Toronto 8, Boston 6

Ted Lilly struck out 10 in seven innings and Vernon Wells hit a grand slam in the second inning to lead the Blue Jays Thursday night.

The Sox got a first-inning run on David Oritz's RBI single to center, but the Sox bats were largely quiet until the eighth, when they were trailing 8-1.

In the eighth, Ortiz homered, scoring Kevin Youkilis, who opened the inning with a walk. The Sox added three in the ninth, the big blow a two-run double by Youkilis. Ortiz nearly tied the game with another homer, but his fly ball to right came up short. Ortiz now leads the team in batting average (.382), HR (4), RBI (9), and runs scored (7).

Matt Clement's line: 4 IP, 8 hits, 7 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 15.75 ERA.

A silver lining (other than Ortiz): Keith Foulke was near perfect in two innings, yeilding only a walk but following that with a double-play ground ball, and striking out two. Of course, it was 8-3 at the time. If he can do this in pressure situations, the back of the Sox pen suddenly would look much more formidable.

The Sox open a three-game series against the Mariners tonight. Curt Schilling (2-0, 1.93) faces lefty Jamie Moyer (0-1, 4.38) in a battle of veteran hurlers.