Trey Day: Yesavage impresses in season debut as Blue Jays beat Red Sox 3-0

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) tips his cap to the crowd as he walks off the field following being pulled from the game during sixth inning MLB baseball action against the Boston Red Sox, in Toronto on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

TORONTO — Kazuma Okamoto drove in two runs and Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage impressed in his season debut as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and a run as Toronto ended Boston’s three-game winning streak.

Yesavage (1-0), who missed the first month of the season as he recovered from a shoulder impingement, allowed four hits over 5 1/3 shutout innings. He didn’t walk a batter and had three strikeouts.

Mason Fluharty, Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers and Louis Varland provided 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief as the Blue Jays (13-16) won for the third time in four games.

In the third inning, Andres Gimenez led off with a single and moved to third on a Guerrero double. Okamoto then lashed a drive to the wall that scored both runners before he was thrown out at second base.

Boston left-hander Payton Tolle (0-1) was pulled after giving up back-to-back two-out walks in the fifth. Guerrero singled off reliever Zack Kelly’s first pitch to bring home Myles Straw.

Two innings later, Guerrero was hit in the left forearm by a pitch from Ryan Watson but stayed in the game.

Varland earned his fourth save of the season. Toronto outhit Boston 6-4.

Takeaways

Blue Jays: Reinforcements will soon be coming to the injury-plagued lineup. Designated hitter George Springer (toe) could be activated any day and right-hander Jose Berrios (elbow) could make his season debut this weekend.

Red Sox: It was Boston’s first loss under interim manager Chad Tracy. He took over as skipper after Alex Cora was fired over the weekend.

Key moment

Okamoto’s two-run hit put a charge into the sellout crowd of 41,949.

Key stat

It was Yesavage’s fourth career regular-season start. He made his big-league debut last September.

Coming up

The three-game series concludes Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Jays have yet to announce their starter while right-hander Brayan Bello (1-3, 9.00) was tabbed for the Red Sox (12-18).

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 28, 2026.

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press