BOSTON (Interstat) — Dylan Cease pitched five scoreless innings and George Springer drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.

Cease (4-3) allowed four hits and struck out seven without yielding an earned run. Louis Varland earned his 13th save, tossing 1 1/3 innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts.

Toronto scored in the third on a sacrifice fly by Springer, then added two runs in the fifth. Davis Schneider doubled home a run in the sixth, and Springer homered in the ninth, a two-run shot. The Blue Jays had seven hits.

Boston avoided the shutout with a run in the eighth on Jarren Duran’s homer. The Red Sox managed eight hits but stranded runners. Payton Tolle (3-4) took the loss, allowing three earned runs over five innings.

Attendance was 32,392, and the game lasted 2 hours, 52 minutes. Toronto improved to 35-38; Boston fell to 29-41.