ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- David Ortiz and Wily Mo Pena hit two-run homers and the Boston Red Sox snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
Manny Ramirez was back in Boston's starting lineup after making his first pinch-hitting appearance of the season in the ninth inning of Tuesday night's 4-3 loss. But he lasted only three innings because of a sore left knee after chasing Juan Rivera's two-run single in the third and grounding out his first two times up.
Jon Lester (7-2) beat Kelvim Escobar in a rematch of their July 28 matchup at Fenway Park, when Escobar and the Angels won 8-3. The Boston left-hander threw 96 pitches over five innings, allowing three runs, six hits and four walks.
Lester labored through the fifth with a 5-3 lead, giving up a walk and a single before Vladimir Guerrero grounded into a double play and Rivera popped out one pitch later.
The Angels got a run closer in the sixth after loading the bases with one out against Julian Tavarez. Tim Salmon scored when Chone Figgins barely beat shortstop Alex Cora's relay throw on a potential inning-ending double-play grounder to second.
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