Believe it or not, the Boston Red Sox found another agonizing way to lose in extra innings.

Relief ace Keith Foulke squandered a one-run lead in the 10th inning Friday night, and the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Red Sox 6-3 in the 12th on Nick Green's three-run homer.

Just one night before, the reeling Red Sox couldn't hold a 4-3 lead in the 13th inning of an epic 5-4 loss at Yankee Stadium.

"It doesn't matter how you lose or how long it takes you to lose, but it's frustrating," Johnny Damon said.

Green hit a tying sacrifice fly off Foulke in the 10th, then homered against Anastacio Martinez (2-1) in the 12th.

Boston, which trails New York by 81/2 games in the AL East, has dropped four straight and nine of 12 to fall to 27-30 since April.

"I'll feel sorry for them when they leave here," Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said.

In other interleague games, it was: San Francisco 7, Oakland 3; Chicago Cubs 6, White Sox 2; Anaheim 7, Los Angeles 3; Montreal 2, Toronto 0; Baltimore 7, Philadelphia 6 in 16 innings; New York Mets 11, Yankees 2; Cleveland 15, Cincinnati 2; Tampa Bay 4, Florida 2; Houston 7, Texas 5; Colorado 9, Detroit 8 in 10 innings; St. Louis 11, Seattle 2; and San Diego 7, Kansas City 5. Arizona fired manager Bob Brenly, then lost 6-5 to Minnesota.

In the National League, Pittsburgh swept a doubleheader from Milwaukee, 8-1 and 13-2.

Chipper Jones and J.D. Drew homered to help the Braves win for the seventh time in nine games.

David Ortiz connected for the Red Sox, who got AL batting champion Bill Mueller back from the disabled list but placed reliever Scott Williamson on the 15-day DL.

Nomar Garciaparra, who didn't play Thursday because of his ailing right foot, was back in the lineup and went 3-for-5. But he also grounded into an inning-ending double play in the 10th after Manny Ramirez put Boston ahead 3-2 with an RBI single.

Foulke allowed a leadoff double to Rafael Furcal in the 10th, but he said the more crucial mistake was throwing a wild pitch that set up Green's sacrifice fly.

"That's the way it's going right now," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "There are always tests, and we're definitely going through one of those now."

Ramirez struck out four times, ending the top of the 12th by fanning against Juan Cruz (2-0) with two on. Boston fell to 3-5 in extra-inning games.

Giants 7, Athletics 3

At San Francisco, Barry Bonds hit his third homer in three days and Ray Durham homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs.

Bonds hit his 22nd home run of the year and No. 680 of his career. He sent a 3-2 pitch from Mark Redman (6-5) over the wall in left-center for a solo shot. Bonds has four homers in five days following a 12-game drought.

Orioles 7, Phillies 6, 16 innings

At Philadelphia, Miguel Tejada's RBI single in the 16th lifted Baltimore out of last place in the AL East with its third straight win.

Tejada also tied it at 6 with a homer in the seventh.

Eddy Rodriguez (0-1) pitched three scoreless innings for his first major league win. Daniel Cabrera, normally a starter, finished for his first career save.

Mets 11, Yankees 2

At New York, Kaz Matsui homered twice and drove in five runs at Shea Stadium to help the Mets stop Mike Mussina's eight-game winning streak.

Derek Jeter started for the Yankees a day after a dangerous dive into the stands sent him to the hospital.

Steve Trachsel (8-6) did not allow an earned run over seven innings in stopping the Yankees' five-game winning streak. Richard Hidalgo also homered off Mussina (9-5).

Twins 6, Diamondbacks 5

At Phoenix, Danny Bautista's error allowed Luis Rivas to score in the ninth inning, spoiling Al Pedrique's debut as Diamondbacks manager after Brenly was fired.

Joe Nathan threw a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save in 24 chances.

Angels 7, Dodgers 3

At Anaheim, Calif., Aaron Sele (5-0) pitched seven solid innings, allowing just a solo homer by Alex Cora and a two-run shot by Paul Lo Duca.

Dodgers center fielder Milton Bradley was ejected after getting called out on strikes for the second time - and flinging his bat away in disgust for the second time.

Cubs 6, White Sox 2

At Chicago, Carlos Zambrano benefited when umpires reversed a call at Wrigley Field.

Zambrano (9-3) allowed a two-run double in the first to Ross Gload. One pitch earlier, he nearly had a grand slam when his drive to right was initially ruled fair, then overturned.

Mark Grudzielanek singled and Corey Patterson doubled in the third off Esteban Loaiza (8-4) before Sammy Sosa hit a go-ahead, two-run single.

Indians 15, Reds 2

At Cincinnati, Ronnie Belliard hit the first of Cleveland's four homers, clearing the way for Japanese college star Kazuhito Tadano to win his first start for the Indians.

Tadano (1-0), shunned by Japanese pro teams aware that he had appeared in a gay porn video, got his first keepsake moment in the majors, striking out a career-high 10 in seven innings.

Devil Rays 4, Marlins 2

At Miami, Aubrey Huff hit his 11th homer and drove in three runs. Huff's two-out, two-run shot off Carl Pavano (9-3) broke a 2-all tie. Mike Lowell hit his 19th homer for Florida, which has lost 10 of 14.

Astros 7, Rangers 5

At Houston, Morgan Ensberg hit a two-run homer in the eighth, his first of the season.

Carlos Beltran had an RBI in his home debut for the Astros, and Roy Oswalt (7-6) earned his 50th win. Lance Berkman singled in a run and snatched away Alfonso Soriano's bid for a homer with a leaping catch.

Rockies 9, Tigers 8, 10 innings

At Denver, Charles Johnson's three-run homer off Ugueth Urbina tied it with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and Colorado scored twice in the 10th on bunt singles to end a five-game losing streak.

Expos 2, Blue Jays 0

At San Juan, Puerto Rico, Livan Hernandez (6-7) pitched a four-hitter for his fourth complete game of the season. Tony Batista drove in two runs.

Padres 7, Royals 5

At San Diego, Phil Nevin homered in consecutive at-bats and Humberto Quintero, Brian Buchanan and Brian Giles also connected for the Padres.

Jake Peavy (5-2) returned from the disabled list and combined with five relievers on a seven-hitter. Trevor Hoffman got his 19th save in 21 chances.

Cardinals 11, Mariners 2

At St. Louis, Woody Williams (6-6) came back stronger after a two-hour rain delay and combined with three relievers on a six-hitter.

Albert Pujols drove in three runs and Scott Rolen got his major league-leading 77th RBI in Seattle's first regular-season game at Busch Stadium.

Pirates 8, Brewers 1; Pirates 13, Brewers 2

At Pittsburgh, Jason Bay had an eight-RBI game for the second time in less than a year and the Pirates ran their winning streak to seven by sweeping a doubleheader.

Tony Alvarez's grand slam supported another strong start by Oliver Perez in the opener, an 8-1 Pirates victory that ended Milwaukee's five-game winning streak. Perez (4-4) struck out 11 in seven innings.