BOSTON -- The Blue Jays turned Fenway Park into their own statistical playground on Sunday afternoon, using the stadium's unique dimensions to piece together a one-sided offensive onslaught.

The result was a 15-4 rout of the Red Sox that punctuated the Jays' best road trip of the season with an exclamation point. The decisive victory gave Toronto a 5-1 record on its trek through Detroit and Boston, keeping the club's dwindling playoff hopes at least on life support.

Among the 38 games remaining on Toronto's schedule, there are 31 contests against its rivals in the American League East. Of the 12 series the Blue Jays have left to play, there are 10 sets against teams ahead of them in either the division or AL Wild Card standings.

The lopsided win over the Wild Card-leading Red Sox pulled the Blue Jays (64-60) within seven games of the top spot in that race. It's a tough slate ahead, but victories such as this latest romp only fuel the belief within the clubhouse that there's still time to make a run, even if the window of opportunity is closing fast.

"From now on, every game is a big game," right fielder Alex Rios said. "So we have to try to win the most games that we can possibly win and take every game as if it's the last game of the World Series."

Rios helped power the offensive charge against the Red Sox (71-53) by matching a personal best with five hits, including a career-high four doubles. The quartet of two-base hits also tied a franchise record and marked just the third time since 1956 that a player achieved the feat against Boston.

Adam Lind also played a major role, finishing a triple shy of the cycle with four RBIs. In the third inning, Lind lifted an 0-1 pitch from Boston's Josh Beckett deep to right field for a solo home run, marking the sixth game in a row that Toronto went deep -- tying the longest such streak this year.

With the assault, the Jays established a club record with 10 doubles and matched a franchise best with 12 extra-base hits. The 37 total bases they amassed represented a season high, as did the 15 runs, and their 22 hits were the most the Red Sox had yielded in a game all season.

Eight of Toronto's starting nine notched at least one hit, another eight crossed home plate at least once and seven contributed at least one RBI. Five players collected a double, and the team finished 10-for-25 with runners in scoring position.

The lone player without a hit was catcher Rod Barajas, though he reached base and scored twice. The only one not to cross home plate was outfielder Brad Wilkerson, but he drove home a run in the third inning with a triple. Minor details, considering the Jays hit at a .458 clip in the game.

"We were swinging the bats really well today," said manager Cito Gaston, providing one of the understatements of the year. "In this ballpark, I'll tell you, boy, you just can't let up in this ballpark. You've got to keep going, because it's a tough place to manage."

A testament to just how well Toronto was swinging the bats in Boston is that the light-hitting John McDonald -- the ninth hitter in the Blue Jays' order -- went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs. It was the first time since last September that McDonald, who raised his average to .226, enjoyed a three-hit game.

McDonald chipped in a two-run double during a six-run outburst in the first inning for the Jays, who sent Beckett to the showers after just 2 1/3 innings. It was the shortest outing of the past two seasons for Beckett (11-9), who was on the hook for eight runs when the damage was tallied.

"The way we came out swinging the bats against Beckett today is a big lift for us," McDonald said. "We thought today was going to be one of those games where one or two runs [were] going to be tough to come by. To have our guys come out and set the tone early was a big lift."

The beneficiary of all that run support was starter Shaun Marcum (8-5), who picked up the win after allowing one run on five hits over five innings. His lone blemish came in the form of a fourth-inning solo homer off the bat of Boston's Kevin Youkilis.

"I'm sure Shaun appreciated that run support today," McDonald said.

Marcum, who is 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his last three starts, could have easily been overlooked amid all the offense, but Toronto might not have fared so well on its road trip without the performance of its rotation. Over the six games, Blue Jays starters went 5-0, with a tidy 1.89 ERA.

"It was a good road trip -- a really good road trip," Gaston said. "The guys played well. They battled hard, swung the bats pretty well and pitched well. So, that's how you go 5-1."