BOSTON -- The Blue Jays finally found their oasis in the desert.

Tuesday’s 9-4 win over the Red Sox was loud, clunky and messy, but none of that matters because it snapped their seven-game losing streak. At this point, any win is the most beautiful thing their tired eyes have ever seen.

The Blue Jays need to improve “everything, everything, everything,” as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. put it after the streak stretched to seven on Monday night, and he’s right. The Blue Jays need players at the top of their roster like Guerrero to go from good to great. Then, they need the players struggling most, like George Springer, to just get back on track.

Tuesday’s win had a bit of both.

Guerrero and Springer teased us with another letdown in the 2nd, nearly colliding on a pop fly that Vladdy backpedaled a mile to eventually bobble in front of his right-fielder, but the circus music soon quieted when the Red Sox started to play their own even louder. Guerrero launched another missile -- he’s been doing a lot of that lately -- to score a pair of runs in the third, and by the time Springer launched a two-run shot, the Blue Jays had brought home seven in the inning.

“I’m glad to contribute. This has obviously not been easy for us as a team and not easy for me,” Springer said. “For us to have that inning there, I was extremely happy about it.”

Forget that the Red Sox booted the ball around. Forget that Brayan Bello had only a loose understanding of where he was throwing baseballs. Springer, like the Blue Jays, will take a good day anywhere and any way he can find it right now.

A season as frustrating as this brings so many human elements into play. We’ve seen Springer show more frustration in recent weeks, particularly after some strikeouts calls that could have gone the other way, but he has this impressive ability to sleep it off. Frustrating as it is for fans to hear each night that their favorite team needs to come back and play hard tomorrow … that’s all they can do.

Springer was out on the field early again Tuesday, enjoying his time with teammates. As Justin Turner sat down next to Kevin Millar for an appearance on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk, Springer joked to them that he might try batting left-handed tomorrow.

It’s important to feel these losses fully, take something from them and understand their weight, but tomorrow comes fast. This is something that manager John Schneider has had to balance, too. There are times to have a serious talk and there are times to lighten the mood. The Blue Jays “talked as a group” in Cleveland, but after Monday’s crushing loss, he read the room and knew it wasn’t time to strip the paint off the walls.

“I’m not the yelling and screaming type,” Schneider said. “You try to just be consistent with it. When you’re talking to the group, you want to be who you are. There are times where I just need to hear myself yell or curse or scream. They know that and they appreciate that. You want to be as consistent as you can. I’m always going to have their back and I’m always going to support them.”

The players will always be the ones to steer the mood of a clubhouse, though, and Toronto’s veteran starters have praised their group all week.

“We’ve all had to pick each other up,” Kevin Gausman said. “Some days, some guys are really just down and other guys are feeling happy that day, so they pick that guy up. We’ve done a good job of staying close as a team and not letting any outside sources get into our clubhouse.”

That’s not easy. The Blue Jays aren’t making the kinds of headlines they want right now. As the July 30 Trade Deadline nears and futures are decided -- both on the field and off -- it becomes more and more important to block out that noise, however warranted it may be.

“I’ll sleep a little bit better tonight, as will [pitching coach] Pete [Walker], I’m sure,” Schneider said with a smile. “Going through a week like that sucks. The key now is to come out tomorrow and continue with the same aggressiveness and the same will to win. This feels good.”

This team has miles to go in the opposite direction. You can’t call it a turnaround, but at least they’ve slammed on the brakes after that long, ugly skid.