BOSTON -- The Blue Jays’ 8-7 win over the Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park can be summed up in one word: wild.

After trailing 6-0 in the third inning, the Blue Jays took advantage of Red Sox pitching mishaps to chip away at the deficit and fight back for their 12th comeback win of the season. The Red Sox threw four wild pitches, and the Blue Jays’ runner who advanced on each of them ended up scoring.

• Box score

“We were aggressive and we were not afraid to take a chance, and [the players] did,” Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said. “Good job at going on balls in the dirt.”

Here is how the Blue Jays made the most of the baserunning opportunities en route to a comeback win.

Wild pitch No. 1: Fourth inning

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled to left field and advanced to second off a wild pitch by Boston starter Brian Johnson. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. then singled to short, where Xander Bogaerts committed a throwing error and Guerrero Jr. scored from second for the Blue Jays’ first run of the game.

“[The coaches say], you have to read it,” Guerrero Jr. said in Spanish. “And if he throws a bad pitch, you can to go to second.”

Score: Red Sox 6 - Blue Jays 1

Wild pitch No. 2: Seventh inning

Freddy Galvis and Rowdy Tellez sparked the Blue Jays' rally with back-to-back home runs off Mike Shawaryn with two outs in the seventh -- the sixth time the Blue Jays have hit consecutive homers this season. Marcus Walden replaced Shawaryn and walked Luke Maile. He then allowed a single to Guerrero Jr. that advanced Maile to third. Following a mound visit, Walden threw a wild pitch that let in Maile and cut Boston's lead to one.

“Their bullpen has a lot of pretty nasty sliders and breaking balls, so they’re going to happen for a staff that pitches that way,” Maile said of wild pitches. “It just was fortunate for us. Every time that they happened, it seemed like somebody was moving up to third base or somebody was scoring. It’s nice that we got a chance to capitalize off of them.”

Score: Red Sox 6 - Blue Jays 5

Wild pitch No. 3: Eighth inning

The Red Sox called on Matt Barnes to maintain the one-run lead, but the Blue Jays had other plans. After Teoscar Hernández singled to shortstop, Barnes became the third Red Sox pitcher to throw a wild pitch, with Hernandez moving to second on the mishap. He scored when Cavan Biggio singled into right field past a diving Brock Holt.

“During my at-bat when Teoscar advanced … and he had a really good read on it, I think pitchers become aware of guys in basepaths who they know are aggressive, especially Teoscar after taking that base,” Biggio said. “I think after that, they don’t feel as confident throwing that pitch where they don’t want him to get to the next base. It doesn’t eliminate that pitch, but in the back of their mind, they don’t want to skip another breaking ball. So it helps out a lot in our favor.”

“He’s kind of been showing off his speed a little bit lately, and it’s a weapon,” Maile added of Hernandez. “It feels like the last couple of years that I’ve been in this division, the teams that win typically have speed that just drives you crazy. So it’s nice to be on the other side of that.”

Score: Tied, 6-6

Wild pitch no. 4: Eighth inning

Tellez was on first and Biggio on second when Billy McKinney pinch-hit for Maile. Barnes threw his second wild pitch of the inning, and Biggio took third. Barnes loaded the bases with a walk to McKinney before handing the ball over to Ryan Brasier, who subsequently walked Eric Sogard to bring home Biggio for the go-ahead run.

“I was just trying to be aggressive,” Biggio said. “I think whenever a team hands you the next base or a free 90 [feet], the more you can take it, the more successful you are going to be. In that part of a game, tie game in the eighth, I was already in scoring position. I was confident in being able to score from second on a single, so the passed ball getting to third base was big. If there was another one, I would be able to score on it.”

Score: Blue Jays 7 - Red Sox 6

The Blue Jays weren’t done yet. They added another run with continued patience at the plate. With the bases still loaded, Guerrero Jr. battled during an eight-pitch at-bat to walk in the eighth run. It turned out to be the difference maker, as the Red Sox scored one run in the bottom of the ninth.

“I think everybody grinded out their at-bats pretty good there at the end,” Montoyo said. “It was outstanding because honestly it’s against good pitching.”