"He hits the ball out of the ball park. He runs fast and he's an exciting player. He's going to take chances and we saw a window there and he took advantage of the situation."Boston certainly is lucky to have a guy like him.

Manager Alex Cora gave several Red Sox injury updates. He also has his starting rotation set for Toronto this week.

CLEVELAND — It started to rain on Friday just a few minutes after Alex Cora was asked about the idea of managing his 1,000th regular season game. The drizzle became a downpour and Cora will have to wait until Saturday for his personal odometer to add a digit.