BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox had plenty of fight against Tampa Bay — both in and out of their dugout.

Manny Ramirez homered, drove in five runs and got into a shouting match with a teammate as Boston beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, last night in a game that included a bench-clearing brawl between the clubs.

TV cameras showed Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis being separated after exchanging words in the dugout at the end of the fourth inning. Ramirez pointed at Youkilis before being escorted down the runway toward the clubhouse by trainer Paul Lessard and a few players.

Boston manager Terry Francona felt emotions were still running hot after the earlier brawl.

"I think they were just exchanging some views on things," he said, trying to downplay his players' near altercation. "It was kind of a hectic night. Sometimes those things happen. It wasn't really a big deal; it won't be a big deal."

The Red Sox posted their 13th straight home win, matching the majors' longest streak in nearly two years, and completed their second three-game sweep of the Rays in a little more than a month.

The fight on the field started after Boston's Coco Crisp was hit on the right hip by a second-inning pitch from James Shields. Crisp dropped his bat, charged the mound and ducked a wild right by Shields before throwing a few punches himself.

Crisp was tackled to the ground by Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro. Rays designated hitter Jonny Gomes charged the mound from the dugout, jumped on Navarro and Crisp, and threw several punches that hit Crisp while he was on the ground.

Crisp, who had a scratch on his forehead and right cheek, was most upset with what happened under the pile.

"I charged the mound. (Shields) tried to hit me with a punch," Crisp said. "I'm not upset at all. We fought. That's all it is. There were some cheap shots there. (Carl) Crawford came sliding in. I don't know why he was pulling hair, scratching. After that it was three, four guys on one."

Crawford didn't deny that he may have pulled Crisp's hair.

"There was a lot of stuff," he said. "It could have been. There was a lot of pushing and shoving at the bottom."

Crisp, Shields and Gomes were ejected.

"It's simple," Gomes said, when asked what he was doing when he got to the mound. "I'm just going out there for my pitcher's defense."

As for the dugout incident, Dustin Pedroia and Crisp both said they didn't know what happened.

"I really didn't see it," Pedroia said. "I was running out onto the field. We're around each other a lot, but we love each other. We're a team."

"You have to ask them," Crisp said. "I was eating next to Youkilis and said I don't want to know. I saw Manny. He was speaking in Spanish."

Ramirez's three-run homer — the 503rd home run of his career — gave Boston a 3-0 lead in the first.

YANKEES 9, BLUE JAYS 8

Jason Giambi, who didn't start because of a sore left foot, hit a two-run pinch homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as New York rallied from an early 7-2 deficit to beat Toronto.

RANGERS 9, INDIANS 4

Michael Young homered and extended his hitting streak to 21 games, and Kevin Millwood (4-3) gave up four first-inning runs, but pitched into the seventh as Texas rallied past Cleveland.

WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 2

Jose Contreras (6-3) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings, and Jim Thome homered to help Chicago complete a three-game sweep and hand Kansas City its11th straight road loss.

ORIOLES 3, TWINS 2

Nick Markakis hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Adam Jones led off the top of the seventh inning with a homer off Brian Bass (2-2) to break a 2-all tie, lifting Baltimore over Minnesota.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BRAVES 7, MARLINS 5

Chipper Jones went 4 for 5 with his 400th career homer, raising his major league-leading batting average to .418, and Brian McCann and Yunel Escobar also went deep, helping host Atlanta rally past Florida.

PHILLIES 5, REDS 0

Cole Hamels (6-4) tossed a three-hitter with four strikeouts and three walks, Geoff Jenkins homered and host Philadelphia beat Cincinnati and Ken Griffey Jr., who remained one shy of 600 career homers.

CARDINALS-NATIONALS SPLIT

Troy Glaus hit a two-run homer and Albert Pujols added the first pinch-hit homer of his career to lead St. Louis to a 4-1 victory in the opener. In the second game, Elijah Dukes' two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th lifted Washington, 10-9.

PIRATES 4, ASTROS 3

Paul Maholm (4-5) allowed two runs and eight hits in eight innings, and Jason Bay had a run-scoring triple to break a 3-3 tie in the fifth as host Pittsburgh beat Houston for the second consecutive night.

PADRES 2, METS 1

After loading the bases with two walks, a ground out and an intentional walk, Scott Schoeneweis (0-2) hit Paul McAnulty with a pitch to score Scott Hairston in the bottom of the ninth inning as San Diego beat New York for its second straight victory.

CUBS 5, DODGERS 4

Kosuke Fukudome had an RBI single with one out in the top of the ninth inning as NL Central- leading Chicago improved to 17-3 against NL West teams with a comeback victory over Los Angeles, which got a pair of solo homers from Jeff Kent.