Boston 13, Twins 2

The final was not pretty for Minnesota: a 13-2 loss to the Red Sox.

Steven Wright (12-5) tied his career high with nine strikeouts and held Minnesota to four hits in eight innings. Opponents are hitting just.215 this season.

Ben Revere, Jayson Werth and Anthony Rendon also hit home runs and Trea Turner had an RBI triple and stole home for Washington. He gave up a home run and a walk while striking out four.

The Red Sox are rolling right now, winning nine of their last 10 and three straight. The Red Sox tacked on three more runs in the third when Suarez, pressed into service, allowed extra-base hits to four of the first five batters he faced.

Bradley doubled in the next run three at-bats later.

Barnes allowed a pair of singles in the seventh, but with Brandon Belt representing the tying run, he got him to swing and miss at a low 3-2 curve after five straight fastballs between 97 and 98 miles per hour. He followed with two scoreless innings to even his record at 3-3 and drop his ERA to 2.87.

Betts, Ortiz and Xander Bogaerts had three hits apiece and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo homer and finished with three RBIs. Wright then unloaded a wild pitch which scored Vargas. Drew Pomeranz, whom the San Diego Padres traded to Boston in Saturday, was facing the Giants for the fourth time this season, and was winless against them despite a 2.60 ERA.

The Sox tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The converted first baseman made several fine fielding plays, diving to his left and his right and also starting a double play in the sixth with the bases loaded and nobody out after San Francisco had already cut Boston’s 8-0 lead to 8-7.

Ortiz’s RBI single and Hanley Ramirez’s run-scoring groundout capped the first-inning scoring.

In the eighth, more scoring ensued. With a runner on, Ortiz pulled the ball over the fence for his 24th home run of the season.

Clay Buchholz made his first appearance since July 2, coming on in the ninth to end the night.

Cincinnati rallied for a 6-3 win over Atlanta in a contest between the two lowest-ranked teams in the National League, Philadelphia beat Miami 4-1 and Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh 9-5.

The Giants are 0-5 since the All-Star break after losing this two-game series. The two-run blast was Ortiz’s 527th career homer (19th all-time). Betts, Pedroia, and Bogaerts each scored three runs in this contest.

The Boston Red Sox’s battered bullpen received a boost Friday with the announcement that right-hander Junichi Tazawa had been activated from the 15-day disabled list.

Matt Cain only lasted into the third inning and the Giants almost erased an 8-0 deficit before Ramirez’s third two-run blast of the night virtually ensured that Bruce Bochy’s team would leave Fenway Park still looking for their first victory here in 101 years.

Gibson (2-6, 5.12 ERA) surrendered a season-high 10 hits with the four runs in Sunday’s start at Cleveland.

Eduardo Rodriguez (2-3, 7.18 ERA) hopes to keep the good times rolling after a stellar return against the Yankees in NY last Saturday following a stint in the minors. Rodriguez lasted seven innings while giving up just one run.