ANAHEIM, Calif.

Zach Stewart likely would have been sent back to Triple- A Pawtucket no matter what happened Wednesday night in his Boston Red Sox debut.

A horrific start at Angel Stadium did nothing to alter that plan.

Kendrys Morales and Chris Iannetta hit early two-run homers, C.J. Wilson snapped his 11-start winless skid and Los Angeles jumped all over Boston’s new starter in a 10-3 victory over the Red Sox.

Torii Hunter, Alberto Callaspo and Erick Aybar all contributed run-scoring doubles during the three innings pitched by Stewart (1-3), who yielded 10 hits and fell behind 9-1. Stewart was returned to Pawtucket after the game as the Red Sox recalled Daniel Bard.

“I was just too inconsistent and those hitters are too good to leave that many balls over the plate against,” Stewart said. “You never want to have a start like that, but the only thing you can do is turn the page and go from there. You’ve got to flush those and go on to the next one.”

Mauro Gomez had three hits and Scott Podsednik added two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, who have lost seven of 10. Boston dropped back to six games below .500, matching its worst mark since May 10.

The Red Sox acquired Stewart from the White Sox in June in the trade of Kevin Youkilis. Stewart has been traded three times in three years, and he hadn’t pitched in the majors since June 18.

Howie Kendrick extended his hitting streak to 15 games with two hits for the Angels, who have won seven straight against Boston, including all five meetings this season, while outscoring the Red Sox 58-30.

After sweeping a series at Fenway Park last week, Los Angeles goes for the season sweep tonight with Zach Greinke on the mound, hoping to stay in the AL wildcard race. The Angels pulled within 3.5 games of Baltimore for the second wild-card spot, although Detroit and Tampa Bay are both in the way as well.

Wilson (10-9) was staked to an early eight-run lead in his first victory since June 26, ending a dismaying stretch of futility by the Angels’ $77.5 million left-hander. Los Angeles’ All-Star free-agent acquisition still gave up eight hits and three runs while laboring at times through six innings, but struck out four and won at home for the first time since June 19.

Wilson went 0-5 during his two-month winless stretch, the longest of his career since his rookie season. He also had an eight-run lead at home against Tampa Bay on Aug. 18, but gave it away by allowing seven runs in the fifth inning.

Mike Trout led off with a single and scored his major league-leading 102nd run on Hunter’s double. Albert Pujols then singled and scored on Morales’ 17th homer, putting Los Angeles up 4-0 after four batters.

Hunter added an RBI single in the second inning, and Morales’ leadoff double in the third led to four more runs, capped by Iannetta’s seventh homer.

• Who: Boston Red Sox at
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. • Where: Angels Stadium.
• When: 10:05 p.m. tonight.
• Starting pitchers: Boston
(Jon Lester 8-10) vs. LA
Angels (Zach Greinke 2-2).
• TV: NESN.