One night after the Boston Red Sox were held scoreless in 11 innings by the Toronto Blue Jays, the bats wasted little time in making noise. After that, they wouldn’t be silenced.

Exploding for 13 runs in the first five innings alone, the Red Sox came away with a 14-0 win to capture the second game in the series.

Plenty of history was made along the way.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Boston scored multiple runs in each of the first five innings for the first time in franchise history.

Just how active was the offense? Consider that Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia came to the plate in each of the first four innings.

Doubles were the weapon of choice, as the Red Sox had nine in the first five innings. That matched the most in a game for the Sox since 2003, and the most in a road game since 1990. Boston’s 20 total hits matched a season-high previously set on May 25 against Cleveland.

In all, the 14 runs were the most scored by the Red Sox in a shutout since a 15-0 win over the Montreal Expos on July 2, 1998. You have to go back even further to find a road shutout of this magnitude. On Sept. 24, 1973, Boston blanked the Tigers 14-0 in Detroit, the last time the Red Sox scored 14 or more in a shutout away from home.

The performance is all the more impressive considering the quiet bats of Monday. According to Elias, the Red Sox join the 1999 Marlins as the only teams in major-league history to score 13 or more runs in a shutout that followed a game in which they were shut out themselves in extra innings.

To go along with back-to-back games in June, this was Boston’s third 14-run game against the Blue Jays this season. It is the first time one team has done that to the Blue Jays in franchise history.

In fact, it’s just the fourth time in the live-ball era (since 1920) that the Red Sox have had three 14-run games against a single team. The last instance was more than 60 years ago, against the Orioles in 1950. Beyond that, you have to go back to 1940 against the Athletics and 1934 against the White Sox.

Though the collective offensive effort stands out the most, the night also meant big things for several individuals. Among starters, only Pedroia (0-for-5) failed to get in on the action.

Boston’s three-through-six hitters combined to go 13-for-18 with seven doubles and nine runs.

Driving in a run in each of the first two innings, Adrian Gonzalez (3-for-5, 2 RBIs) snapped a streak of nine consecutive games without an RBI. It marked his second such streak in the past month.

David Ortiz (4-for-6, 2 RBIs) and Marco Scutaro both had four-hit nights while hitting back-to-back in the order.

As a team, Boston is batting .334 against the Blue Jays, but no one has feasted quite like Scutaro (4-for-5, 3 2Bs, 4 RBIs), who is now 15-for-31 (.484) against them this season. He joins Nomar Garciaparra and Joe Cronin as the only shortstops with multiple three-double games in a Red Sox uniform since 1920, according to Baseball-Reference.com.

Lester shines
Lost in the offensive outburst was a gem by Jon Lester, who allowed no runs and three hits in seven innings of work. He matched a season-high with 11 strikeouts while walking only one batter.

This wasn’t the first time Lester has been the beneficiary of massive run support. In fact, he has started all three of the games in which Boston has had 19 or more hits.

Lester improves to 15-6 on the season, including 4-0 with a 1.16 ERA in his past five starts. He is the first Red Sox left-hander with four consecutive 15-win seasons since Mel Parnell from 1948-51. He also has allowed one earned run or fewer in five straight starts, matching Lefty Grove (1936) for the longest such streak by a Sox lefty since 1919, reports the Sox PR staff.

Lester's season ERA (2.93) dipped below 3.00 for the first time since May.