The Cleveland Indians tried desperately to extend their winning streak, scratching their way back against the World Series champs only to fall short in the ninth inning.

Perfectly understandable.

What's curious is the $200 million New York Yankees unable to figure out how to beat lowly Tampa Bay.

Manny Ramirez homered and drove in four runs against his former team, and the visiting Boston Red Sox held off a late Cleveland comeback for a 10-9 victory Monday night, ending the Indians' nine-game winning streak.

"Well, we won, barely," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I think that's what you call hanging on for dear life. That's a pretty good team over there. They don't stop playing."

Riding a six-game run of their own, the Yankees tried to rally, too. But seven walks by rookie starter Sean Henn put New York in a deep hole, and Casey Fossum pitched the Devil Rays to a 5-4 victory in the Bronx.

Tampa Bay, the worst team in the AL at 24-46, is 2-1 at Yankee Stadium this year and 4-27 in all other road games. The Devil Rays improved to 5-2 against New York, winning four straight from the Yankees for the first time since the franchise started play in 1998.

At Cleveland, Ramirez and Jason Varitek each hit a three-run homer, with Varitek's shot coming during a six-run fifth inning that sent C.C. Sabathia (5-4) walking off the field in disgust after one of the worst starts of his career.

"I messed up a nine-game win streak," Sabathia said. "That is unacceptable."

Johnny Damon also connected to provide a key insurance run for the Red Sox, who have won seven of eight. All that offense made a winner of David Wells (6-4), who won his fourth straight decision despite a rough outing.

Cleveland made it close with consecutive home runs in the eighth. Travis Hafner hit a two-run shot, his 10th, off Alan Embree. Keith Foulke took over and gave up a homer to Victor Martinez, making it 9-8.

Damon homered leading off the ninth to make it 10-8. Foulke allowed an RBI double to Jhonny Peralta in the bottom half, then retired Grady Sizemore and Coco Crisp for his 14th save in 16 chances.

At Anaheim, Calif., Paul Byrd (7-5) pitched a six-hitter for his first complete game since undergoing elbow surgery two years ago, and Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in four runs.

At Toronto, Ted Lilly and Justin Speier combined on a three-hitter, and Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill each homered in the first inning off Bruce Chen (6-5).

At Chicago, Paul Konerko, Frank Thomas and Jermaine Dye homered for the White Sox, who won their fifth straight. A.J. Pierzynski hit a go-ahead, two-run single, and Dustin Hermanson got his 17th save. The Royals put slugger Mike Sweeney on the disabled list and Chicago placed pitcher Orlando Hernandez on the DL.

At Seattle, Bobby Kielty hit a tiebreaking homer and Mark Kotsay added a three-run shot in the eighth, sending Oakland to its seventh win in 10 games. Dan Haren (5-7) pitched eight strong innings and Nick Swisher homered and drove in two runs.

Greg Maddux earned his 311th victory to tie Tom Seaver for 17th on the all-time list, allowing three runs and seven hits in six innings to help Chicago beat Milwaukee.

At St. Louis, Chris Carpenter (10-4) took a shutout into the ninth inning, leading visiting St. Louis over Cincinnati.

A day after his wife Laura gave birth to their fourth child, Andy Pettitte pitched five-hit ball for seven innings in the Houston Astros' 7-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

At San Diego, Jake Peavy (6-2) struck out a career-high 13 and held Los Angeles to two hits in eight innings.

At San Francisco, Pedro Feliz hit a three-run homer and Mike Matheny followed with another homer to lead the Giants.