Major League Baseball
Toronto 3, Boston 2
When: 1:37 PM ET, Sunday, September 17, 2023
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Tripp Gibson III, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Jacob Metz, 3B - Brennan Miller
Attendance: 41876

Matt Chapman hit an RBI triple with one out in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.

The Red Sox tied the game with two outs in the top of the ninth on Rafael Devers' 33rd home run of the season, a drive to left against Erik Swanson (4-2).

The Blue Jays (83-67) swept the three-game series with the Red Sox (74-76).

The Blue Jays finished their homestand with a 6-4 record. The Red Sox won the season series between the teams, 7-6.

Boston stranded 12 runners in losing for the fourth straight game.

Garrett Whitlock (5-5) allowed a single to Cavan Biggio with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Chapman followed with a blast off the center field wall to score Biggio.

Daulton Varsho hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays.

Toronto left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu allowed no runs, six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Boston right-hander Nick Pivetta allowed two runs, four hits and no walks while striking out six in 6 1/3 innings.

Toronto scored once in the second inning. Biggio had an infield single to second, Chapman doubled to left and Kevin Kiermaier hit a sacrifice fly to the warning track to left.

The Red Sox could not take advantage of a single and a double in the second, with Devers thrown out at home by shortstop Bo Bichette on a grounder by Pablo Reyes.

The Red Sox again failed to score in the third after Reese McGuire's single, Ceddanne Rafaela's double and a two-out walk to Devers.

Ryu allowed an infield single to Rob Refsnyder and a two-out walk to Devers in the fifth. He was replaced by Yimi Garcia, who ended the inning with a strikeout.

Varsho hit his 17th homer of the season, a blast to right with one out in the bottom of the fifth.

Toronto's Genesis Cabrera walked Refsnyder to open the seventh. Devers was hit by a pitch with one out and Reyes hit an RBI single with two out. Chad Green replaced Cabrera and ended the inning by retiring Trevor Story on a flyout.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Toronto
Nick Pivetta Player Hyun Jin Ryu
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.1 IP 4.2
6 Strikeouts 2
4 Hits 6
2.84 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Boston   Toronto
Rafael Devers Player Cavan Biggio
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 9 1 14 .250 29 9 2 4 0 0
Toronto 7 1 13 .226 7 9 3 0 0 1