Wilyer Abreu, Masataka Yoshida, Dominic Smith and Romy Gonzalez lead Red Sox past Mariners 14-7

BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu capped a 12-pitch at-bat with an RBI single and Masataka Yoshida hit a two-run home run on the next pitch, giving the Boston Red Sox seven runs in the third inning en route to a 14-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.

Yoshida also had a double among his three hits and drove in four runs. Abreu had two RBIs for Boston, which had lost seven of nine games since the All-Star break.

According to Red Sox manager Alex Cora, the key to the inning was Jarren Duran’s hard work to get out a potential inning-ending, double-play grounder before Abreu came to bat.

“That changed the game, and then Abreu put that at-bat in,” Cora said. “He beat him with the fastball in his first at-bat. He went to the fastball a lot in that one, and Wily just stayed on him. … That was a great at-bat.”

Dominic Smith added a solo home run and two RBIs, Romy Gonzalez pinch-hit a two-run home run and the Red Sox had a season-record eight doubles.

Nick Pivetta (5-7) struck out 10 and allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings.

Randy Arozarena and Cal Raleigh hit solo home runs for the Mariners, ending a three-game winning streak.

Seattle’s Logan Gilbert (6-7) was tagged for seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. The 27-year-old righty had limited opponents to one or no earned runs in 11 of his previous 21 starts. Against Boston, his night was quickly over with two outs in the third inning.

With a runner on third and two outs after his wild pitch scored the first run for Connor Wong, Abreu had fallen into an 0-2 hole before fighting back to a full count. He then fouled off five straight pitches before hitting a ground single to right field that made it 2-0.

Abreu yelled toward the Red Sox dugout as he ran toward first base.

“I can’t really remember a moment,” Abreu said through an interpreter when asked if he’d ever been so excited about a single. “It felt really good to win that fight.”

Gilbert thought he was out and the fifth pitch was called a “ball.”

“It’s tough. It’s not the first missed strike ever and it won’t be the last, it’s part of the game,” Gilbert said. “It just comes down to execution and finding a way out. Things like that are going to happen. … It’s already a tough game, it’s even tougher when you have four outs or an extra strike.”

Yoshida then hit a home run on a 94.6 mph fastball from Gilbert, sending the ball 400 feet over the Red Sox bullpen to make it 4-0.

“I think it mainly comes down to being aggressive from the first ball,” Yoshida said through an interpreter.

Rafael Devers doubled and Tyler O’Neill and Smith had consecutive RBI doubles before Seattle manager Scott Servais pulled Gilbert.

“We had two strikes on Abreu and couldn’t get strike 3,” Servais said. “To his credit, he had a very good at-bat to finish it off.”

Smith hit a home run into the first row of Green Monster seats, just off the left field pole, to make it 11-1 in the fifth inning.

MAKING MOVEMENTS

Seattle made its third major move before Tuesday’s trade deadline, acquiring veteran Justin Turner from Toronto in exchange for minor league outfielder RJ Schreck.

Boston acquired right-handed pitcher Quinn Priester from the Pittsburgh Pirates for minor league infielder/outfielder Nick Yorke in a trade of former first-round draft picks, then sent Priester (2-6, 5.04 ERA) to Triple-A Worcester.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mariners: C Raleigh was shocked when he was fouled, but he stayed in the game. … Arozarena hit the left side wall hard while trying to catch a ball and came out early, but Servais said he felt good and would play Tuesday.

Red Sox: 1B Triston Casas is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday. He has been on the IL since mid-April with a rib injury.

NEXT ONE

Mariners: RHP Luis Castillo (8-10, 3.38 ERA) is scheduled to start the second of Tuesday’s three-game series. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA in three career starts against the Red Sox. Boston LHP James Paxton (8-2, 4.43) is scheduled to make his first start since being acquired in a trade with Los Angeles on Friday.