to strengthen the squad and we missed a world-class striker (after Luis Suarezs departure to Barcelona). We will get better as we go on. Pardews unstable position has been one of the talking points of the first two months, and the draw at Swansea should keep him in situ over the upcoming international break. The sinking feeling for Newcastles disheartened fans returned when Wilfried Bony put Swansea ahead in the 17th but Cisse equalized by getting a touch on Gabriel Obertans cross to the near post. Gylfi Sigurdsson picked up another assist when he laid in Wayne Routledge for Swanseas second goal in the 51st, only for Cisse to rescue Newcastle with 15 minutes left. Its my job to try and lift the players and make sure theres fight in their belly, Pardew said. The confidence will get better and this will give us belief. Steven Fletcher scored twice to help Sunderland to its first win of the campaign, after Connor Wickham put the team ahead against Stoke, while second-half goals by Mohamed Diame and Nikica Jelavic gave Hull its first victory since the opening day of the season. Burnley broke its club record by going 10 hours 52 minutes without a goal before Michael Kightly equalized at Leicester to cancel out Jeffrey Schlupps opener. Riyad Mahrez restored the home sides lead but Ross Wallaces last-minute strike earned Burnley a point that lifted the team off the bottom of the table, where it is provisionally replaced by Queens Park Rangers. 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