BOSTON — Los Angeles Angels closer Brian Fuentes thinks he's figured out why the Red Sox have been so successful at home.

After two questionable calls kept the Red Sox alive with two outs in the ninth, Alex Gonzalez hit a game-winning blooper down the left-field line to give Boston a 9-8 victory over the Angels last night — the seventh consecutive win for the Red Sox and their 10th in a row at Fenway Park.

That left Fuentes wondering aloud whether the umpires were too "timid" or "scared" to go against the sellout crowds at Fenway.

"Especially here and some other places, they seem timid to make calls," he said after twice failing to get a third strike called on pinch-hitter Nick Green, who wound up drawing a bases-loaded walk to score the tying run. "I've heard it from other guys that come in here and say that. That's either because it's a mistake, or they're scared."

Fuentes (1-5) came into the game looking for his major league-leading 42nd save and got two quick outs before walking David Ortiz and giving up infield singles to J.D. Drew and Jed Lowrie. Green quickly fell behind 0-2 and offered at the third pitch but stayed in the box when first base umpire Jeff Kellogg ruled that he did not go around.

Green then fouled off three pitches before taking three balls to walk in the tying run. The last was a knee-high fastball that had catcher Mike Napoli jumping out of his crouch in anticipation of Strike 3.

"What was the count at the end, 3-4 to Green?" Angels manager Mike Scioscia said sarcastically. "I thought we had him a couple of times. I was surprised. It's a good umpiring crew and I think we really feel strongly they missed a couple times we had Green struck out. Unfortunately, that's the focal point of the game and it didn't go our way."

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4: Hideki Matsui hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth inning off Scott Downs and Francisco Cervelli singled home Brett Gardner from third with one out in the bottom of the ninth to lift New York over Toronto.

Athletics 4, Rangers 0: Trevor Cahill (9-12) allowed a single over seven innings and two relievers finished the one-hitter as visiting Oakland completed a three-game series sweep of Texas, which has scored only one run during a four-game losing streak.

Tigers 4, Royals 3: Placido Polanco hit a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning as host Detroit beat Kansas City to remain 4 1/2 games ahead of second-place Minnesota in the AL Central.

TWINS 7, INDIANS 3: Michael Cuddyer homered, doubled and drove in three runs, and Joe Mauer singled twice, raising his major league-leading batting average to .374 as host Minnesota completed a three-game sweep of Cleveland.

Orioles 4, Rays 2: Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer with none out in the bottom of the ninth off Russ Springer (0-4) as Baltimore beat Tampa Bay, which took a 2-1 lead in the top half when Ben Zobrist homered off Jim Johnson.

Mariners 4, White Sox 1: Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-3) gave up one run and nine hits over eight innings and closer David Aardsma, who last pitched on Sept. 2, worked the ninth for his 35th save to lead host Seattle over Chicago.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Dodgers 3, Pirates 1: Matt Kemp hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning, and Ronnie Belliard added a solo shot in the eighth as Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh to complete a three-game sweep with its 38th comeback victory of the season.

Phillies 6, Nationals 1: Joe Blanton (10-7) scattered five hits over six scoreless innings, Jayson Werth hit a grand slam and host Philadelphia was one out from recording three consecutive shutouts when Willie Harris singled in a run off Tyler Walker.

Braves 6, Mets 5: Omar Infanti's sacrifice fly scored the tying run and first baseman Daniel Murphy booted Ryan Church's grounder for an error, allowing Dave Ross to score from second base in the bottom of the ninth to lift Atlanta to its sixth straight win.

Reds 6, Astros 5: Joey Votto scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh as Cincinnati overcame Jeff Keppinger's first career multi-homer game — two solo shots — to beat Houston.

Marlins 5, Cardinals 2: Josh Johnson (15-4) gave up one run and nine hits over six innings, and Cody Ross had three hits and drove in two runs to help visiting Florida beat St. Louis.

Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5: Everth Cabrera's third hit of the game, a grounder past first baseman Brandon Allen into right field, scored fellow rookie Luis Durango from second with one out in the bottom of 10th to lift San Diego.

Brewers 9, Cubs 5: Braden Looper (13-6) gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings for his career-high 13th win and Alcides Escobar went 4 for 5 with three RBIs as visiting Milwaukee beat Chicago.

Rockies 4, Giants 3: Jorge De La Rosa (15-9) pitched eight scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start against San Francisco and Troy Tulowitzki homered as visiting Colorado avoided a three-game sweep, despite allowing three runs in the ninth.