Blue Jays shut out Red Sox 3‑0 at Fenway
BOSTON (Interstat) — Simeon Woods Richardson pitched three scoreless innings of relief as the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Wednesday at Fenway Park.
Toronto scored twice in the third inning. Andrés Giménez singled to drive in Davis Schneider, then Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to bring home Giménez. Guerrero added an RBI single in the eighth to score Giménez again.
Woods Richardson, who earned his first win against seven losses, allowed three hits and struck out one. Louis Varland recorded his 14th save with a perfect ninth, striking out three.
Jake Bennett took the loss for Boston, surrendering two earned runs on three hits with five strikeouts in 5⅓ innings. Tyron Guerrero worked 1⅔ scoreless frames with three strikeouts.
The Blue Jays outhit the Red Sox 8-7. Attendance was 35,817, and the game lasted 2 hours, 51 minutes.
Toronto improved to 36-38, while Boston fell to 29-42.