Red Sox 13, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Designated hitter David Ortiz hit a milestone home run and shortstop Xander Bogaerts stroked three doubles and drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox thrashed the Kansas City Royals 13-2 Saturday.
The Red Sox set season highs with runs, eight doubles and 13 extra-base hits.
Left-hander Wade Miley (7-7) stymied the Royals on five hits, while striking out two and walking three in six scoreless innings.
The Red Sox's 16-hit attack included three hits each by Mookie Betts, Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia and Bogaerts.
The Royals avoided a shutout when center fielder Lorenzo Cain's two-double in the ninth scored second baseman Omar Infante and catcher Drew Butera.
Ortiz, center fielder Betts and left fielder Hanley Ramirez homered as the Red Sox jumped out to a 7-0 advantage after five innings.
Ortiz led off the fourth with his 476th career home run, passing Hall of Famers Stan Musial and Willie Stargell for 28th on the all-time list.
Ramirez, who is among the American League leaders with 15 home runs, turned on a Chris Young 85-mph fastball, propelling it above the Royals left field bullpen to begin the second inning.
Betts, who has a nine-game hitting streak, homered in the fifth with catcher Sandy Leon aboard.
After Betts' home run, second baseman Pedroia doubled and Young walked Ortiz and Ramirez to load the bases with two outs. Bogaerts cleared them with a double to finish Young's afternoon.
Young, who entered the game with a 1.98 ERA, yielded seven runs on seven hits, all for extra bases, in 4 2/3 innings before being replaced by Jason Frasor.
The Royals loaded the bases with two outs in the first on singles by first baseman Eric Hosmer and designated hitter Kendrys Morales and a walk to left fielder Alex Gordon, but came away empty. Red Sox left-hander Wade Miley wriggled out of that by retiring right fielder Alex Rios on a fly ball to center.
Miley yielded singles to Morales and Gordon to leadoff the fourth, but stranded both.
NOTES: Red Sox 3B Pablo Sandoval, who suffered a sprained left ankle on a throw, and C Blake Swihart, who sprained his left foot on a slide into third base, were not in the lineup Sunday. Brock Holt started at third, while Sandy Leon caught. 1B Mike Napoli was the emergency catcher. ... Royals C Salvador Perez, who had been behind the plate for 519 of the 576 innings, was not in the lineup, a day game after a night game. ... The Red Sox claimed C Erik Kratz off waivers. The Royals designated Kratz for assignment June 11. ... The Royals, who are 17-14 on the road, play their next nine games on the road, beginning Monday at Seattle, facing RHP Felix Hernandez in the opener. ... The Red Sox return Tuesday to Fenway Park for a mini-homestand, three games with the Orioles.