First to 40

David Ortiz became the first player to reach 40 home runs this season, but Tampa Bay out-homered the Red Sox 4-1 to take a 7-6 victory in 10 innings.
Ortiz has six homers and 14 RBIs in his last 10 games and is on a pace for 59 home runs, which would obliterate the team record of 50 held by Jimmie Foxx from the 1938 season.
Only two other Boston players -- Carl Yastrzemski (1967, 1969-70) and Manny Ramirez (2001, 2004-05) -- have hit 40 or more homers in three different seasons.

Ramirez extended his career-best hitting streak to 22-games with an eighth-inning single.

Dioner Navarro's solo homer Jonathan Papelbon completed a two-run eighth that tied it at 6. Papelbon entered with one out after Travis Lee's homer against Mike Timlin.

Papelbon, who blew his fourth save in 34 chances, has allowed runs in only four of 49 appearances. His ERA rose from 0.49 ERA to 0.64.
dropped two games back for the first time this year.

Red Sox starter Jason Johnson, who lost his previous seven starts, gave up two runs and three hits in six innings.