KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The injury-depleted Boston Red Sox bruised the ball for 13 extra-base hits while clubbing their way to a 13-2 victory over Kansas City on Sunday. With third baseman Pablo Sandoval and catcher Blake Swihart benched by injuries sustained the night before, the last-place Red Sox still took two out of three from the team with the highest winning percentage in the American League. In their last 10 meetings against the defending AL champs, the Red Sox are 8-2.
How it happened: The Red Sox hit three home runs, two triples, eight doubles and three singles on their way to scoring a season-high 13 runs. Not until David Ortiz drove in Dustin Pedroia to make it 10-0 in the sixth did Boston have to settle for a single. Royals starter Chris Young, who had been KC's best starter, allowed all three homers and four of the doubles, including a bases-loaded clout by Xander Bogaerts that made it 7-0 in the fifth. Bogaerts wound up with three two-base hits.
Passing Hall of Famers: Ortiz, in his second at-bat, mashed Young's 0-1 offering 403 feet over the right-field fence, a milestone shot that broke a tie for 29th all-time with Hall-of-Famers Willie Stargell and Stan Musial. Big Papi also walked and scored another run.
Nice start: Wade Miley survived a shaky beginning to go six shutout innings, giving up only five hits. In his last eight starts, the lefty stands 6-2. The Red Sox supported him with their biggest run total since shellacking Toronto 14-1 on July 21, 2014. Lorenzo Cain's two-run triple off Koji Uehara with two outs in the ninth prevented a shutout.
Mookie still smokin': Mookie Betts flied out in his last at-bat, needing only a single for the cycle. He reached base four times with a walk, a double, a triple and his second home run in two games. He had four hits on Friday and two on Saturday, including a homer leading off the game. He and Brock Holt hit back-to-back triples off Jason Frasor in the eighth.
Also deep: Hanley Ramirez got the long-ball parade started with a leadoff homer in the second, his second in the series. Altogether, the Red Sox have hit 12 homers in their last 11 games.
