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Series Recap: Blue Jays take all three against Red Sox in first sweep since March
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Ryley Delaney
Jun 19, 2026, 08:00 EDTUpdated: Jun 19, 2026, 07:42 EDT
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For the first time since the season opener all the way back in March, the Toronto Blue Jays have swept a series.
Over the week, the Blue Jays played three games at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox, taking all three games to kick off a stretch of 16 consecutive days of baseball. Their pitching was strong, but what stood out in this series was their bats.
On Tuesday, the two teams were scoreless through two, but a George Springer sacrifice fly got the good guys on the board. All the way back in August 2023, Davis Schneider hit a home run in his first big league plate appearance at this very stadium. After hitting one in the Blue Jays’ loss on Sunday, Schneider went deep again, a solo shot to put the Jays up 2-0.
Immediately following Schneider was Andrés Giménez, who also hit a solo shot three pitches later to give the Jays a 3-0. In the sixth, Schneider drove in his second run of the game, hitting his fourth double of the season. Jarren Duran got the Red Sox on the board in the bottom of the eighth, but George Springer fired back with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth for a 6-1 victory.
Dylan Cease had a solid start, pitching five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and four walks. Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers, Tommy Nance, and Louis Varland were the relievers the Jays used.
Max Scherzer was set to start Wednesday’s game, but the future Hall of Famer was placed on the 15-day injured list once again, meaning the Jays needed to turn to a bullpen day. Braydon Fisher, Simeon Woods Richardson, Mason Fluharty, Spencer Miles, Hoffman, Rogers, and Varland all threw scoreless outings, keeping the Red Sox off the board.
The Red Sox had plenty of traffic, but they went 0-12 with runners in scoring position, stranding 13 base runners. While home runs won the Blue Jays the series opener. A few clutch hits won them this one, as Giménez singled in Schneider in the top of the third, followed by a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ground out RBI for a 2-0 lead. Guerrero Jr. drove in his second run of the game in the top of the eighth, good for a 3-0 victory.
Once again, the Blue Jays had an opportunity to sweep a series. Over the season, they had taken the first two multiple times, but always dropped the third game. That wasn’t the case on Thursday.
Facing a tough pitcher in Sonny Gray, Guerrero Jr. finally hit a home run, his fourth of the season to stake the Blue Jays to an early 1-0 lead. A sacrifice fly put the Blue Jays up 2-0 in the top of the second, and that was it for scoring until the top of the seventh, when Nathan Lukes went deep for a 3-0 lead.
Trey Yesavage gave up his first earned run in the bottom of the seventh, as the team conceded a run for an out. Unfortunately, Yesavage gave up back-to-back home runs to kick off the eighth inning, finishing the game with a line of 7.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K. He departed the game with a no-decision.
Things went from bad to worse for the Blue Jays, as hard-throwing lefty Aroldis Chapman entered the game for the Red Sox. Ernie Clement hit an 0-2 infield single to lead-off the inning. However, a pop out on a bunt and a strikeout gave the Blue Jays two quick outs.
Enter Brandon Valenzuela. The switch-hitting catcher had a nine pitch at-bat, just barely staying alive in it thanks to a dropped pop up. On the ninth pitch, he went to an inside fastball that clocked in at 100.1 mph, driving it off the Green Monster to score Clement. Fluharty did the rest, retiring the side in order in the bottom of the ninth for his second career save.
Once again, the Blue Jays have a chance to reach the .500 mark. They’ll travel to another historical stadium, taking on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field over the weekend. First pitch on Friday is at 2:20 PM ET.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.
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