There have already been four big league no-hitters this season. Entering the day, MLB had a cumulative average of .233. It seems that hitting has never been harder than it is these days.

All of this makes what the Red Sox are doing even more impressive.

They did it again on Saturday with a well-rounded batting barrage that toppled the Orioles, 11-6, at Camden Yards.

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“We’ve been very disciplined,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. “We understand who we are, and we understand we’re going to hit the ball in the air and we can hit home runs. But at the same time, we’ve been talking about it since Spring Training -- put the ball in play in certain situations. And we’ve been doing a good job.”

“I do believe when your best players buy into the concept, that’s what happens. J.D. [Martinez], for how great of a slugger he is, he gets his singles. He goes the other way. He goes up the middle. When your best hitters do that, I think everybody buys into the concept, and we’ve done a pretty good job the first 30-something games.”

Good enough that Boston’s 21-13 record is the best in MLB.

“Amazing, man. Absolutely amazing,” said winning pitcher Garrett Richards. “I mean, these guys, this team in general, you guys have seen it for a month and a half now, it’s a really good team. We’re not weak in very many areas and I think it’s still early. I don’t even think we’ve peaked yet. We just show up every day with the mindset that we’re going to win today.”

Unlike much of the season, when Boston’s production was largely dependent on the fearsome two through five hitters (Alex Verdugo, Martinez, Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers), the lineup is now producing from top to bottom.

Never was that more evident than Saturday, when the Sox had 11 runs by the sixth inning.

The contributions came from the expected (Verdugo, Bogaerts, Christian Vázquez) to the not-as-expected (Michael Chavis).

Bogaerts hit a prodigious home run (Statcast-projected 414 feet to left) as part of his three-hit night. Verdugo also added three hits. Vázquez scored twice, had two hits and drove in two. Hunter Renfroe had two hits, an RBI and a run scored. And Chavis, playing in his first Major League game of the year after being recalled from Triple-A on Friday, led off and smashed a two-run homer.

“Chavis, he comes up and he gets a homer his first game,” said Bogaerts. “I mean it's just, it's contagious, surrounding him with good hitters. I feel like good things happen that way, you know, and from top to bottom. I mean, especially the bottom half of the lineup. There was a lot of talk about that [earlier]. Now they're getting on base and they're doing a heck of a job. Obviously, being on base for the top of the order has been very nice and just having a lot of traffic, that creates a lot of problems for the other team.”

Riding the wave of offense was Richards, who made an easy night for the bullpen by going seven innings.

“It’s huge,” said Richards. “I can go out there and eat as many innings as possible and try to save as many arms in the bullpen. Especially with the lead, I can go out there and throw one more inning out there in the seventh. That was kind of my mindset, continue to attack the zone and get outs.”

Then there is the offense, which continues to pile up runs and hits.

The Red Sox lead the Majors in runs (183), hits (312), doubles (76), RBIs (166), average (.269), slugging percentage (.445) and OPS (.779).

“It’s really fun to watch,” said Richards. “It’s really cool to be a part of on a daily basis just the way everybody’s going about their business and knowing where we stand in this league. We have a very good baseball team and we’re trying to make it all the way to the end.”