BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz hugged Manny Ramirez to welcome him back to Fenway Park. Then he hit a home run to move alongside his former teammate on the Boston’s all-time home run list.

Ortiz hit his 274th homer for the Red Sox to tie his quirky former teammate for fifth on the franchise’s all-time list, leading Boston to a 10-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night in Ramirez’s first game back since his acrimonious departure from the team he helped win two World Series titles.

Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer in a seven-run fifth inning that helped 22-year-old left-hander Felix Doubront win in his major league debut. J.D. Drew also homered for Boston before leaving with a strained right hamstring in the third inning.

Josh Bard earned his third save, striking out Ramirez looking with two on and two outs to end the game.

Garret Anderson homered for Los Angeles, and Carlos Monasterios (3-2) lost his second straight decision. He was chased after facing three batters in the fifth inning, giving up six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out two. Ramirez was greeted warmly by the Red Sox and with a mixed reaction from a sold-out crowd that included Roger Clemens, another polarizing former Boston star. Clemens declined to talk to reporters — like Ramirez — before taking his seat in the front row atop the Green Monster.

In the lineup at designated hitter, Ramirez went 1 for 5 with a sixth-inning single that brought out the boos from Boston fans still smarting over Los Angeles’ victory in Game 7 of the NBA finals on Thursday night.

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

The “Beat L.A.!” chants that had permeated the ballpark all week were tepid, and no consolation for the Lakers’ victory that deprived the Celtics of an unprecedented 18th NBA championship.

Doubront (1-0) allowed three runs — two of them unearned off his own error — in the third inning, and he had given up just three hits through five before running into more trouble in the sixth. Ramirez led off with a single to center, and the next three batters also reached safely to make it 10-5 and chase Doubront.

In all, Doubront gave up three earned runs on six hits and two walks, striking out two in five-plus innings.

It was also Drew’s first game against his former team since he controversially opted out of his contract after the 2006 season. He homered in the first inning — it was originally ruled a double before the umpires consulted the replay — but left in the third when he strained his right hamstring stretching for Ramirez’s line drive.

Drew made the catch, but Darnell McDonald pinch-hit for him in the bottom half.

NOTES: To make room for Doubront on the roster, the Red Sox designated RHP Boof Bonser for assignment. Doubront was 6-1 record with a 2.11 ERA in 12 Double- and Triple-A starts. Bonser spent most of the season on the disabled list with a right groin strain, and he was 0-0 with an 18.00 ERA in two appearances.

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