After Oliver Perez’s shoe delay, Sandy Leon and Boston sock it to Cleveland

Cleveland reliever Oliver Perez broke a spike loose on his shoe, and three batters later, the Red Sox broke the game open.

Sandy Leon hit a three-run homer off Perez after he caused an odd stoppage asking for new footwear, J.D. Martinez homered twice and Boston beat the Indians 12-5 Monday.

Perez put Fenway Park into a strange delay when he relieved during Boston’s six-run fifth inning. The 37-year-old left-hander noticed something amiss with his spikes while warming up and signaled for a replacement pair, leaving him milling about the mound in his socks while a trainer fetched fresh Nikes.

He said after the game that the toe spike came loose when he was grooming the mound before his first batter.

“It never happened to me before,” he said. “It’s kind of funny. It’s part of the game.”

Boston socked it to him after that. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit an RBI double to make it 6-3 after Perez retired the first batter, then Leon hit his drive into the Green Monster seats.

“I heard he busted out of ’em,” said Bradley, who was on deck. “I’ve never seen anything like that. I didn’t actually see it, still. I was still trying to do my homework.”

Dodgers 9, Mets 5: Cody Bellinger hit his 19th homer and threw out two runners from right field, leading host Los Angeles. Chris Taylor and pinch-hitter Kiké Hernandez also went deep for the Dodgers, who have won 10 of 12.

Rockies 4, D’backs 3: Raimel Tapia singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to give Colorado its third walk-off win in four games.

Mariners 6, Rangers 2: Daniel Vogelbach hit a mammoth two-run homer in the seventh inning, Kyle Seager drove in his first run of the season and host Seattle snapped a six-game skid.

Astros 6, Cubs 5: Gerrit...