Dylan Cease took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and finished with a one-hit complete game, George Springer hit a three-run homer to highlight a five-run third and the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the Boston Red Sox 6-0<\/p>\n
BOSTON — Dylan Cease took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and finished with a one-hit complete game, George Springer hit a three-run homer to highlight a five-run third and the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ernie Clement added an RBI double and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a run-scoring single in the big inning for Toronto, which lost the opener<\/a> of the three-game series Friday. Guerrero drove in two runs.<\/p>\n It was just the second loss in 18 games for the Red Sox, who matched an 80-year-old club record with 15 straight wins before it was snapped Wednesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cease (7-5), the American League’s All-Star starter<\/a>, gave up a leadoff double to Andruw Monasterio in the sixth. The only previous baserunner came on a four-pitch walk to Caleb Durbin in the fifth.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was awesome. I was very happy to get it done,\u201d Cease said after becoming the first Blue Jays pitcher to throw a one-hit complete game shutout since Brandon Morrow on Aug. 8, 2010.<\/p>\n Cease struck out 12, including the final six outs, and walked three en route to his fourth career complete game and shutout, his first since a he threw a no-hitter for the San Diego Padres at Washington on July 25, 2024.<\/p>\n On July 8, the 30-year-old right-hander had a no-hitter broken up with a leadoff single in ninth inning<\/a> at San Francisco.<\/p>\n Mixing a sharp slider with a changeup and fastball from the sunshine into the shadows early in the game, Cease had very little hard contact. Besides Monasterio\u2019s line double down the left-field line, Masataka Yoshida hit a medium-deep fly to center.<\/p>\n Boston starter Sonny Gray (12-2) was tagged for five runs on 10 hits, six coming in the third.<\/p>\n The last visiting pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Fenway Park was Jim Bunning on July 20, 1958.<\/p>\n Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (4-9, 4.51 ERA) is set to start the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Red Sox LHP Ranger Su\u00e1rez<\/a> (4-3, 3.15) is expected to come off the injured list.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n