TORONTO -- When John Gibbons visited Drew Hutchison while he was in a jam in the fifth inning of the Toronto Blue Jays' 7-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, it was not to lift him from the game but to lift his spirits.

"For his year, where he's at, I thought it was huge that he gets over that hump," the Blue Jays manager said.

Four times this season, Hutchison (3-0) has left a game during the fifth inning and sometimes it has cost him a chance to win because he had the lead.

This time, the right-hander worked out of trouble for his first win since April 23. He allowed seven hits, one walk and one run in five innings while striking out six.

"It was pretty simple," Hutchison said. "He just said, 'Hey, it's your game, let's go.' That was about it. I wouldn't put too much on it. I expected to get through it and he trusted me to get through it and I did."

Even though Hutchison has struggled this season, he has received good run support and Saturday was no exception. When first baseman Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, Hutchison had a 5-0 lead.

The Blue Jays (16-15) have won the first two of the three-game series and go for the sweep of the Red Sox (13-17) on Sunday.

The Red Sox had a team meeting after their third loss in a row.

"We've got to come out tomorrow and play with better energy," said second baseman Dustin Pedroia, whose fifth-inning single scored the Red Sox run. "A couple of guys talked. That's for our guys, not for anybody else.

"If anybody thought we'd come out and just win every game, that would probably take the fun out of everything. You find out a lot about yourself, the team, everybody, when you go through tough times. We've got to try to find a way to come together and play better. That's the bottom line."

Red Sox right-hander Joe Kelly (1-2) allowed four hits, seven walks and six runs in 5 2/3 innings and has not won since April 11.

"He's trying to locate some fastballs down and away, and the command obviously wasn't there," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "He fell behind in the count a number of times, and then when he got into some hitter counts, he didn't give in."

The Blue Jays scored a run in each of the first two innings. Third baseman Josh Donaldson singled with one out in the first, and designated hitter Jose Bautista and Encarnacion each walked to load the bases in the first. Catcher Russell Martin hit a sacrifice fly to right.

Right fielder Chris Colabello led off the second with a walk and, with one out, second baseman Devon Travis was safe when Kelly was charged with obstruction on a play at first base. Donaldson singled for a 2-0 lead.

The Blue Jays increased their lead to 5-0 on the fifth homer of the season by Encarnacion, a three-run blast to the second deck in left. Encarnacion's first homer since April 21 scored Travis and Bautista, who both walked and executed a double steal.

"He's definitely getting better," Gibbons said of Encarnacion. "When his swing comes together, it's a pretty swing. Earlier, I saw a lot of top-spin balls. ... Even when he's struggling a little bit, he strikes fear into you on the other side, one mistake that's what he can do. Today, he got a breaking ball and he smoked it."

Pedroia's fifth-inning single scored center fielder Mookie Betts, who had doubled with one out.

Gibbons visited Hutchison after designated hitter David Ortiz beat the shift with a single to left. Hutchison retired left fielder Hanley Ramirez on a fly to right, walked third baseman Pablo Sandoval to load the bases and ended the inning on Napoli's fly to right.

"I think that was very important and hopefully that can carry him along," Gibbons said.

Right-hander Liam Hendriks took over in the sixth and held the Red Sox to a single in three innings and right-hander Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth.

Bautista's two-out single in the sixth against right-handed reliever Matt Barnes gave the Blue Jays a 6-1 lead. Travis snapped an 0-for-13 drought with an RBI single in the seventh.

"We've been victimized by some early runs and we're playing catch up," Farrell said.

NOTES: After the game, the Red Sox announced that Carl Willis will be their new pitching coach, replacing Juan Nieves, who was fired Thursday. ... LF Hanley Ramirez (left shoulder) returned to the Red Sox lineup on Saturday for the first time since leaving Monday's game in the first inning with a shoulder sprain. ... DH David Ortiz returned to the Boston lineup after serving a one-game suspension on Friday, the result of bumping an umpire in a game on April 19. ... Boston recalled RHP Matt Barnes from Pawtucket on Saturday and returned INF Travis Shaw on option to the Triple-A club. ... Red Sox OF Shane Victorino (right hamstring strain) was 0-for-3 Friday as he started a rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Portland. ... OF Michael Saunders (sore left knee) returned to the Blue Jays lineup on Saturday after the knee was drained and he had a cortisone injection on Monday. ... The three-game series ends Sunday with Boston starting RHP Clay Buchholz (1-4, 6.03 ERA) against RHP R.A. Dickey (1-3, 4.38 ERA).