Buehrle gets major league-best 8th win, Cabrera, Bautista homer as Blue Jays beat Red Sox 7-2

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester (31) watches Toronto Blue Jays\' Melky Cabrera, right, round the bases on a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

BOSTON – Mark Buehrle won his major league-leading eighth game, Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista homered on consecutive pitches, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Thursday for a three-game sweep.

Toronto improved to 8-2 in its last 10 games, while Boston lost its seventh straight. The Red Sox went 0-6 on their home stand, the first time since June 1994, when they also lost six in a row at Fenway Park, that they were winless on a homestand of at least six games.

Buehrle (8-1) allowed two runs in the first two innings and left after giving up seven hits and no walks with five strikeouts in seven innings. He retired 11 of his last 12 batters.

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