TORONTO (Interstat) — Garrett Crochet pitched eight shutout innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre. The Red Sox scored three runs in the first inning, added another on a Masataka Yoshida solo homer in the fifth and put the game away with a three-run Carlos Narváez homer in the eighth. Crochet allowed just three hits and struck out six to earn his 18th win. Trevor Story had three of Boston’s 12 hits. Isiah Kiner-Falefa homered in the ninth for Toronto’s lone run. The announced attendance was 39,438. The Red Sox improved to 87-71, while the Blue Jays fell to 90-68.