Wilyer Abreu hits 3-run homer as Red Sox go deep 5 times, beat struggling Blue Jays 10-2

TORONTO (AP) — Wilyer Abreu hit a three-run homer, one of five longballs for the Boston Red Sox in a 10-2 win over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

Alex Bregman, Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and Kristian Campbell all had solo homers as the Red Sox won their third straight. Boston homered three times in Sunday’s 13-3 win at Cleveland.

The Red Sox lead the majors with 142 runs scored in April.

Garrett Crochet (3-2) struck out six in seven innings to win for the first time in three starts. The left-hander allowed two runs and four hits and has pitched at least five innings in all seven starts.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer and Gold Glove outfielder Daulton Varsho recovered from a stumble to make a sensational catch in his season debut for Toronto, which has lost eight of nine. The Blue Jays have scored three runs or fewer in seven of those games.

Bowden Francis (2-4) allowed all five Boston homers, a career high, and matched a career worst by giving up seven runs in three innings.

Duran opened the scoring with a leadoff homer, the sixth of his career. Bregman added a two-out drive in the first, his sixth.

Campbell homered to lead off the second and Devers connected to begin the third. Bregman and Trevor Story singled before Abreu made it 7-0 with his sixth homer.

Abreu’s homer capped a streak of four straight hits. The Red Sox are 14-4 this season when scoring four runs or more.

The Red Sox have 12 three-run homers in 31 games. They hit 19 last season.

Boston was expected to activate RHP Lucas Giolito (left hamstring) off the injured list to start against the Blue Jays on Wednesday. Toronto had not named a starter.

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Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr (27) runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Daulton Varsho (5) catches a fly ball off the bat of Boston Red Sox's Triston Casas in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette (11) hits a double against the Boston Red Sox in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr (27) celebrates with Anthony Santander, right, after hitting a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr (27) hits a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, right, slides into second base with a steal ahead of a tag by Boston Red Sox second baseman Kristian Campbell during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman (2) hits a solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in first inning MLB action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Boston Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu, right, and Alex Bregman (2) celebrate Abreu's three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dave Giusti, a reliable reliever who spent 15 years in the majors and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1971 World Series title, has died. He was 86.

The club, citing Giusti's family, said he died on Sunday.

The right-hander went 100-93 with a 3.60 ERA in 668 career appearances for five clubs from 1962-77. He began his career as a starter in Houston but had his greatest success with the Pirates, who acquired him from St. Louis in October 1969 and then moved him to the bullpen full-time.

Giusti led the National League with 30 saves in 1971, then added 10 2/3 scoreless innings in the playoffs as the Pirates beat the Giants in the NLCS and then the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the World Series.

Giusti made his lone All-Star appearance in 1973. He played seven seasons for Pittsburgh, registering 133 saves, which ranks third in franchise history. He split time between Oakland and the Chicago Cubs in 1977 before retiring.

A native of Seneca Falls, New York, Giusti played collegiately at Syracuse before being signed by Houston, then an expansion team known as the Colt .45s, as an amateur free agent. He appeared in 22 games as a rookie in 1962, spent all of 1963 in the minors before returning to the majors for good after being called up during the 1964 season.

Giusti is survived by his wife, two daughters and four grandchildren.

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FILE - Pitcher Dave Giusti, a member of the 1971 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, takes part in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the championship season before of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets in Pittsburgh, July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)