Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gestures after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Toronto Blue Jays Addison Barger runs to the dugout after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran hits for a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
BOSTON (AP) — Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered on consecutive pitches from Walker Buehler in the first inning and Toronto capitalized on the right-hander's wildness to add two runs in the fourth in a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
Andrés Giménez and Nathan Lukes each had an RBI single a Toronto took two of three games in the weekend series and improved to 7-3 against Boston this season.
Buehler (5-6), who is g , is 1-4 with a 7.80 ERA in his last six starts.
Carlos Narváez hit a solo homer and Ceddanne Rafaela an RBI double for the Red Sox, who have lost seven of eight. Boston reliever Zack Kelly walked off the mound with a trainer due to right oblique tightness.
Yariel RodrÃguez (2-0) got five outs in scoreless relief and earned the win. Jeff Hoffman struck out three batters in the ninth for his 18th save.
Barger hit a slider into the right-field seats and Guerrero Jr. sent a fastball over the Green Monster at Fenway Park.
Key moment
After Boston rallied to tie the game at 2, Buehler gave up a go-ahead run-scoring single to Giménez and then walked the next two batters — Jonatan Clase and Tyler Heineman — to force in a run. He issued three walks in the inning.
Key stat
Boston dropped its third straight series and has lost three of four
Up next
Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, 5.63 ERA) makes his second start since coming off the injured list from a right thumb injury on Monday in a home game against the Yankees. LHP Carlos Rodón (9-5, 2.92) is scheduled for New York.
Red Sox LHP Garrett Crochet (7-4, 2.06) is slated to start Monday against Cincinnati RHP Chase Burns (0-0, 5.40).
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