TORONTO - Edwin Encarnacion hit a bases-clearing double in a five-run eighth inning and drove in five runs on Wednesday as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to defeat the Boston Red Sox 11-10.

The Blue Jays pulled off two rare plays in the victory.

In the third, Canadian Brett Lawrie and Jose Bautista executed a double steal with Lawrie taking second and Bautista stealing home to give Toronto a 5-3 lead. It was first time a player with 40 or more home runs has stolen home since Adam Dunn did it in 2004.

Jays catcher Jose Molina ended the game when he caught closer Frank Francisco's high fastball, leapt to his feet and picked off pinch runner Mike Aviles at second base for the third and final out of the ninth inning.

Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield stood to win the 200th game of his career but Boston's bullpen disappointed the veteran. Reliever Daniel Bard (2-6) coughed up two runs with bases-loaded walks in the eighth inning and Matt Albers surrendered Encarnacion's tie-breaking double.

It was Wakefield's seventh attempt to reach 200 after winning No. 199 on July 24 against Seattle.

Jacoby Ellsbury had four hits including a three-run homer to extend his hit streak to 12 games and David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez also homered for the Red Sox.

Gonzalez hit his 24th of the season in the ninth against Francisco who picked up his 13th save despite giving up two runs. Shawn Camp (4-3) got the win.

Wakefield allowed three hits including J.P. Arencibia's two-run homer in the second inning. The knuckleballer allowed three walks and five runs -- four earned -- in five innings. He also hit two batters and made two wild pitches.

Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow lasted 4 1-3 innings and allowed eight runs and eight hits that included the homers by Ellsbury and Ortiz. Morrow also hit two batters but the Blue Jays' comeback took him off the hook for his fourth consecutive loss.

Adam Loewen of Surrey, B.C. started in right field for the Blue Jays with Bautista being used as designated hitter.

Loewen, 27, is one of the Jays' September call-ups from triple-A Las Vegas. He last played in the majors as a pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles from 2006 to 2008.

Loewen figured into the big eighth inning with his first major-league hit coming off Bard. The single moved Lawrie, a native of Langley, B.C., to third with none out.

Bard hit Lawrie with a pitch to open the inning with the Red Sox leading 8-6. He walked Arencibia to load the bases with none out.

After striking out Dewayne Wise and Yunel Escobar, Bard walked Thames to force in a run.

Bautista walked to tie the game and deprive Wakefield of his 200th win. Albers took over and gave up Encarnacion's double to put Toronto ahead 11-8.

The Red Sox (85-56) scored three in the first inning on three singles and two hit batsmen. After Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia singled to open the game, Gonzalez was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Kevin Youkilis was hit by a pitch with one out to score one run and former Blue Jay Marco Scutaro hit a two-out single to score two runs. Scutaro had four hits and four RBIs in Boston's 14-0 win on Tuesday.

The Blue Jays (71-72) scored an unearned run in the first on two walks, a passed ball and Encarnacion's sacrifice fly.

Lawrie's single and Arencibia's 21st homer tied the game 3-3 in the second. Arencibia set a club record for homers by a catcher. John Buck hit 20 in 2010 for the previous mark.

But the Red Sox came back with four in the fourth, three on Ellsbury's homer. It came after Carl Crawford doubled, Scutaro walked and Josh Reddick doubled.

Ortiz hit a long homer deep into the second deck to extend Boston's lead to 8-5. Carlos Villanueva replaced Morrow after a single by Youkilis.

The Blue Jays cut a run off the lead on Escobar's leadoff single and Encarnacion's two-out single.

Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 16,154 . ....Outfielder Rajai Davis was moved from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list on Wednesday. He suffered a torn left hamstring on Aug. 14 in a game against the Los Angeles Angels. ...Blue Jays first baseman Adam Lind was rested last night with a sore wrist and will probably be given Thursday off as well. ...Before the game manager John Farrell did not rule out the possibility of Dustin McGowan making a start Sunday instead of Luis Perez. McGowan pitched four good innings in relief in Tuesday's 14-0 loss to Boston in his first major-league appearance since 2008. ....Ricky Romero (13-10, 2.97 ERA) will start Thursday's series finale for Toronto against Andrew Miller (6-2, 5.27 ERA).