Nationals' Ortiz quiets Devil Rays' bats
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Ryan Zimmerman homered and Ramon Ortiz pitched seven strong innings to help the Washington Nationals beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-2 Sunday.
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Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz swings his bat before Japanese media during a workout session at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004.
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The biggest lesson of the racetrack -- i.e. there are no sure things -- was reinforced at Fenway Park last night. Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez came rolling into the game having won three straight, and having pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings. The last time he faced the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays at home (Aug. 12), he hurled a ...
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BOSTON -- Perched on the top step of the home dugout, Manny Ramirez knew it was a home run before David Ortiz did. He knew it was gone even before it came out of Jarrod Washburn&#39;s hand.
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Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz will not play this winter with the Escogido Lions in his native Dominican Republic because of a nagging injury in his right shoulder.
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Ramon Ortiz punctuated a dramatic holiday weekend for the Washington Nationals with a near no-hitter.
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A walkoff grand slam in spring training deserves at least this much: David Ortiz , voice booming across the clubhouse, letting Ed Rogers know he was paying attention.
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David Ortiz hit a two-run homer to right field in the first inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees after one inning of play in Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night.
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CHICAGO -- It's hard enough trying to hit a 5-ounce sphere hurtling toward the plate at 90-something miles an hour. For David Ortiz , it's even harder trying to do it batting fourth in the Red Sox lineup, although he didn't have much trouble last night.
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He was lighthearted enough to pass along his theories on being a designated hitter - not suited for a family audience - yet David Ortiz conceded yesterday that his absence from the Red Sox lineup was about more than just a simple day of rest. His right knee, the one in which a torn meniscus has bothered him for much ...
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David Ortiz smacked a two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Red Sox a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday, enabling Boston to avoid a sweep in the American League Championship Series.
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Most of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays cleared out of the visitors' clubhouse quickly last night, leaving a few stragglers to watch the highlights of their game against the Yankees.
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SEATTLE -- For David Ortiz , the wonder may be that he has produced as well as he has since he injured his right shoulder diving awkwardly trying unsuccessfully to score Aug. 29 against the Tigers at Fenway Park. Ortiz started yesterday's 2-0 loss to the Mariners on the bench because of nagging soreness in the shoulder. He said he ...
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David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning that barely cleared the low right-field wall &#151; eluding a twisting Delmon Young &#151; and lifted the Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-4 Wednesday night.
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Slugger David Ortiz blasted two home   runs to set a new Boston Red Sox record in his team's 6-0 home   victory over Minnesota on Thursday, a win that prevented the   Twins from taking top spot in the American League Central.
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David Ortiz became the first Boston Red Sox player to hit 40 homers in three consecutive seasons with a fifth-inning shot Sunday at Tampa Bay.
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They may never be mistaken for the boys from the Bronx as Boston's archrivals. But the Devil Rays picked up last night where the Yankees left off Sunday, squaring off with the Red Sox in an incident that emptied both dugouts and bullpens before Terry Francona's crew celebrated the clinching of a playoff spot.