BOSTON -- Would he be able to hit? That’s what people were always asking about Connor Wong, a sound defensive catcher with a cannon of a right arm.

Of late, Wong has answered that question emphatically, and never more than on Tuesday night, when he lifted the Red Sox with the breakout game of his career.

Wong belted an equalizing solo shot over the Monster in the sixth and a go-ahead rocket over Fenway’s famed left-field wall in the eighth, fueling the Red Sox to a 7-6 win over the Blue Jays that stretched their season-high winning streak to four games.

For Wong, it was part of a 4-for-4 performance that also included a blistering double (113.6 mph) high off the Monster.

“It was great,” said Wong. “Obviously it’s something I’ve been working towards and it’s nice to have success.”

In his first 50 at-bats of the season, Wong was hitting .180 with no homers and six RBIs. Then came his past three games, in which he went 9-for-12 with three homers.

What has keyed the turnaround?

“Mostly timing,” said Wong. “And then just trusting the process and the work I've put in, that it will play in the game. [It’s] a lot of trust.”

Speaking of trust, the Red Sox trusted that Wong and Reese McGuire could be a successful catching tandem, which was questioned by some due to the lack of name recognition.

So far, it is paying off. McGuire is hitting .327, and Wong has raised his average 110 points since last Wednesday, to .290.

“They’re doing an amazing job,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. “The two of them are probably the best hitting [catching tandem] in the league so far. Defensively, [Wong’s] doing what he’s doing.”

In February 2020, when the Red Sox traded Mookie Betts to the Dodgers, the return package was Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs and Wong.

Verdugo was looked at as the player who would help right away, and he did. Downs was viewed as the prospect who would make a significant impact on the organization at some point. He did not.

Then there was Wong, a Minor Leaguer at the time, who was considered the third wheel of the deal. But chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom always thought he could be more than that, which is one of the reasons Christian Vázquez was traded to the Astros on Aug. 1. Instead of making another run at Vázquez in free agency in the offseason, Bloom stuck with the McGuire-Wong tandem that finished last season.

Though Wong hit just .188 in a 27-game stint last season, Cora frequently expressed confidence he would eventually make a contribution with the bat.

Lately, it has come to fruition.

“Connor has upside. He’s a good athlete,” said Cora. “It’s just a matter for him to keep working and keep putting himself in a good position to hit.”

Did the 26-year-old Wong always have confidence he could produce at the Major League level?

“I have confidence in myself, yeah, but I don’t really know the answer to that,” said Wong. “You’ve just got to go out there and play and see what happens.”

In recent days, it has been happening for Wong. The key, he feels, is increased playing time.

“The more consistent AB’s you get, your eyes get used to seeing pitches, and you can take pitches better, put better swings on balls. So I think it does play a factor,” Wong said.

In what wound up being a wild game on Tuesday, the Red Sox led 3-0 after four innings, then trailed 6-3 after the top of the fifth before ultimately coming back largely on the strength of Wong’s heroics.

Starter Tanner Houck was brilliant early, firing four scoreless innings. But the heavy-hitting Jays erupted for six runs with two outs off Houck in the fifth.

Helped by Wong’s steady presence behind the plate, Houck came back and put up a goose egg for the Sox in the sixth on a night the bullpen was very short-handed.

Wong did the rest.

“He works incredibly hard,” said Houck. “To see him go out there and do it on that stage is amazing. I’m super happy for him to have an incredible day, and I hope to see much more of it.”