Chris Gomez belts a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth to give Toronto its first win at home.
TORONTO – Chris Gomez hit a tiebreaking grand slam off Curt Schilling in the eighth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays their first home win, 7-3 over Boston on Thursday night.

Gomez drove in five runs for the Blue Jays, 1-8 at home.

Gomez hit his first career slam after Schilling (2-1) allowed singles to Carlos Delgado and Eric Hinske and walked Orlando Hudson.

The homer gave Toronto its first lead at home since Delgado hit a three-run homer in the first inning April 7.

Schilling lost for the first time in four stars with his new team, allowing seven runs on 13 hits in 7 2-3 innings. He gave up a career-high 14 hits on Sept. 20, 2002, against Colorado.

Terry Adams (2-0) pitched two innings for the victory.

Manny Ramirez went 3-for-3 with two walks for the Red Sox, who visit New York for a three-game set this weekend.

Toronto’s Howie Clark tied a career-high with four hits.

Boston’s David Ortiz hit a two-run homer off Miguel Batista in the first, and Jason Varitek’s RBI single in the third gave the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.

Toronto’s Howie Clark hit a run-scoring single in the bottom half of the first.

After Hudson tripled with two outs in the seventh, Gomez and Frank Catalanotto hit RBI singles to tie it at 3.

Notes: Hinske ended a career worst 0-for-19 slump with a single in the fourth. … Schilling and Batista are former teammates. … Manager Terry Francona gave shortstop Pokey Reese a day off. Former Portland Sea Dog Cesar Crespo started instead. … At 4-11, the Blue Jays are off to their worst start ever….Injured reliever Byung-Hyun Kim (right shoulder strain) threw a successful side session before Pawtucket’s afternoon game on Wednesday. Kim remains on schedule to pitch for the PawSox on Saturday…..The Yankees are still undecided about who will start Sunday’s game against Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox, though it appears as if they are leaning toward using Javier Vazquez on three days’ rest. The other two options are left-handers Alex Graman and Donovan Osborne. “We’re going to wait,” Yankees manager Joe Torre said. “Vazquez is one of our options, plus the two left-handers. We’ll wait to see how he feels two days after he pitches. We’re still discussing it.”