BOSTON (AP) – The first meeting between the Red Sox and Athletics since last year’s playoffs didn’t provide much drama.

Mark Bellhorn homered and drove in five runs, and Boston backed Curt Schilling with its top offensive performance of the year in a 12-2 rout of Oakland and Tim Hudson on Tuesday night.

Manny Ramirez hit his 12th homer and drove in three runs, and David Ortiz had four hits and doubled twice to increase his AL-leading total to 20. Bellhorn, Johnny Damon and Jason Varitek had three hits each.

Boston sent Hudson (5-2) to his shortest outing this season, setting season highs for runs and hits (19). The AL East leader won its fourth straight and stopped Oakland’s winning streak at five.

Schilling (6-3) struck out five to increase his season total to 66, passing teammate Pedro Martinez (63) for the AL lead. Schilling allowed two runs and nine hits in seven innings, walking none and lowering his ERA to 2.82, third in the league behind Cleveland’s C.C. Sabathia (2.26) and Seattle’s Freddy Garcia (2.71).

Hudson gave up five runs, nine hits and four walks and hit two batters, dropping to 1-3 at Fenway Park with an 8.53 ERA. At 15-6, the Red Sox have the top home record in the major leagues.

Bellhorn’s RBIs matched a career high, and he set a career best with four runs scored.

It was the first game between the teams since Game 5 of last year’s AL division series, when the Red Sox won 4-3 to cap their comeback from a 2-0 series deficit.

Consecutive doubles by Ortiz and Ramirez put the Red Sox ahead in the first inning Tuesday, and Varitek’s RBI double in the third made it 2-0. Bellhorn’s two-run double and Ortiz’s RBI double made it 5-0 in the fourth, and the Red Sox added four runs in the fifth off Chris Hammond.

Bellhorn had an RBI groundout, Ortiz singled home a run and Ramirez capped the rally with a two-run homer. Bellhorn hit a two-run homer in the seventh, and Gabe Kapler added a sacrifice fly.

Oakland got its runs on Eric Chavez’s RBI double in the sixth and Mark Kotsay’s run-scoring single in the seventh, when the A’s left the bases loaded.

Notes: The A’s were errorless, have just two errors in 13 games and lead the AL in fielding percentage. … Damon reached base to lead off the first inning for the sixth straight game, singling.