Thomas hits three homers for Blue Jays
TORONTO -- A milestone night for Frank Thomas meant more trouble for the suddenly stumbling Boston Red Sox.
Thomas hit three home runs to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Red Sox, 6-1, Monday night, raising his total to 512 and tying Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews for 18th on the career list.
“It was one of those days everything clicked,” Thomas said. “I’m just happy. Really happy.”
Boston lost for the third time in four games and its AL East lead was cut to 3 1/2 games over the New York Yankees. That’s the smallest division margin for the Red Sox since before play on May 2.
Thomas homered twice off Tim Wakefield, then hit his third against reliever Kyle Snyder.
Thomas had three homers one other time -- hitting all of them off Wakefield at Fenway Park on Sept. 15, 1996.
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