BOSTON (AP) — José Berríos pitched seven scoreless innings, George Springer had three hits and two RBI singles, and the Toronto Blue Jays earned a 9-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
Bo Bichette, Alejandro Kirk, Ernie Clement and Andrés Giménez also drove in runs for Toronto, which has won six of eight meetings with its AL East rivals this season. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added two hits.
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Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong, right, misses a tag on Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, who slides safely into home plate in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Boston Red Sox second baseman David Hamilton, right, waits for the throw as the Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dives into the base safely with a steal of second in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios throws during a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Toronto Blue Jays' Ernie Clement (22) is greeted at the dugout after he scored in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Boston Red Sox third baseman Nick Sogard, left, and catcher Connor Wong, right, lie on the ground after neither could make a diving catch of a second-inning bunt foul ball during a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Berríos (4-3) allowed just four hits and struck out eight and surrendered only one walk in handing Boston its sixth loss in a row.
Boston’s Brayan Bello (3-3) gave up three runs off eight hits over six innings with a strikeout. But he didn’t get support from a Red Sox lineup that has managed just four runs over their last three games. Boston was held to one run or none for the 15th time this season.
Boston opponents have scored at least eight runs four times over the last nine games — all Red Sox losses.
Guerrero Jr. was a late addition the the Blue Jays’ lineup. He left their series finale win over Cleveland on Thursday after being hit by a pitch in his right forearm. X-rays didn’t reveal a fracture, but manager John Schneider originally was going to be cautious and start Clement at first base.
With runners on first and second with two outs in the first, Springer lined a single to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Guerrero Jr., who was on second, tried to score and was called out on Rafaela’s throw home to catcher Connor Wong. Toronto challenged, and replay showed Wong missed on the tag, overturning the call.
This marks the first six-game losing streak for Boston since Sept. 26, 2022.
RHP Chris Bassitt (7-3, 3.61 ERA) is set to start to make his 17th start of the season for the Blue Jays on Saturday. RHP Lucas Giolito (3-1, 4.53) is slated to make his 11th start for the Red Sox.
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Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong, right, misses a tag on Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, who slides safely into home plate in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Boston Red Sox second baseman David Hamilton, right, waits for the throw as the Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dives into the base safely with a steal of second in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios throws during a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Toronto Blue Jays' Ernie Clement (22) is greeted at the dugout after he scored in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
Boston Red Sox third baseman Nick Sogard, left, and catcher Connor Wong, right, lie on the ground after neither could make a diving catch of a second-inning bunt foul ball during a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Photo/Jim Davis)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's photo portrait display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has had references to his two impeachments removed, the latest apparent change at the collection of museums he has accused of bias as he asserts his influence over how official presentations document U.S. history.
The wall text, which summarized Trump's first presidency and noted his 2024 comeback victory, was part of the museum's “American Presidents” exhibition. The description had been placed alongside a photograph of Trump taken during his first term. Now, a different photo appears without any accompanying text block, though the text was available online. Trump was the only president whose display in the gallery, as seen Sunday, did not include any extended text.
The White House did not say whether it sought any changes. Nor did a Smithsonian statement in response to Associated Press questions. But Trump ordered in August that Smithsonian officials review all exhibits before the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The Republican administration said the effort would “ensure alignment with the president’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.”
Trump's original “portrait label," as the Smithsonian calls it, notes Trump's Supreme Court nominations and his administration's development of COVID-19 vaccines. That section concludes: “Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials.”
Then the text continues: “After losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump mounted a historic comeback in the 2024 election. He is the only president aside from Grover Cleveland (1837– 1908) to have won a nonconsecutive second term.”
Asked about the display, White House spokesman Davis Ingle celebrated the new photograph, which shows Trump, brow furrowed, leaning over his Oval Office desk. Ingle said it ensures Trump's “unmatched aura ... will be felt throughout the halls of the National Portrait Gallery.”
The portrait was taken by White House photographer Daniel Torok, who is credited in the display that includes medallions noting Trump is the 45th and 47th president. Similar numerical medallions appear alongside other presidents' painted portraits that also include the more extended biographical summaries such as what had been part of Trump's display.
Sitting presidents are represented by photographs until their official paintings are commissioned and completed.
Ingle did not answer questions about whether Trump or a White House aide, on his behalf, asked for anything related to the portrait label.
The gallery said in a statement that it had previously rotated two photographs of Trump from its collection before putting up Torok's work.
“The museum is beginning its planned update of the America’s Presidents gallery which will undergo a larger refresh this Spring,” the gallery statement said. “For some new exhibitions and displays, the museum has been exploring quotes or tombstone labels, which provide only general information, such as the artist’s name.”
For now, references to Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton being impeached in 1868 and 1998, respectively, remain as part of their portrait labels, as does President Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation as a result of the Watergate scandal.
And, the gallery statement noted, “The history of Presidential impeachments continues to be represented in our museums, including the National Museum of American History.”
Trump has made clear his intentions to shape how the federal government documents U.S. history and culture. He has offered an especially harsh assessment of how the Smithsonian and other museums have featured chattel slavery as a seminal variable in the nation's development but also taken steps to reshape how he and his contemporary rivals are depicted.
In the months before his order for a Smithsonian review, he fired the head archivist of the National Archives and said he was firing the National Portrait Gallery's director, Kim Sajet, as part of his overhaul. Sajet maintained the backing of the Smithsonian's governing board, but she ultimately resigned.
At the White House, Trump has designed a notably partisan and subjective “Presidential Walk of Fame” featuring gilded photographs of himself and his predecessors — with the exception of Biden, who is represented by an autopen — along with plaques describing their presidencies.
The White House said at the time that Trump himself was a primary author of the plaques. Notably, Trump's two plaques praise the 45th and 47th president as a historically successful figure while those under Biden's autopen stand-in describe the 46th executive as “by far, the worst President in American History” who “brought our Nation to the brink of destruction.”
Barrow reported from Atlanta.
People react to a photograph of President Donald Trump on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's "American Presidents" exhibit on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Visitors to the National Portrait Gallery walk past the portrait of President Donald Trump, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Visitors stop to look at a photograph of President Donald Trump and a short plaque next to it are on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's "American Presidents" exhibit on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
A photograph of President Donald Trump and a short plaque next to it are on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's "American Presidents" exhibit on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Anna Johnson)
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
