Red Sox 14, Blue Jays 1
David Ortiz belted his fourth home run in six games, a three-run blast that lifted the visiting Boston Red Sox over the Toronto Blue Jays 14-1 Sunday afternoon for their season-high ninth straight victory.
Kevin Youkilis added a two-run homer, and he and Ortiz finished with four RBIs apiece for the Red Sox, who scored 30 runs the last two games. Youkilis and Jarrod Saltalamacchia (one RBI) each had three hits.
Jon Lester (9-2), who has lost just once since opening day, retired the first 11 batters of the game for the Sox. He allowed just two hits over eight innings.
Adrian Gonzalez opened the scoring for the Red Sox with a solo home run in the first inning to extend his streak of games with at least one RBI to nine, a career high. He finished with two hits and two RBIs.
The Red Sox scored 15 runs in the fifth inning during the three-game sweep. Ortiz, who has 13 RBIs in the last six games, delivered his home run and Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run blast off Jays starter Kyle Drabek (4-5) in a six-run fifth Sunday.
Jose Bautista belted a solo home run for the Blue Jays in the fourth, his first since May 28. He had gone 13 games without a homer and 11 without an extra-base hit.