Toronto Blue Jays beat Boston Red Sox 4‑3 on Thursday

BOSTON (Interstat) — Trey Yesavage pitched 7 1/3 innings of four-hit ball, allowing three earned runs and striking out six, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park. Attendance was 32,027, and the game lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes.

Toronto scored single runs in the first, second, seventh and ninth innings. Nathan Lukes, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto each homered for the Blue Jays, and Brandon Valenzuela doubled home Ernie Clement in the ninth for the winning margin. Boston got a solo home run from Caleb Durbin in the seventh and a two-run eighth highlighted by Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s homer. Sonny Gray worked seven innings for the Red Sox, allowing three earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts.

Tommy Nance (1-2) earned the win with two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief, and Mason Fluharty recorded his first save with a perfect ninth. Aroldis Chapman (0-2) took the loss. Toronto improved to 37-38, while Boston fell to 29-43.