TORONTO (AP) — Tanner Houck pitched five shutout innings, Wilyer Abreu reached base three times and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
The Red Sox opened their final road trip — a three-game set in Toronto — by improving to 4-0 in Canada this season.
Boston used 10 walks and five hits to win its 79th game. The Red Sox finished 78-84 in each of the last two seasons.
“We needed to be relentless in the strike zone and we were,” manager Alex Cora said.