TORONTO -- The question posed to Red Sox manager Alex Cora to start his Saturday postgame press conference seemed fitting enough, considering his team had just lost, 10-0, to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, directly on the heels of a 9-0 blowout loss on Friday.

“How tough was it to go through two days in a row like this?” a media member asked.

Cora only wished it was as painless as two rough days against the Blue Jays, not to mention the entire American League East.

“The whole season,” said Cora. “It’s been unreal to be honest with you. I think it’s 0-8 in the second part of the season [against Toronto]. They just have dominated us in every aspect. We talk about their offense, but we haven’t hit against them. We haven’t played well against them.

“I mean, there are no excuses here. We’re just getting -- can’t even say the word. I probably would have to say it in Spanish, but they have dominated us. That’s the bottom line.”

Yes, in eight matchups against Toronto since July, Boston is 0-8. For the season against the Blue Jays, the Red Sox are 3-15. Against the AL East, the Sox are 23-49. Mercifully, Boston will play Toronto for the final time this season on Sunday afternoon.

“Tip the hat to them, but we’ve got to be better,” said Cora. “I know we have one more game against them, but we talk about being better in the offseason. It really doesn’t matter, you know? Next year we have to show up against the division, because I’ve never seen anything like this.”

A look at the numbers proves that Cora was not exaggerating.

The Blue Jays have outscored Boston, 119-52, in 18 games. That run differential of 67 is the largest against Boston in a single season, easily beating out the 2012 Yankees, who outscored the Red Sox of Bobby Valentine by 46 runs. Toronto has 209 hits against Boston, the most any team has against another in ‘22 so far.

These are numbers the Red Sox will try to forget ever happened. The only way to do that is to improve upon them next year.

“They just dominated us this year,” said Cora. “Last year, we dominated two teams in the division in October when it mattered. But this year, we haven’t. We have absolutely been crushed in the division. The division is going to be good for a long, long time, and we’re going to be there. But worried? I would never use that word.”

The other storyline from Saturday was the end of Brayan Bello’s first Major League season.

Bello’s initiation to the Major Leagues had its ups and its downs. There were also days like Saturday, which sat somewhere in the middle.

But one thing is clear: There is reason for the Red Sox to be excited about the 23-year-old righty, despite the fact he gave up 10 hits and four runs over four innings on Saturday. Only three of the 10 hits were hard-hit balls (exit velocity of 95 mph or higher).

In September, Bello was tremendous, posting a 1.65 ERA in five starts. His lone start in October represented a dropoff, but not a cause for concern going forward. Bello finished 2-8 with a 4.71 ERA in the first 13 outings (11 starts) of his career, but the arrow is pointing upward. The Red Sox had to call him up earlier than they wanted to when four-fifths of the starting rotation was on the injured list in early July. He learned on the fly, leaned on the veterans and was competitive all the way after his first three starts.

“We feel that we’re in a great place with him,” said Cora. “He’s going to work hard in the offseason and put pressure on us to see what we’re going to do early on, but I mean, amazing. Amazing. He is that good. He’s a great kid.

“He’s a little bit disappointed at what happened today, but at the end of the day, I think we should remember [vs. Matt] Chapman, bases loaded, one out, groundball double play -- he got out of the [fourth] inning.”

The double play was how Bello’s day and season ended.

“I’ve come a long way here since my first start in the big leagues,” said Bello. “I’ve learned a lot. I really appreciate the time I’ve spent here, because that helped me to grow as a player. And also thanks to everybody here who was able to help me and that put me in a great position in the offseason to succeed and to be ready for Spring Training.”