According to Elias, yesterday's win over the Royals was only the fifth Red Sox game since 1914 in which Boston had 13 or more extra-base hits.
The five games:
September 24, 1940 (G1): 23 hits, including 14 extra-base hits (5 doubles, 3 triples, 6 home runs) - Beat A's 16-8
June 8, 1950: 29 hits, including 17 extra-base hits (9 doubles, 1 triple, 7 home runs (and 11 walks!)) - Beat Browns 29-4
July 29, 1990: 18 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (12 doubles, 1 home run) - Beat Tigers 13-3
June 4, 2013: 19 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs) - Beat Rangers 17-5
June 21, 2015: 16 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs) - Beat Royals 13-2
Hanley Ramirez's home run was the highest anyone's hit since HitTracker started collecting data in 2006.
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