BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox rolled through the pre-All-Star game portion of their schedule piling up wins. Now, they’ll have a few days to sit back, relax and enjoy their historic start.

Xander Bogaerts homered in his first at-bat a day after hitting a walk-off grand slam, leading the Red Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Sunday to enter the break with their best record since 1949.

“I think we did great. I think the record shows (that),” Red Sox All-Star outfielder Mookie Betts said. “We were pretty much in every game, had a chance to win every game, and we won a lot of them.”

Brock Holt also drove in two runs for the AL East-leading Red Sox (68-30), who own the major league’s best record and have won 12 of their last 13 games. They lead the Yankees by 4 1/2 games going into the break.

“Anytime you’re winning you’re having fun,” Boston outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. said. “Just keep winning and you’ll keep going good.”

Betts went 0 for 3, lowering his major league-leading batting average to .359. Fellow-All Star J.D. Martinez enters the break with 29 homers – tied for the major league lead – and an MLB-best 80 RBI.

Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays (43-52). Toronto has dropped seven of 10 and fell to 3-10 against the Red Sox.

Brandon Workman (2-0), the first of five Red Sox relievers, struck out the only batter he faced in the fifth inning after starter Brian Johnson was pulled with the score tied.

All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 30th save, his eighth straight season with 30 or more.

Johnson gave up two runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Bradley’s RBI double against Marcus Stroman (2-7) pushed Boston ahead 3-2 in the fifth, and he scored on Bogaerts’ run-scoring grounder off Stroman’s foot.

Holt’s second RBI single made it 5-2 an inning later.

Bogaerts, whose 10th-inning slam on Saturday gave Boston a 6-2 win, homered in the first inning Sunday, sending it completely out of Fenway Park over the Green Monster for his 16th of the season. Holt’s RBI single made it 2-0 later in the inning.

Hernandez’s shot went over the Monster in the third.

SPECIAL TIMES

Going to the All-Star Game will have special meaning for Kimbrel, who is planning to take his 8-month-old daughter and his wife, Ashley, on the trip to Washington D.C.

“Yeah, it is,” said Kimbrel of his seventh All-Star selection. “It’s been a busy day trying to get everything ready.”

Kimbrel’s daughter, Lydia Joy, had two open-heart surgeries shortly after her birth, the second causing him to miss most of spring training.

First-time All-Star Mitch Moreland has a different reason for taking his 5-year-old son, Crue.

“I think the biggest thing over the years is watching the Home Run Derby, the guys having their kids with them out on the field,” he said. “I’m looking forward to doing that with my son, my oldest, and I think he’s looking forward to that, too.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

RED SOX: Steve Pearce was back in the lineup after missing two games because of a bruised left shin from getting hit by a pitch on Thursday. … Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez went on the 10-day DL because of a sprained right ankle, opening a spot for Johnson, who was activated after a stint on the DL because of left hip inflammation.

“There’s some serious damage in the ankle, no surgery required,” Manager Alex Cora said. “He’s going to have a boot for two weeks and we’ll evaluate to see where he’s at; no surgery, that sounds promising.”

BLUE JAYS: Toronto placed center fielder Kevin Pillar on the 10-day disabled list because of a sternoclavicular joint injury suffered making a diving catch and rolling over Saturday. … Infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went on the 7-day concussion DL after colliding with Rodriguez’s leg on Saturday.

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