Manager Terry Francona eschewed pinch hitting for Jason Varitek with the Sox trailing 4-2 in the ninth, and his faith was rewarded when Varitek led off the inning by slamming his second homer of the young season into the visiting bullpen off Troy Percival. But Percival got through the rest of the inning undamaged, retiring the red-hot Youkilis with David Ortiz aboard as the Rays held on for a 4-3 victory and took two of three games in the season-opening series.