Blue Jays blank Red Sox 3‑0 behind Yesavage’s strong outing
TORONTO (Interstat) — Trey Yesavage tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings and the Toronto Blue Jays shut out the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Tuesday at Rogers Centre before 41,949 in 2 hours, 23 minutes.
Toronto (13-16) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Kazuma Okamoto laced a sharp line-drive single to left, scoring Andrés Giménez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. The Blue Jays added a run in the fifth when Guerrero lined an RBI single to center, plating Myles Straw.
Yesavage (1-0) allowed four hits and struck out three. Louis Varland earned his fourth save, striking out three in a perfect ninth. Payton Tolle (0-1) took the loss, surrendering three runs on three hits over 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts. Boston (12-18) managed only four hits.
The Red Sox had won 5-0 in the series opener the previous night.