MIAMI (AP) -- The Florida Marlins felt like they were on the road, and it wasn't just a warm welcome for a former teammate.

Former Marlin Carl Everett hit a solo home run in the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox snapped their longest losing streak of the season at five games with a 3-2 victory over Florida on Monday night.

	Carl Everett's 19th home run in the ninth off Ricky Bones beat the Marlins. "He challenged me and he lost," Everett said.

Many of the 12,523 fans in attendance not only cheered when Everett hit his 20th homer of the season, they were on their feet when Derek Lowe had two outs in the ninth.

"It seems like we should have been in our gray uniforms," Marlins outfielder Preston Wilson said. "It was absolutely disgusting. It seems like we should be playing all 162 games on the road when that happens. I'm embarrassed."

Added manager John Boles: "When you pay your money, you can cheer for whoever you want to cheer for. There were a lot of happy people at the end of this Marlins loss."

Fan support is the main reason the Marlins might not be able to stay in South Florida. Funding proposals for a new, retractable dome stadium have failed.

"This doesn't help," Cliff Floyd said.

Everett entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, hitting into a fielder's choice. He stayed in the game, though, and got another at-bat with one out in the ninth.

He hit the first pitch from Ricky Bones (1-1) into the right-field seats.

"I can't believe he challenged me inside like that," Everett said. "I hit it well. The past five or six days teams have been getting me out with an inside pitch, so I guess he thought he could do the same. But he guessed wrong. He challenged me and he lost."

Tim Wakefield (2-4) allowed one hit and one walk in two innings for the win. Lowe pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save.

The come-from-behind win spoiled another strong outing by Marlins starter Reid Cornelius, who allowed six hits and one run over 6 1/3 innings. He gave up one run in eight innings at Pittsburgh last week.

After Braden Looper surrendered back-to-back baserunners to start the eighth, Armando Almanza intentionally walked Nomar Garciaparra to load the bases. After striking out Brian Daubach, Almanza walked Jason Varitek to tie the game at 2.

The Marlins scored a pair of runs in the first inning on Floyd's 10th home run of the season. Luis Castillo singled and advanced to third on a stolen base and an error by Red Sox starter Pete Schourek.

Schourek had Castillo picked off at first, but his throw to Daubach was in the dirt. Two batters later, Floyd's hammered Schourek's 3-2 pitch into the right-field seats.

But Schourek settled down after the shaky start, retiring 15 of the next 17 batters before giving up a two-out double in the sixth to Floyd.

Boston manger Jimy Williams lifted Schourek for Everett in the seventh, and the move paid off two innings later.

"I planned on resting him tonight, but when you get in these National League games, you have situations where you have to use guys," Williams said of Everett. "His day off lasted about six innings."

Schourek allowed five hits and two runs. He struck out three without a walk.

The Red Sox cut the lead in half with a run in the second inning. Varitek walked, moved to third on Manny Alexander's double and scored on Donnie Sadler's sacrifice fly.

"It was a tough game, one that we just had to gut out," Wakefield said.

Game notes
Everett has an 11-game hitting streak. ... Strikeout leader Wilson struck out three times, giving him 79 this season. ... Castillo stole two bases, giving him a major-league best 25 this season.