Surging Blue Jays host struggling Red Sox

The struggling Boston Red Sox will find themselves in a difficult place to stop a tailspin when they visit the surging Toronto Blue Jays for a four-game series that starts Friday night.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora was blunt about his team's poor play Thursday after an 8-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers, dropping Boston to 1-5 on its road trip.

"It wasn't a good effort today," Cora said. "Where we're at right now, we've got to