Kevin Pillar hit two home runs off Max Scherzer, including a go-ahead three-run drive, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Tuesday night to earn a split of a day-night doubleheader.
Jordan Zimmermann pitched six-hit ball for eight innings in the opener, a 2-0 victory that ended a three-game losing streak.
Bryce Harper had a go-ahead single off R.A. Dickey, then he thrilled a fan before the nightcap by taking a selfie in right field with her cellphone.
Scherzer (6-4) had won each of his previous five starts and appeared poised for another with a 3-1 lead.
Pillar had other ideas, though. He drove a pitch over the wall in left in the sixth for his second homer and fourth on the season for a 4-3 lead.
Marco Estrada (2-3) pitched six innings in the second game for Toronto, allowing three runs — two earned — and six hits.
Zimmermann (5-2) struck out four and walked one to win for the third time in four starts.
Dickey (2-6) gave up eight hits, struck out six and walked one.
RED SOX 1, TWINS 0
In Boston, Clay Buchholz pitched eight innings and got all the run support he needed on Rusney Castillo’s RBI single in the seventh as Boston ended a three-game skid.
Buchholz (3-6) struck out eight and scattered three hits before Koji Uehara took over in the ninth and picked up his 11th save to preserve the shutout.
Mike Pelfrey (4-2) had a solid start as he and Buchholz both carried a shutout into the seventh inning, when the Red Sox broke the tie. Xander Bogaerts hit a two-out double off the wall in center and scored easily on Castillo’s single up the middle.
Buchholz got his first win since Boston beat Toronto 6-3 on May 10.
In other MLB action, it was:
‧ Rockies 6, Dodgers 3
‧ Dodgers 9, Rockies 8
‧ Marlins 5, Cubs 2
‧ Athletics 5, Tigers 3
‧ Phillies 5, Reds 4
‧ Rangers 15, White Sox 2
‧ Cardinals 1, Brewers 0
‧ Astros 6, Orioles 4
‧ Indians 2, Royals 1
‧ Rays 6, Angels 1
‧ Diamondbacks 7, Braves 6
‧ Padres 7, Mets 2
‧ Pirates 7, Giants 4
‧ Yankees 5, Mariners 3
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