Red Sox Blank Blue Jays 5-0 Behind Suárez
Toronto, Ontario - Ranger Suárez delivered eight dominant innings, and the Boston Red Sox blanked the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Monday night, securing their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Suárez, now 2-2, allowed just two hits, struck out 10 and walked one while outdueling Toronto starter Dylan Cease. The left-hander held the Blue Jays hitless until Jesús Sánchez doubled down the left-field line to open the sixth. Suárez responded by striking out the next two batters and retiring Myles Straw on a fly ball. He then set down the final nine Toronto batters he faced. Greg Weissert closed out the two-hitter shutout in the ninth, working around a two-out double by pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho.
Boston, which scored all five runs against Cease, broke through in the fourth. Willson Contreras singled to start the inning, advanced on a walk to Wilyer Abreu and scored on Marcelo Mayer's two-out single to center. The Red Sox added two runs in the fifth. Jarren Duran reached on a grounder, Contreras was hit by a pitch and both runners moved up on a wild pickoff throw by Cease. Roman Anthony's infield single brought Duran home, and Abreu followed with an RBI double to right,...