Wilyer Abreu, Masataka Yoshida, Dominic Smith and Romy Gonzalez lead the Boston Red Sox to a 14-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners

Wilyer Abreu capped a 12-pitch at-bat with an RBI single and Masataka Yoshida followed with a two-run home run to give the Boston Red Sox seven runs in the third inning and 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 its last nine games since the All-Star break.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora pointed out that Jarren Duran’s attempt to avoid a potential double-play grounder was crucial 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 contributed with a solo home run and two RBIs, Romy Gonzalez hit a pinch-hit two-run home and the Red Sox had a season-record eight doubles.

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

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

Seattle’s Logan Gilbert (6-7) allowed seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. The 27-year-old right-handed pitcher had previously limited opponents to one or no earned runs in 11 of his last 21 starts. His play quickly fell apart with two outs in the third inning against Boston.

After a wild pitch gave Connor Wong the first run, Abreu trailed 2-0, but he filled the count, fouling off five consecutive pitches before hitting a ground single to right field to make it 2-0.

Abreu screamed in the Red Sox dugout as he ran to 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 had struck out Abreu on the fifth pitch, which was ruled a “ball.”