Blue Jays sweep anomaly-filled doubleheader

The Blue Jays won two games in Boston on Monday, though one of those victories will count as having been played two months earlier.

- MIKE WILNER

Jays outfielder George Springer hit his seventh and 19th home runs of the year on the same day.

It began with the weird and wacky completion of a suspended game from June 26 that included enough quirks to send you down a rabbit hole and make you believe there had been a rip in the fabric of spacetime.

The Jays won that one 4-1, officially their 80th game of the season. A couple of hours later, they were back on the field at Fenway Park, playing their 133rd game of the season and winning that one as well, 7-3.

The first game, resumed with the score 0-0 and one out in the top of the second inning, made history.

When the game was halted by rain two months ago, Danny Jansen was at bat for the Jays, behind in the count 0-and-1. When it started back up, Jansen was the Boston catcher, having been traded to the Red Sox in late July, and Daulton Varsho was in the batter’s box.