BOSTON -- Like the home runs soaring out of Fenway Park Sunday afternoon, the losses are piling up for the Milwaukee Brewers.

David Ortiz hit two of Boston's four homers as the Red Sox outslugged the Milwaukee Brewers 11-7, the Brewers' fifth straight loss overall and ninth in a row on the road.

"I almost felt in this series that we didn't expect to win," said Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun, who hit two of Milwaukee's four homers. "I felt like we were competing and I know everybody tried hard, but it's not about trying hard. You have to go out there and expect to win, and I almost feel like we didn't expect to win any of these games. I just felt like that.

"We have to figure it out, and we have to figure it out in a hurry. We're better than that. We're certainly talented enough to win games, but a lot of it is our approach mentally, (which) sometimes has to improve."

Milwaukee (20-24) knocked around Boston ace Josh Beckett (5-3) for six runs in seven innings, but still fell into last place in the National League Central.

It 's the first time since the end of the 2004 season the Brewers are alone in sixth place.

"We did a nice job of swinging the bats against Beckett, one of the best pitchers in the American League," said Milwaukee manager Ned Yost, whose team is 9-15 on the road this season. "We just didn't pitch well today."

The Brewers took a 2-0 lead right off the bat thanks to Braun's homer in the first, his 12th of the season. Ortiz helped lead Boston back, with an RBI double in the bottom half of the inning and then in the third with the first of back-to-back homers -- Dustin Pedroia followed with one to make it 3-2.

J.J. Hardy's two-out, two-run shot in the fourth gave Milwaukee the lead again, but Brewers starter Carlos Villanueva again couldn't hold it. The Red Sox pulled away with three in the fourth, two in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.

"I felt like every time we were winning, I don't think we ever felt comfortable," Braun said. "I don't think we ever expected to win. It was kind of like we were just content to be there and compete, but I don't think we ever necessarily expected to win."

Villanueva (2-5) walked Julio Lugo with the bases loaded to bring in a run, and Jacoby Ellsbury followed with a two-run single to make it 6-4.

"I felt fine. I felt like I had command of all of my pitches," said Villanueva, who gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits and has an ERA of 9.00 this month. "It's just hard to explain."

Braun added his second homer of the game in the sixth, and Prince Fielder followed with his sixth of the season -- the first time this year Milwaukee has hit consecutive homers -- to pull the Brewers within 8-6.

Mark DiFelice, called up from Class AAA Nashville last week, gave up a two-run homer to Ortiz in the fifth in his major league debut. At 31, DiFelice became the third-oldest player in team history to make his debut.

"We're right there," Villanueva said of the team's struggles. "It's just a couple of games and we can turn it around. We're not that far behind."