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TORONTO -- After suffering through three straight extra-innings defeats, the Blue Jays won stylishly in regulation Wednesday thanks to a strong outing by rookie pitcher Marcus Stroman and a three-run homer by pinch-hitter Danny Valencia. Jose Bautista also homered for the second day in a row as Toronto defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-2. Toronto (67-66) scored four runs -- including two unearned -- in the seventh inning with Valencia recording his first homer as a Jay. That made a winner out of Stroman, who was on cruise control other than hitting a two-run bump in the sixth inning. "He was terrific today," Toronto manager John Gibbons said of the 23-year-old right-hander. "Weve seen him like that a few times this year so its not like all of a sudden that came out of nowhere. But he had been in a little bit of a rut. "But thats what the kids capable of." The Jays, who had gone 1-3 during a run of four straight extra-inning games, can now look forward to an off-day before hosting Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees on Friday. Stroman (8-5) left to an ovation from the Rogers Centre crowd of 30,285 with two outs in the eighth. He gave up one unearned run on five hits, striking out six and walking one. Stroman threw 112 pitches, 73 for strikes. "He was sticking that fastball," said Gibbons. "It was down at the knees most of the night which is different (from) when he struggles. And he had that nice little breaking ball." Left-hander Brett Cecil retired David Ortiz to end the eighth inning and struck out the side in the ninth for his fifth save. The win was just Torontos seventh in 23 games in August. The Jays had lost 10 of their last 13 games and 12 of 17. Boston (58-75) came into the game having won two in a row since snapping an eight-game losing streak. Stroman has struggled of late, losing his last three decisions. But he was razor-sharp Wednesday, retiring the first eight batters he faced before issuing a walk. He retired 10 of 11 before giving up a walk to Ortiz with one out in the fourth inning with the damage quickly erased by a double play. He allowed just one hit and faced 16 batters in the first five innings, just one over the minimum. Contrast that to his last outing, when he gave up 10 hits and six runs in five innings against Tampa Bay. prior to that he failed to survive the first inning against the White Sox, yielding five runs on five hits. Like Gibbons, Stroman pointed to keeping his fastball down as a key for the turnaround. "Its just baseball," he added. "Sometimes you just go through a rough stretch." Confidence is not an issue for Stroman, whose baseball cap -- jauntily worn backwards during a post-game interview -- read FAME on the front. Stroman has won all three starts against Boston, posting an 0.83 earned-run average with five walks and 21 strikeouts. Stromans strong showing was timely given that Toronto had used 10 pitchers and a position player on the mound the last two games. Things went slightly south in the sixth, however, with the Jays leading 1-0. Third baseman Juan Franciscos throwing error put David Ross on with one out and Ortiz singled him home after back-to-back singles by Brock Holt and Dustin Pedroia loaded the bases. Holt then scored from third on a wild pitch to make it 2-1. Stroman limited the damage, dispatching the next two batters to strand Red Sox runners on second and third. Red Sox starter Joe Kelly was stingy in his first appearance against the Jays before leaving after facing one batter in the decisive seventh inning. Outside of a home run and single by Bautista, he allowed two walks and a hit batsman in the first six innings. Kelly, who left his last start Friday with a "minor tweak" in his shoulder, exited in the seventh after giving up a double to Edwin Encarnacion. Ross then dropped a Dioner Navarro pop foul and the Toronto catcher took advantage, hitting a single to put Jays on first and third. Boston manager John Farrell pulled left-hander Tommy Layne (1-1) in favour of Junichi Tazawa and Valencia greeted the right hander with a three-run shot to left field. "I missed my location," Tazawa said through an interpreter. It was the 20th career homer given up by Tazawa, eight of which have come against Toronto. Tazawa and manager John Farrell suggested the pitcher may have been tipping his pitches against Toronto in the past. "I think they picked up something that we felt like we corrected, probably two and a half months ago," said Farrell. "Tonight was a matter of a ball that ran back to the inner third of the plate against Valencia, rather than staying down and away from him." Valencia celebrated the homer with a fist pump as he rounded the bases. "I was fired up. I was turnt up," he said, using some modern vernacular for excited. The Toronto hit parade continued with a Kevin Pillar double and RBI single by Jose Reyes, upping the Toronto lead to 5-2. Bautista, who snapped an 0-17 slump with a home run Tuesday, went deep again in the first inning with a solo shot to centre field -- his 26th homer of the season. Bautistas shot off the facing of the first outfield deck marked the first time in eight games that Toronto had scored first. While there were costly errors on both sides, the fans were also treated to some fine fielding from Mike Napoli, Will Middlebrooks and Holt on the Boston side and Reyes, Munenori Kawasaki and Adam Lind for Toronto. Bautista crashed into the stands down the first-base line trying to chase down a foul ball in the eighth inning but stayed in the game. Ortiz, given Monday and Tuesday off after being hit by pitches on the elbow and foot on the weekend, returned to his DH role. Robert Quinn Jersey . 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I mean, people are going to ask me all the time why Ive had such a poor year by my standards. Youre allowed sometimes to say something in response to that. I dont tend to do that often, but, look, its been a hard year, a tough year, but it hasnt been a bad year.After missing last years season-ending tournament following surgery on his back, the eight-seeded Scot pushed hard to qualify for the indoor event for the seventh straight year, winning three titles over the past five weeks.Murray, who slipped from fourth in January to 12th in the rankings last month, reached the semifinals at the French Open then failed to defend its Wimbledon crown and had to wait until September to win his first title of the season at the Shenzhen Open in China.He split with coach Ivan Lendl in March and hired Amelie Mauresmo after Roland Garros.It could have been a lot worse, said Murray after contesting his 22nd match in five weeks. Coming back from surgery is not easy at all, and I learned that. 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