Toronto - Kyle Drabek won for the first time since June, Edwin Encarnacion homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 Tuesday night.

Drabek (1-0) struggled in two starts against Boston last season, allowing 12 runs and 15 hits and taking the loss in a 14-1 home defeat on June 12, his last start before being demoted to Triple-A.

The right-hander was much sharper this time, giving up one run and three hits in 5 1/3 innings and setting down nine straight in one stretch. He walked three and struck out four to help drop the Red Sox to 1-4, another slow start for a team that opened last season with six straight losses.

Jason Frasor and Luis Perez each worked 1 1/3 innings and Casey Janssen gave up a two-run double to Adrian Gonzalez in the ninth before David Ortiz was caught looking at strike three, stranding runners at second and third.

Encarnacion went 2 for 3 with a homer and two RBI and matched a career high with two stolen bases. He lined a solo blast to left off Michael Bowden in the seventh for his first homer of the season.

Making his first career start after 192 relief appearances, Red Sox right-hander Daniel Bard saw his first pitch of the game laced through the left side for a single by Toronto shortstop Yunel Escobar. Two outs later, Escobar advanced to third when Adam Lind grounded a double down the third base line, then scored on Edwin Encarnacion's infield single.

Toronto tacked on two more in the third. Escobar and Kelly Johnson led off with back-to-back singles, Jose Bautista struck out and Lind lined an RBI single to center. One out later, Brett Lawrie chopped a single through the right side, scoring Johnson.

Drabek kept the Red Sox scoreless until the sixth, when Ellsbury led off with a walk and moved to third on Dustin Pedroia's double. Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly, with Pedroia advancing to third, and Drabek was replaced after walking Ortiz. Toronto escaped when Frasor came on and got Kevin Youkilis to ground into a double play.