BOSTON (AP) — Dylan Cease took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and finished with a one-hit complete game, George Springer hit a three-run homer to highlight a five-run third and the Toronto Blue Jays cooled off the Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Saturday.
Ernie Clement added an RBI double and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a run-scoring single in the big inning for Toronto, which lost the opener of the three-game series Friday. Guerrero drove in two runs.
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Boston Red Sox's Sonny Gray waits for Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer to round the bases on a three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran walks past the scoreboard during a rough top of the fifth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during a baseball game, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer celebrates after his three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Toronto Blue Jays' Dylan Cease starting pitcher delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
It was just the second loss in 18 games for the Red Sox, who matched an 80-year-old club record with 15 straight wins before it was snapped Wednesday night.
Cease (7-5), the American League's All-Star starter, gave up a leadoff double to Andruw Monasterio in the sixth. The only previous baserunner came on a four-pitch walk to Caleb Durbin in the fifth.
“That was awesome. I was very happy to get it done,” Cease said after becoming the first Blue Jays pitcher to throw a one-hit complete game shutout since Brandon Morrow on Aug. 8, 2010.
Cease struck out 12, including the final six outs, and walked three en route to his fourth career complete game and shutout, his first since a he threw a no-hitter for the San Diego Padres at Washington on July 25, 2024.
On July 8, the 30-year-old right-hander had a no-hitter broken up with a leadoff single in ninth inning at San Francisco.
Mixing a sharp slider with a changeup and fastball from the sunshine into the shadows early in the game, Cease had very little hard contact. Besides Monasterio’s line double down the left-field line, Masataka Yoshida hit a medium-deep fly to center.
Boston starter Sonny Gray (12-2) was tagged for five runs on 10 hits, six coming in the third.
The last visiting pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Fenway Park was Jim Bunning on July 20, 1958.
Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (4-9, 4.51 ERA) is set to start the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Red Sox LHP Ranger Suárez (4-3, 3.15) is expected to come off the injured list.
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Boston Red Sox's Sonny Gray waits for Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer to round the bases on a three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran walks past the scoreboard during a rough top of the fifth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during a baseball game, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer celebrates after his three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Toronto Blue Jays' Dylan Cease starting pitcher delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — As dry, windy weather fueled a big wildfire near a city in central Oregon, a fourth firefighter died after he and several colleagues last month were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border, authorities said Saturday.
Nathan Matthews, 43, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Friday, the federal Interior Department said in a statement.
Meanwhile, several fierce wildfires in a summer of big ones continued burning across the western U.S.
One of the worst — and the one deemed top priority for firefighting efforts — was just a few miles (5 kilometers) north of Sisters, a central Oregon city of about 3,000 people.
Winds gusting up to 30 mph (50 kph) threatened to push flames into new areas. Firefighters made progress keeping the fire in check, however, and officials were optimistic the city would be in the clear once the worst of the wind died down Sunday.
“It's going to take a while to put it out entirely. But as long as it stops moving, I think that’ll get people to relax a little bit,” Sisters Mayor Jennifer Letz said.
As of Saturday, the lightning-caused fire had burned about 40 square miles (105 square kilometers) and was 5% contained. About 30 people evacuated from areas north of Sisters were in a shelter at the local high school, with about as many more staying in recreational vehicles parked outside, Letz said.
The city wasn't in any immediate danger, and business was carrying on like usual, Letz said.
“We’re not necessarily asking everybody to come to Sisters. But it’s safe here,” said Letz.
Months of dry weather, a record lack of snow in some areas, hot spells and erratic winds have contributed to the blazes in Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado and elsewhere this summer.
In Canada, 926 fires were burning Saturday, including 82 deemed out of control, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.
About 300 aircraft and 5,300 people were involved in fighting the fires. They included 133 in northwestern Ontario alone, according to the province's Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services agency.
The biggest in Ontario had covered some 1,200 square miles (3,200 square kilometers).
The U.S. firefighter who died was among a group that had deployed tentlike emergency shelters to try to shield themselves when flames closed in June 27. Three of them died at the scene: Emily Barker, 38; Nick Hutcherson, 27; and Sydney Watson, 26.
They were part of a Helitack crew — a group that gets dropped by helicopter into remote areas to try to squelch new, rapidly expanding fires — that had been deployed in Mesa County, Colorado, west of the city of Grand Junction.
Matthews and another firefighter were taken for medical treatment. The Interior Department declined Saturday to discuss their treatment, Matthews' career or the surviving firefighter's current condition.
Watson, Hutcherson and Barker were honored at a memorial service earlier this month. Memorial arrangements for Matthews weren't yet announced.
Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz in New York and Jim Morris in Vancouver, British Columbia, contributed.
The Bench fire burns along the banks of the Deschutes River on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Jefferson County, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
An air tanker drops retardant while battling the Bench fire on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Jefferson County, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The Bench and Beachcomb fires burn on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Jefferson County, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighters ride in a buggy while battling the Akawa Butte fire on Friday, July 24, 2026, near Sisters, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A helicopter drops water while battling the Akawa Butte fire on Friday, July 24, 2026, near Sisters, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames leap above trees as the Akawa Butte fire burns on Friday, July 24, 2026, near Sisters, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
