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Red Sox reactions: $130M starter K’s 10 in 8 shutout innings; Marcelo Mayer delivers two hits
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TORONTO — Instant reactions from the Red Sox ' 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Monday:
1. Boston improved to 12-17 overall and 2-0 under interim manager Chad Tracy. Toronto dropped to 12-16.
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2. Red Sox starter Ranger Suárez kept the Blue Jays hitless until the sixth inning when Jesús Sánchez led off with a double down the left field line. But the Red Sox lefty struck out both Davis Schneider and Tyler Heineman swinging, then got Myles Straw to fly out to right field to strand Sánchez at second base.
3.Suárez, who Boston signed to a five-year, $330 million contract in free agency this past offseason , tossed 8 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out 10. He recorded 14 swings and misses, including five with his curveball, four with his cutter, two with his changeup, two with his four-seam fastball and one with his sinker.
4.All five of the Red Sox’ runs came with two outs.
5.Blue Jays starter Dylan Cease entered with a 2.10 ERA (25 ⅔ innings, six earned runs). But the Red Sox took a 4-0 lead against him, scoring one run in the fourth inning, two runs in the fifth inning and one run in the sixth inning. Cease went 5 ⅔ innings, allowing four runs, seven hits and three walks while striking out seven.
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6. Marcelo Mayer put the Red Sox ahead 1-0 with a sharp single (101.3 mph off the bat) to center field with two outs in the fourth inning. He connected on a slider from Cease right down the middle of the plate.
7.Boston scored twice in the fifth with two outs. Cease hit Willson Contreras with a pitch with two outs. Durbin (who walked with one out) and Contreras each moved ahead one base on Cease’s pickoff attempt throwing error. Roman Anthony followed with an RBI infield single and Wilyer Abreu delivered an RBI double.
8. Caleb Durbin ’s two-out RBI single in the seventh inning extended Boston’s lead to 4-0. Durbin blooped one into left field with the ball leaving his bat at just 64.9 mph.
9.Marcelo Mayer went 2 for 3 with a walk, one run and one RBI.
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Before the game, Tracy was asked if Mayer — who has made all his starts this season against right-handed starters — might start to get some playing time vs. lefties. Tracy said , “I want to see Marcelo get some opportunities. I’m not saying that tonight if something comes up and there’s a favorable matchup that we wouldn’t do that. I’m not saying that Marcelo is going to start against Tarik Skubal every time. But if there’s opportunities that we feel like we can give him a little bit more of that, we may do that.”
10. Carlos Narváez ’s 388-foot solo home run in the eighth inning made it 5-0 Boston.
11.The Red Sox and Blue Jays will play the second game of their series Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. Red Sox rookie left-hander Payton Tolle (0-0, 1.50 ERA) will start opposite Blue Jays rookie right-hander Trey Yesavage (2026 debut).
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