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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- One big swing by Mike Carp helped the Boston Red Sox extend their commanding lead in the AL East. Carp connected for a pinch-hit grand slam in the 10th inning and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Wednesday night. "Come in and do what he did, you only see that in the movies," Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz said. "That guy is a good hitter. One day hes going to get plenty of at-bats. He reminds me of myself when I first started. Dont get to play too much, but with a good swing." Boston has a season-high 9 1/2-game advantage over second-place Tampa Bay in the division race. Carp sent a drive over the centre-field fence on the first pitch from Roberto Hernandez. It was the first pinch-hit grand slam for Boston since Kevin Millar hit one at Milwaukee on June 7, 2003. "He hung a slider and I did a lot more than I expected to do with it," Carp said. Carp is 5 for 17 with two homers and nine RBIs as a pinch hitter this year. Boston has seven pinch-hit homers overall on the season. "Mike has been so productive in that role," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "To sit there for nearly four hours and come up and swing at the first pitch you see for a grand slam, thats pretty remarkable." Dustin Pedroia opened the 10th with a walk against Joel Peralta (2-7) and went to second on Shane Victorinos bunt. After Ortiz was intentionally walked, Hernandez replaced Peralta and walked Mike Napoli on four pitches before Carp went deep for his ninth homer. Boston closer Koji Uehara (4-0) struck out two during a perfect ninth. He has retired his last 34 batters. James Loney homered for the Rays, who have has lost 13 of 17. Tampa Bays lead for the second AL wild-card spot was trimmed to one game over the New York Yankees, who won 5-4 at Baltimore. The Rays trailed 3-1 before Evan Longoria doubled in a run in the seventh and Loney hit a tying solo shot off Brandon Workman in the eighth. Napoli had a two-run double and Daniel Nava hit an RBI grounder off Alex Cobb to put the Red Sox up 3-0 in the third. Napoli has driven in 11 runs over his last seven games. The Rays got one run back in the third on David DeJesus RBI double. Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew made a strong defensive play later in the inning with two outs and the bases loaded when he drove to his right to field Desmond Jennings grounder and then throw out Matt Joyce at second base. "An awesome play ... what a play," Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster said. Dempster, who gave up one run, four hits and five walks in five innings, struck out Jennings to leave the bases loaded in the fifth. "You can slice and dice it, but we had chances to score way more than three runs tonight and didnt do that," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. Cobb allowed three runs and seven hits over 5 2-3 innings. Tampa Bay just missed turning a triple play in the sixth. 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Anthony missed a contested, 14-foot jumper at the buzzer as the Nuggets hung on for a 97-95 victory over their former star player and his struggling New York Knicks on Friday night. "I didnt get it done, thats it," Anthony said. "My teammates did a great job of getting us in that position, putting us in that position, giving me the chance of tying the game or going for the win. I didnt come through. Ill take that." Ty Lawson scored 22 points for the Nuggets, who sent the Knicks to their eighth consecutive loss. Randy Foye added 17 points and provided the defence on Anthonys last shot, timing his jump so that the All-Star forward had to shoot over his outstretched hand. "At the end of the game, Im trying to win, just like him," Foye said. "I knew he wanted that. You could tell. Hes the All-Star. Hes a leading scorer. Hes supposed to take that shot. I just buckled down. I take pride in my defence." Anthony, who finished with 27 points, starred for the Nuggets for 7 1/2 seasons. He was back in Denver for the second time since he asked for and received a trade to New York in February 2011. Just as he was in his initial return to Denver last March, when a knee injury knocked him out of the game early, the former fan favourite was booed practically every time he touched the ball. The last few minutes were especially rough on Anthony, who also missed a jumper that could have tied it with under 4 minutes left and turned the ball over on a travelling call with just under 3 minutes to go. But Anthony said the reception he got from the crowd didnt affect him. "Hell no, that dont concern me," he said. "Im past those stages." Andrea Bargnani added 22 points for New York. J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert had 11 apiece. Denver power forward Keenneth Faried left midway through the third quarter to have his bruised right quadriceps treated.dddddddddddd. Anthony converted a three-point play that pulled the Knicks to 75-67 heading into the fourth. 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