David Ortiz beat Philadelphia in Boston's last at-bat for the second consecutive game, singling home the winning run in the 12th inning for an 8-7 victory which extended the Red Sox's winning streak to nine games on Monday.
Boston led 6-0 after six and 6-5 in the ninth before Chase Utley homered off the pole in right field to force extra innings. The Phillies took a 7-6 lead in the 12th on Jimmy Rollins' RBI double, but Coco Crisp doubled and scored on Kevin Youkilis' single to make it 7-7.
Mark Loretta walked, then Ortiz lined a 1-2 pitch to center to end it. Ortiz leads the American League with 68 RBIs.
Craig Hansen (1-0) earned the win pitching two-thirds of an inning, and Clay Condrey (1-2) took the loss.
Marlins 8, Devil Rays 5
At Miami, Hanley Ramirez beat out an infield single to start a five-run fifth-inning rally, and Josh Johnson survived a rocky start to help Florida beat Tampa Bay.
Cody Ross had three hits and two RBIs, and Josh Willingham, Mike Jacobs and Jeremy Hermida each drove in two runs for the Marlins, who are 22-9 since May 22.
Johnson (7-4) trailed 2-0 after only six pitches, but allowed just one more run over the rest of his 6 2-3 innings. He struck out five, walked one, and gave up eight hits for the Marlins, and Joe Borowski worked the ninth for his 14th save -- and ninth in his last nine opportunities.
James Shields (4-1) failed in his bid to be the first Tampa Bay pitcher to win five times in a month.
Yankees 5, Braves 2
At New York, Jason Giambi homered twice and drove in five runs, Randy Johnson tossed seven shutout innings and the Yankees beat Atlanta.
In other interleague games it was:
* Tigers 10, Astros 4
* Twins 8, Dodgers 2
* Indians 10, Cardinals 3
* Angels 5, Rockies 4
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