Hernández hits 2 of Jays' 8 HRs in 18-4 rout of Red Sox

Teoscar Hernández belted a pair of three-run homers over the Green Monster — two of Toronto’s eight longballs — and Marcus Semien extended his road hitting streak to 26 games as the Blue Jays pounded the Boston Red Sox 18-4 on Sunday.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cavan Biggio, Rowdy Tellez and Semien also went deep for the Blue Jays, a day after they belted five homers in a 7-2 victory. Guerrero’s was his major league-leading 21st.

Bichette had four of Toronto’s season-high 18 hits, and Guerrero, Hernández and Gurriel each had three. The Jays also reached a season high for runs.

Toronto Blue Jays' Lourdes Gurriel Jr., celebrates his home run as he arrives at home plate in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

Xander Bogaerts and Bobby Dalbec homered for Boston, which captured the series opener before Toronto’s power surge.

Semien’s club-record streak is the majors’ longest since Dexter Fowler hit safely in 27 straight road games for the Cubs from September 2015 to May 2016.

Robbie Ray (4-2) struck out 10 over six innings, giving up three runs, four hits and three walks.

Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

The Blue Jays grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first against Martín Pérez on Hernández’s three-run homer and a solo shot from Gurriel.

Semien’s drive into the batters’ eye in center made it 5-0 in the second, prompting loud boos from the Fenway Park crowd. Those quickly turned to mock cheers when Red Sox manager Alex Cora came out to pull Pérez after the next batter, Bichette, singled.

Pérez (4-4) retired only four batters, getting tagged for five runs on six hits. In his last two starts, he’s allowed 11 runs in 3 1/3 innings, ballooning his ERA from 3.09 to 4.52.

Boston Red Sox's Martin Perez delivers a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

Toronto broke it open with four runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth, making it 13-1. Hernández hit his second three-run shot, a drive estimated at 440 feet that left Fenway in the fourth, after Guerrero’s RBI single.

In the fifth, Bichette’s three-run shot also left the park.

AIMING THERE

Boston Red Sox's Ryan Weber steps off the mound after giving up runs to the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

In the last two games, Toronto has hit nine homers over the fabled left-field wall.

EATING IT

RHP Ryan Weber, recalled from Triple-A Worcester before the game, went 5 2/3 innings, allowing 11 runs on 11 hits and striking out seven.

YOUR TURN

Boston utility player Marwin Gonzalez worked a perfect eighth, bringing cheers from the crowd with most of his pitches in the mid-40 mph range.

Second baseman Christian Arroyo pitched the ninth, giving up two unearned runs on Tellez’s homer.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: Placed Saturday’s winning pitcher, Steven Matz, on the COVID-19-related injured list.

Red Sox: Bogaerts was in the lineup after missing the last two games with a sore left knee. ... 3B Rafael Devers got the day off, with 1B Dalbec moving across the diamond.

UP NEXT

Toronto RHP Alek Manoah (1-0, 3.14 ERA) is scheduled to start the series finale Monday night against Boston righty Nathan Eovaldi (7-3, 4.11). Eovaldi is coming off his first loss since April 24.

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Kevin Gausman took a shutout into the ninth inning, and Jordan Romano escaped with a save on Thursday as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2.

Gausman (1-1) struck out eight and walked none and was pulled after allowing Trevor Story's single to lead off the ninth. It was the seventh hit off Gausman — all of them singles — with only one runner reaching second base against him.

Romano came in with one on and nobody out in the ninth and walked Rafael Devers before giving up an RBI double to Xander Bogaerts. Devers scored on Alex Verdugo's groundout, then Bobby Dalbec grounded out to third base.

Toronto Blue Jays' Gosuke Katoh, right, scores on a single by Jays' Bo Bichette as Boston Red Sox's Christian Vasquez, left, looks on in the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

Romano got Jackie Bradley Jr. on a broken-bat groundout to first to earn his seventh save.

Gausman has only one complete game in his career and has never pitched a shutout.

Tanner Houck (1-1) gave up two runs on three hits and a walk, striking out four in five innings. He will miss his next scheduled start, in Toronto on Tuesday, because he is not vaccinated for COVID-19 and unable to enter Canada.

Boston Red Sox's Tanner Houck adjusts his hat in the third inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Boston. The Red Sox gave up two runs to the Blue Jays in the third inning. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

Bogaerts had three hits for the Red Sox, who have scored a total of eight runs in their last four games, losing three.

BLOOPERS

Toronto took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on Bo Bichette’s RBI single and Vladimir Guerrero’s sacrifice fly. The Blue Jays’ third run scored in the sixth on a Matt Chapman popup that went 100 feet in the air and landed about 10 feet in front of home plate.

Boston Red Sox's Alex Verdugo catches a fly ball by Toronto Blue Jays' Zack Collins in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez went out to field it but got turned around. Ryan Brasier stood by, because he’s a pitcher and isn’t expected to field popups. First baseman Travis Shaw charged in but was too late.

The ball dropped, and with Vazquez away from the plate, Guerrero scored without a throw to make it 3-0. Chapman was credited with an infield single.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts, right, is safe at first base on a pickoff attempt as Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, tries to tag him in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP PhotoSteven Senne)

Blue Jays: OF George Springer, who was hit by a pitch on the right forearm on Wednesday night, was not in the starting lineup. He entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth and struck out, then remained in right field.

Red Sox: Manager Alex Cora tested positive for COVID-19 in the morning and did not manage the series finale. He will not travel with the team to St. Petersburg, Florida, for the weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox said Cora, who is vaccinated and boosted, was suffering from mild symptoms. Bench coach Will Venable took Cora’s place in the dugout.... DH J.D. Martinez came out of Wednesday’s game in with left thigh tightness and did not play.

UP NEXT

Blue Jays: RHP Ross Stripling (0-0) faces Houston RHP Justin Verlander (1-1).

Red Sox: RHP Michael Wacha (0-0) opens a three-game series against Tampa Bay RHP Corey Kluber (0-0).

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