5 Blue Jays pitchers combine on 4-hitter, beat Red Sox 2-1

BOSTON (AP) — Five Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning on a groundout, lifting the Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday night.

Anthony Kay (1-0) pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Anthony Bass picked up his third save.

Blue Jays starter Chase Anderson pitched three innings in his Toronto debut after beginning the season on the injured list because of an oblique strain. He worked off a pitch limit and gave up just one hit and one run.

“As a whole, our guys are understanding that we have what it takes," Anderson said. “We’ve got a team that can score a lot of runs and we’ve got guys who don’t give up runs in the bullpen and rotation.”

Gurriel drew a leadoff walk in the eighth from Marcus Walden (0-1), moved to third on Randal Grichuk's one-out single and scored on a soft grounder by Rowdy Tellez to second baseman Jose Peraza, who was playing deep and didn’t have time to turn a double play.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. who had two hits, said he feels like they are grinding through their uneven schedule and being away from home.

“We’re very positive about the entire situation," he said. "We’re very close, staying positive and just go out there from the first inning and win the game somehow.”

The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Christian Vázquez in the second.

Boston starter Zack Godley pitched four scoreless innings, yielding three hits and two walks and striking out three.

Relievers Josh Osich and Phillips Valdez both pitched scoreless innings, but Heath Hembree gave up an RBI double to Toronto’s Bo Bichette in the seventh that tied the game.

Boston right fielder Kevin Pillar made two key plays to stop Toronto.

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