Ryan Goins #17 of the Toronto Blue Jays follows through on a two-run triple against the Boston Red Sox during the seventh inning of the game at Fenway Park on June 14, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.Winslow Townson/Getty Images
The way the Toronto Blue Jays are playing these days, even the last hitter in their lineup is plenty dangerous.
The Blue Jays won their 11th straight game to tie the team record, routing the Boston Red Sox 13-5 Sunday as ninth-place batter Ryan Goins homered, doubled and drove in five runs.
"Honestly, I think everybody's coming here every day knowing we're going to win," Goins. "You put that with probably having the best one-through-six in the whole league and it makes it easier for seven, eight, nine."
Danny Valencia, batting seventh, also homered as the highest-scoring club in the majors completed a sweep at Fenway Park and sent Boston to its season-worst sixth straight loss.
This is the fourth time Toronto has won 11 in a row, most recently in 2013. The Blue Jays can set the team mark Monday night when star shortstop Jose Reyes returns to Citi Field to play the New York Mets.
"The one word that describes it is 'fun,"' Goins said.
The Blue Jays have scored 88 runs in their streak, including 31 this weekend in Boston.
Goins' three-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning as the Blue Jays roughed up rookie Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1).
According to research provided by the Red Sox, Rodriguez was the first pitcher in major league history to go six or more innings and not allow more than one run or three hits in each of his first three starts.
"He's been great and you can tell why and he's going to be great, but we're some kind of hot right now," manager John Gibbons said.
Marco Estrada (4-3) gave up five runs in five innings.
David Ortiz hit a three-run homer for Boston, which fell 10 games under .500.
"We're not in a good place right now as a team, but it's not because we're not giving effort," Boston manager John Farrell said. "We're not executing completely."
Toronto opened a 10-0 lead in the fifth. Chris Colabello had a RBI single and Russell Martin chased Rodriguez with a run-scoring double, with Red Sox fans booing when left fielder Hanley Ramirez misplayed a carom in the corner.
Valencia then hit reliever Steven Wright's first pitch completely over the Green Monster seats.
Rodriguez gave up nine runs on eight hits and three walks in 4 2-3 innings.
Asked what he learned from the outing, he said: "Throw better pitches."
"Throw the pitch exactly where I want," he said.
The Red Sox answered with five in the bottom of the inning. Dustin Pedroia and Ramirez had RBI singles before Ortiz homered.
Goins' two-run double came in a three-run seventh.
NICE GRAB
Blue Jays CF Kevin Pillar came charging in and made a diving grab on Alejandro De Aza's liner in right centre.
SUN TROUBLES
The Red Sox lost two balls in the sun — one by 2B Pedroia — and another dropped between four players in short centre. Blue Jays RF Jose Bautista also lost one.
"Obviously (it was) pretty bad anytime you see Pedroia fighting the sun," Gibbons said.
HOOPS GUY
Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk watched the game from the right-field roof deck.
ON DECK
The sizzling Toronto Blue Jays play a two-game interleague series in New York against the Mets beginning Monday night. The Mets then return the favour, heading to Toronto for a two-game series that starts Wednesday. The Blue Jays have won 11 games in a row, after wiping out the Red Sox 13-5 on Sunday in Boston, tying the franchise high that they've reached three times, the last from June 11 to 23, 2013. The Jays send lefty veteran Mark Buehrle to the mound to try to get the record-setting win. During the 11-game streak, the Blue Jays have outscored the opposition 88-40. Not everything is totally hunky-dory with the American League team, however, as Toronto said on Sunday that it is placing rookie starter Aaron Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list with a lat strain. Sanchez missed his last start, on June 10, which the team originally attributed to "upper-body soreness." The team hoped it would be a one-time-only move to give him time to rest. Sanchez was supposed to pitch Tuesday in New York but now that start will fall to Scott Copeland, who has been called up from the Buffalo Bisons, Toronto's Triple-A affiliate. It was Copeland who filled in admirably for Sanchez last Wednesday against Miami in a 7-2 win. Sanchez's DL stint will be retroactive to June 6.
Monday, 7:10 p.m. (ET): New York RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-4, 4.15) vs. Toronto LHP Mark Buehrle (7-4, 4.25).
Tuesday, 7:10 p.m. (ET): New York RHP Matt Harvey (6-4, 3.62) vs. Toronto RHP Scott Copeland (1-0, 0.90).
All games at Citi Field.
With files from Robert MacLeod