AL Playoffs: Ortiz finishes sweep
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Perilously close to being on the wrong side of a 1986 ALCS-in-reverse, the Red Sox got their biggest home run of the year from their most clutch performer of the past two seasons.
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The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to win the World Series in their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years.
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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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New England is at once sleepless, breathless, and full of hope. David Ortiz and the Red Sox just beat the Yankees in two extra-inning playoff games on the same calendar day. This century-long Sox-Yankee show, featuring themes of revenge and redemption, moves back to New York tonight.
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David Ortiz belted a two-run homer in  the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a  6-4 victory over the New York Yankees in Game Four of the  American League Championship Series on Sunday.
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BOSTON - This self-proclaimed band of idiots is going to play for the pennant. David Ortiz homered in the 10th inning to send the Boston Red Sox into their second consecutive AL championship series, completing a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angels with an 8-6 victory Friday...
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The biggest comeback in postseason baseball history began when David Ortiz had one of the greatest days in baseball history.
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The Houston Astros kept their slim   playoff hopes alive with a 7-3 win over the St Louis Cardinals   on Sunday to complete a four-game series sweep.
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The Minnesota Twins got a little help from above to complete their first three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox in 12 years.
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David Ortiz hit his major league-leading 42nd home run and David Wells pitched into the seventh, helping the Boston Red Sox avoid a sweep against Detroit with a 6-4 win on Wednesday night.
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The Yankees moved one step closer to a 100-win season and the American League East title, finishing off a doubleheader sweep of the Twins with a 5-4 victory.
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Boston Red Soxâs David Ortiz, left, and teammate Johnny Damon celebrate Ortizâs game-winning homer against Anaheim Angels pitcher Francisco Rodriguez in the 10th inning in Boston on Friday to win their AL Division series.
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment.    Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory Sunday over the Yankees that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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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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Think the Red Sox and Yankees staged high drama last night? Consider this: Twenty-three minutes after David Ortiz's single lifted the Red Sox past the Yankees in the 14th inning, Jeff Kent hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Astros a 3-0 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 ...
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David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to their 12th win in 13 games, a wild 8-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.