Lowell’s third homer of the season followed a single by Ramirez and a double by Drew, chasing Proctor after he failed to retire a batter. The Red Sox, who have won five straight overall, batted .363 in the series against New York’s injury-depleted pitching staff.

The crowd of 36,905 was the second-largest at Fenway since World War II, though the Red Sox have added seating capacity annually the last several years. The attendance last June 10 against Texas was 36,920.

The third-inning outburst made the Red Sox the fifth team in major league history to hit four homers in a row. The Los Angeles Dodgers did it on Sept. 18 last season against San Diego. Drew hit the second of those four homers as well. It was the second homer of the season for all four Boston batters.

Wright became the second big league pitcher to allow four consecutive homers. The other was Paul Foytack of the Los Angeles Angels on July 31, 1963, in the sixth inning of the second game of a doubleheader against Cleveland. One of those homers was hit by Tito Francona, the father of current Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who turned 48 on Sunday.

Wright also tied a major league record for most homers allowed in an inning. He was the first pitcher to give up four since Randy Johnson of the Yankees on Aug. 21, 2005, against the Chicago White Sox.

Wright, who hadn’t pitched above Class A before this season, was called up because starters Mike Mussina and Chien-Ming Wang are on the disabled list.

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After his sluggers gave him a lead, Matsuzaka allowed Jeter’s tying homer and a go-ahead run in the sixth on singles by Cano and Doug Mientkiewicz and a double-play grounder by Melky Cabrera.

Notes: The Red Sox celebrated Jackie Robinson Day a week late with a pregame ceremony. The 60th anniversary of Robinson’s major league debut was observed at other stadiums on April 15, but Boston’s home game that day against the Los Angeles Angels was rained out. Three members of the Red Sox — DH David Ortiz, CF Coco Crisp and third base coach DeMarlo Hale — wore Robinson’s No. 42. ... It was Lowell’s 12th multihomer game and first since May 20, 2004, for Florida. ... Jeter extended his hitting streak to 13 games. ... Bobby Abreu struck out three times against Matsuzaka.

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