TORONTO (Interstat) — Payton Tolle pitched eight scoreless innings and Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 7-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, at Rogers Centre.

Tolle (8-6) allowed two hits and struck out four. Durbin went 3 for 5 with a home run and five RBIs. Boston took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Willson Contreras doubled home Wilyer Abreu. In the eighth, Durbin cleared the bases with a slam to make it 5-0. The Red Sox added two runs in the ninth on Masataka Yoshida’s sacrifice fly and Durbin’s run-scoring single.

Max Scherzer (1-5) took the loss, allowing three hits and one earned run with four strikeouts over five innings. Boston finished with 10 hits, while Toronto managed two. The Blue Jays grounded into two double plays.

Boston improved to 65-56; Toronto dropped to 59-64. The game drew an announced attendance of 43,442 and lasted 2:25.