BOSTON – Nelson Cruz put an exclamation point on his latest milestone.

Cruz reached 35 home runs for the sixth straight season with authority, sending a 420-foot shot out of Fenway Park at a speeding 104.9 mph, per Statcast. His homer off Rick Porcello to center field jump-started a three-run fifth inning that paved the way for the Twins’ 6-5 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night.

“He’s an all-time great offensive player,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He does things that nobody else is capable of.”

Cruz, 39, began this stretch of home runs in 2014, his age-33 season. That year, he belted a Major League-leading 40 homers. Since then, he has not finished a season with fewer than 37.

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The Twins’ designated hitter joins Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro as the only players with six 35-home run seasons at 33 or older. Palmeiro did it consecutively from 1998-2003, while Bonds hit 35 in 1998, followed by 2000-04.

Only eight other players have hit 35 home runs in at least six consecutive seasons at any age -- Babe Ruth (1926-32), Jimmie Foxx (1932-40), Ralph Kiner (1947-53), Willie Mays (1961-66), Sammy Sosa (1995-2004), Alex Rodriguez (1998-2008) and Adam Dunn (2004-10).

Those achievements are a statistical highlight reel. But Cruz doesn’t consider his performance that way. He’s still focused on the day-to-day grind of powering through his 15th Major League season.

“I don’t think numbers,” Cruz said. “I just come every day to the ballpark, make sure I do my job and do my best to help my team win games.”

The fact Cruz reached the home run mark at Boston should be no surprise. He is hitting .355/.414/.663 with 11 homers and 36 RBIs in 41 career games at Fenway Park.

“He’s always got that power threat,” Porcello said. “You know, you can throw a bunch of pitches to him, think he’s off-balance, and he’s either sitting on something or you make a mistake and he’s ready for it. When he connects, it’s not a single -- it’s a homer.”

Cruz credits his continued success to his health. He noted other players might be capable of hitting as many home runs but haven’t been able to stay in the lineup to do so. This season, he has appeared in 101 of the Twins’ 138 games.

Baldelli sees the work that goes into not just staying in the lineup but being prepared for each at-bat.

“His consistency is related to his approach and what he does at the plate,” Baldelli said. “He’s a good hitter. He’s not a guy that goes up there with one approach, and if he hits it, he hits it, and if he doesn’t, he doesn’t. No, this guy makes wonderful adjustments on a pitch-to-pitch basis.

“He sees the ball well. He knows who he’s facing and what they’re trying to do to him, and he knows how to counteract that. Then, obviously, when he hits the ball on the barrel, he impacts it like very few guys do.”

Cruz has hit an American League-leading 19 home runs since the All-Star break. His surge is coming at an opportune time for the Twins. They took a 6 1/2 game-lead over the Indians in the AL Central with their win and Cleveland’s loss to the White Sox on Tuesday.

“It’s fun,” Cruz said of hitting home runs, “definitely when you put your team in front, like this case. It seems like the homer I hit, it counts, because we won by one run.”