TORONTO – (Wire Service Report) – Rookie Brett Bateman had two RBIs on two hits Tuesday night and the Blue Jays defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox, 5-3.
Charles McAdoo, Ernie Clement and Myles Straw added RBIs for the Blue Jays, who have won the opening two of a four-game series. Chase Lee (1-0) allowed a single and two walks over 1 2/3 innings to get the win. Spencer Miles pitched around a double in the ninth to earn his first career save.
Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela hit solo homers for the Red Sox, who have lost four straight.
The Red Sox manufactured a run against Dylan Cease in the third. Andruw Monasterio led off with a walk, took second on Nick Sogard’s single and advanced to third on Masataka Yoshida’s fielder’s choice grounder to first. Rafaela lofted a sacrifice fly to center.
Toronto tied the game against Patrick Sandoval (1-1) in the bottom of the third. Nathan Lukes singled with two out, McAdoo walked and Bateman sliced a double to center just beyond the reach of a diving Rafaela.
Boston regained the lead when Abreu clubbed a 2-2 slider into the Red Sox bullpen in right field.
Rafaela led off the fifth with a home run, cranking a first-pitch sweeper to center.
Cease allowed three runs, five hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.
Toronto tied the game in the bottom of the fifth with two unearned runs. Andres Gimenez led off with a single and Straw reached first base on third baseman Caleb Durbin’s error. Lukes executed a sacrifice bunt and McAdoo stroked a sacrifice fly to right. Bateman hit an RBI single to center.
Toronto took the lead in the sixth. George Springer walked, took third when Alejandro Kirk grounded a single past shortstop and scored on Clement’s fielder’s choice grounder to second.
Sandoval finished the sixth, allowing eight hits, four runs (two earned) and three walks with four strikeouts.
Straw scorched an RBI double to left against Seth Martinez in the eighth after Springer singled and Gimenez was hit by a pitch.
Boston reinstated catcher Adley Rutschman from the injured list and he was 1-for-3 with two walks.
–Field Level Media