D-Backs pluck Ortiz in spree
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ANAHEIM - The Diamondbacks, flush with new investment, signed pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year, $33 million contract, giving Ken Kendrick a chance to explain how the formerly financially challenged club could commit $78 million in two days.
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David Ortiz returned to the Red Sox lineup on Tuesday night and watched Kason Gabbard earn his first major league victory with seven innings of three-hit ball that helped Boston beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
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David Ortiz drove in half of Boston&#39;s runs Monday in an 8-3 win over the Oakland Athletics. Boston, which has won 18 of its last 20 games, remained 2 1/2 games behind the first
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What looked to be a stinker of a series turned classic as quickly as David Ortiz turns on a waist-high, extra-inning fastball. A sprint turned into a double marathon.
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The latest of David Ortiz's 10 game-winning homers for the Boston Red Sox may not have been one of the longest he has hit although it was one of the biggest.
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BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- For the second straight night, David Ortiz gave the Boston Red Sox fans hope. After hitting a two-run homer in the 12th inning Sunday, Ortiz&#39;s bloop single in the 14th scored the
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Jeff Kent flung his bat to the side and pumped his right fist as soon as the ball took flight, certain he was going to make a long-awaited trot around the bases. He'd gone over this moment in his mind before, watching St. Louis' Albert Pujols and Boston's David Ortiz finish off big postseason victories by wading into a mob of teammates at home plate.
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First it seemed Russ Ortiz would be relegated to the bullpen for the division series. Now it sounds like he&#39;ll start a potentially decisive Game 4 if the series goes that far.
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OAKLAND, Calif. David Ortiz hit a solo homer and had four RBI&#39;s as Boston slammed Oakland 8-to-3. Mark Kotsay hit a pair of solo homers to put the A&#39;s ahead to stay.
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BOSTON -- David Ortiz&#39;s fly ball headed toward the rightfield fence, and for an .instant it .appeared the Red Sox would rally for another improbable win.
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he big scoreboards at Yankee Stadium went dark in the seventh inning last night. Not that the Yankees were using them. Ramon Ortiz, a pitcher with average credentials this season, was on the
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David Ortiz&#39;s drive into the right-field bullpen set off a frenzy at Fenway and gave the Boston Red Sox a shot at pulling off the greatest comeback ever.
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BOSTON It was as if David Ortiz wanted to give a gift to every fan at Fenway Park. They had made him a folk hero. His legend was about to grow.
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Playing against the National League put David Ortiz in postseason form. The Red Sox slugger beat the Philadelphia Phillies in extra innings for the second consecutive game, singling home the winning run in the 12th for an 8-7 victory on Monday and extending Boston&#039;s winning streak to nine games.
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RubÃ©n Gotay, a reserve infielder, blasted a three-run homer to help snap the Diamondbacksâ eight-game winning streak.
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David Ortiz drove in three runs,  including the game winner in the bottom of the 14th inning, to  lead Boston to a rallying 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees  which kept the Red Sox's postseason hopes alive Monday.
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David Ortiz thumped two homers and  drove in four runs to fire the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 win  over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wednesday.