BOSTON — The dreadlocks are a little longer. The pants are a little baggier. The uniform number is a lot higher than when Manny Ramirez played for the Red Sox.

Returning to Fenway Park for the first time since he was traded to Los Angeles, the quirky slugger exchanged hugs with David Ortiz and other ex-teammates before the Dodgers played the Red Sox on Friday night. Ramirez was greeted with a mixed reaction from a sold-out crowd that included another former star who was both loved and hated in Boston, Roger Clemens.

"It was good to see my boy out there," Ortiz said or Ramirez. "I had my little chitchat out there. Good to see him back."

Ramirez declined to talk to reporters in clubhouse either before or after the game, though when it was time for a team meeting before batting practice he did playfully yelled for the media to leave. He was in the lineup at designated hitter — wearing his Dodgers No. 99 instead of his Boston No. 24; he made outs in his first two at-bats before singling and scoring in the sixth.

He came up with two on in the ninth but struck out looking to end the game, and Boston won 10-6.

"He didn't seem edgy at all. He was out there, he was a teammate. He did all the things he'd normally do," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "He seemed pretty comfortable to me. He kidded about it a couple of times during the week but nothing that indicated to me that he wasn't looking forward to it."

Ramirez received a loud but mixed collection of cheers and boos when he was introduced, and again when he went to the on-deck circle in the first inning. When he came to bat to lead off the second, some booed and some chanted "Manny!"

But everyone stood.

"I know the fans here love to boo," Torre, who spent 12 years with the archrival New York Yankees, said before the game. "I certainly hope they understand how much Manny meant to this club and they won two World Series with him."

"Manny is certainly going to have a lot of emotions here," Torre added.