TORONTO — Kazuma Okamoto drove in two runs and Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage impressed in his season debut as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Tuesday night.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and a run as Toronto ended Boston’s three-game winning streak.
Yesavage (1-0), who missed the first month of the season as he recovered from a shoulder impingement, allowed four hits over 5 1/3 shutout innings. He didn’t walk a batter and had three strikeouts.
Mason Fluharty, Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers and Louis Varland provided 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief as the Blue Jays (13-16) won for the third time in four games.
In the third inning, Andres Gimenez led off with a single and moved to third on a Guerrero double. Okamoto then lashed a drive to the wall that scored both runners before he was thrown out at second base.
Boston left-hander Payton Tolle (0-1) was pulled after giving up back-to-back two-out walks in the fifth. Guerrero singled off reliever Zack Kelly’s first pitch to bring home Myles Straw.
Two innings later, Guerrero was hit in the left forearm by a pitch from Ryan Watson but stayed in the game.
Varland earned his fourth save of the season. Toronto outhit Boston 6-4.
TAKEAWAYS
Blue Jays: Reinforcements will soon be coming to the injury-plagued lineup. Designated hitter George Springer (toe) could be activated any day and right-hander Jose Berrios (elbow) could make his season debut this weekend.
Red Sox: It was Boston’s first loss under interim manager Chad Tracy. He took over as skipper after Alex Cora was fired over the weekend.
KEY MOMENT
Okamoto’s two-run hit put a charge into the sellout crowd of 41,949.
KEY STAT
It was Yesavage’s fourth career regular-season start. He made his big-league debut last September.
COMING UP
The three-game series concludes Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Jays have yet to announce their starter while right-hander Brayan Bello (1-3, 9.00) was tabbed for the Red Sox (12-18).
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 28, 2026.
Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press
