CLEVELAND, July 26 (UPI) -- Manny Ramirez had three hits, two home runs, four RBI and scored four times Thursday night in leading the Boston Red Sox to a wild 14-9 win over Cleveland.
Wily Mo Pena had four hits -- one of them a homer -- along with four RBI in helping Boston win for the sixth time in seven games and boost its lead to 7 1/2 games over second-place New York in the American League East.
Boston produced 17 hits, with Mike Lowell contributing three of them and Jason Varitek and Coco Crisp two each.
The win went to Julian Tavares (6-8), even though he gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief.
Cliff Lee (5-8) surrendered nine hits and eight runs in four innings to take the loss. Lee has lost his last four starts, compiling an 11.71 ERA in the process.
After trailing by eight early in the contest, Cleveland clawed back to make it 12-9 in the seventh. But Ramirez hit his second homer in the eighth, a two-run shot off Jensen Lewis.
