BOSTON -- Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons knows his team keeps digging a deeper hole with each loss. Soon, he knows, theyll run out of time. Clay Buchholz had his third straight solid start and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 4-3 Saturday night, damaging the Blue Jays fading playoff hopes. "We cant lose too many more, thats for sure," Gibbons said. "But theyre all different. Every days a new day." Colby Rasmus had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh for the Blue Jays, who began the day five games behind Seattle for the ALs second wild card. "Were still in this thing. Were hanging on by a thread," Gibbons said. "Theyve been two close ballgames, they could have gone either way, but we just came up short." J.A. Happ (9-9) gave up four runs -- single ones in the first four innings -- on seven hits in six innings. "They did a good job of putting the bat on the ball," he said of the early innings. "Maybe I need to rethink the game plan going in." Buchholz (7-8) gave up two runs and four hits in 6 1-3 innings to help Boston get its second straight win against Toronto. He struck out five and walked two. Edward Mujica, Bostons fourth reliever, got the final two outs for his fourth save. The Red Sox scored single runs in the first four innings off Happ after the Blue Jays jumped ahead 1-0 on Dioner Navarros RBI double. Dustin Pedroias run-scoring grounder tied it in the first and Boston moved ahead on Will Middlebrooks RBI single in the second. Yoenis Cespedes had an RBI double in the third and Christian Vazquez added an RBI double. Buchholz left with a 4-1 lead in the seventh before Craig Breslow gave up Rasmus homer that hooked around the right-field foul pole. In his last start, Buchholz shut out Tampa Bay with a three-hitter on Sunday. On Aug. 25 in Toronto, he held Toronto scoreless over eight innings before leaving with the bases loaded in the ninth. The bullpen allowed all three runners to score before Boston pulled out a 4-3 win in extra innings. Mookie Betts made a running catch, going to his knees to snag a bloop in short centre to save a run, ending the eighth. Buchholz gave up two hits in the first two innings then retired the 11 straight batters before Jose Bautistas leadoff double in the sixth. After walking the next batter, Buchholz helped himself by grabbing Adam Linds grounder to the mound and firing to second, starting a 1-6-3 double play. Navarro then lined out to centre. NICE GRAB Bautista made a nice running grab, adding in a slight leap just in front of the right-field wall to take away extra base hits from Middlebroooks. HOT NAVARRO Navarro went 2-for-4 and drove in a run. Hes hit safely in 9 of his last 10, going 13 for 30 with four doubles, two homers and eight RBIs. TRAINERS ROOM Blue Jays: Kevin Pillar started in left field a day after Melky Cabrera was lost for the season with a fractured right pinkie finger. Cabrera, a big part of the lineup, was second in the majors with 171 hits when he was injured, batting .301 with 19 homers and 73 RBIs. Red Sox: INF/OF and leadoff hitter Brock Holt, who left Fridays win early with dizziness, was out of the lineup, but manager John Farrell said he was available to play. Farrell said he decided to get an extra right-handed batter in the lineup against left-handed starter Happ. First baseman Mike Napoli left because an illness after the second inning. UP NEXT Blue Jays: Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (11-12, 3.94 ERA) is scheduled to start Sunday in the series finale. He has won two of his last three starts, going seven strong innings, allowing just two runs and two hits in his last one on Sept. 2. Red Sox: Rubby De La Rosa (4-5, 3.89) is slated to get the start. Hes winless in his last four starts. 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Gattis hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning after Teheran threw seven strong innings, leading the Braves past the Miami Marlins 4-2 on Monday night. Dan Uggla led off with a single up the middle off Arquimedes Caminero (0-1). Gattis followed with a shot into the left-field seats for his fifth homer of the season -- and first career walkoff homer, though he had numerous big hits his rookie year. "It feels good," Gattis said. "It feels different when you hit one and know the game is over." Coming off his first career complete game, Teheran turned in another stellar performance by Atlantas rotation, allowing only one run and five hits before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter. He actually lowered the cumulative ERA for Atlantas starters, already the best in the majors, from 1.54 to 1.52. "Were just trying to keep our team in the game," Teheran said. "Were doing a great job." Andrelton Simmons also homered for the Braves, and Jason Heyward put Atlanta up 2-1 with a seventh-inning single off Mike Dunn -- only Heywards second hit in 19 at-bats off a left-hander. Craig Kimbrel failed to hold the lead, a second straight shaky outing for the closer who was yanked in his previous appearance when he couldnt get three outs in a non-save situation against the Mets. This time, Gattis contributed to the troubles -- called for catcher interference when a swing ticked his glove -- before pinch-hitter Derek Dietrich lined one off the wall in left-centre for a game-tying double. But, with runners at second and third and no outs, Kimbrel struck out the side to keep the game 2-2. "I didnt do my job, but we came back to win the game," he said. "If we lose the game, it hurts a lot more." Anthony Varvaro (1-0) worked a scoreless inning for the win, first-place Atlantas eighthh in the last 10 games.dddddddddddd Garrett Jones homered leading off the second for Miamis first run, just the ninth homer surrendered by the Braves. Miami should have scored two runs on Deitrichs double, but pinch-runner Reed Johnson went back to tag at second base on a drive the Braves had no chance of catching. That caused Adeiny Hechevarria, running all the way from first, to slow up so he didnt pass Johnson. Hechevarria was held at third and never got any farther. "I feel terrible," Johnson said. "Thats the game right there." Miami also squandered a chance in the eighth after Uggla botched a potential inning-ending double play. Second-base umpire Marvin Hudson initially called the runner out, ruling that Uggla caught the ball but dropped it attempting to make the relay throw to first. Marlins manager Mike Redmond challenged. After a delay of nearly 5 minutes, the call finally came down from the replay centre: all runners safe. The video showed Uggla making the catch, but losing control as he grabbed the ball with his right hand -- before he actually went into his throwing motion. That left Miami with the bases loaded and only one out. But Walden fanned Casey McGehee on a called third strike and got Jones on a grounder to Uggla, who stumbled a bit just beyond the infield dirt but made the inning-ending play. NOTES: Braves LHP Mike Minor is getting close to rejoining the Braves rotation. After going six innings for Triple-A Gwinnett over the weekend, hell throw a side session before Tuesdays game against the Marlins. If all goes well, Minor would likely make his first major league start on Saturday against Cincinnati. ... Florida C Jarrod Saltalamacchia was back at Turner Field for the first time since he was traded by the Braves in 2007 in a much-debated deal that brought Mark Teixeira to Atlanta. 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