Trey Yesavage pitched into the sixth inning in a solid season debut, Kazuma Okamoto drove in two runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Tuesday night.
Canadian Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI single as Toronto snapped Boston’s season-best three-game winning streak and handed Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy his first loss since replacing Alex Cora, who was fired Saturday.
The Red Sox did not hit at least one home run for the first time in six games.
Yesavage (1-0) retired to a standing ovation after pitching 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three, walked none and allowed four hits, three of them singles. He threw 74 pitches, 50 in the strike zone.
Willson Contreras doubled with one out in the first, but Yesavage got Roman Anthony to ground out and retired Wilyer Abreu with a fly ball.
Yesavage finished the job by striking out Contreras with a slider to lead off the sixth.
In his second start of the season, Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle (0-1) allowed three runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings.
