Ortiz Homer Keeps Red Sox Hopes Alive
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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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The Red Sox are trying to keep up their momentum tonight at Fenway Park in Game Two of the World Series. Boston scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
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David Ortiz's recurring irregular heartbeat could cost Boston's beloved slugger the AL MVP and the Red Sox any chance of making the playoffs.
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Even David Ortiz was amazed by this home run &#151; a 514-foot shot that hit the lights down the right-field line. "I knew when I hit it that I got all of it," the Boston Red Sox slugger said after the major league All-Stars beat the Japanese stars 5-3 Saturday night in Game 2 of their series. "I thought for a second that it might land in the Dominican (Republic)."
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A day after telling reporters that playoff elimination was "not the end of the world", Boston slugger Manny Ramirez played like there was no tomorrow on Thursday in helping the Red Sox stay alive this post-season.
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Almost two months after defying the Curse of the Bambino and only one day after saying goodbye to Pedro MartÃ­nez, the Boston Red Sox kept moving on yesterday by welcoming the living embodiment
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BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros staged dramatic late-inning victories in the baseball playoff games on Monday night. David Ortiz's RBI single on the 471st pitch of the game with two outs in the 14th inning capped a second straight amazing comeback in less than 24 hours Monday night and gave the Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the AL championship series...
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Many fans think it wasn't just the clutch hitting of David Ortiz, the gallant performance of Curt Schilling or the collective effort of the bullpen that propelled the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series berth in nearly two decades.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio  - Boston's Josh Beckett dazzled on the mound to help the Red Sox stay alive in the American League Championship Series with a 7-1 road victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game Five on Thursday.
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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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David Ortiz had a different view of a familiar situation.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fox ran away with the  night again on Tuesday as the Boston Red Sox kept their pennant  hopes alive by prevailing in Game 6 against the New York  Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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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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NEW YORK - The way the Boston Red Sox are playing these days, nothing seems to be able to stop them. Not even Mariano Rivera...
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David Ortiz knows how to send a crowd home happy. Big Papi had a game-ending hit for the Boston Red Sox for the second time in three days, and fifth time this season. The latest was a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday night that gave the Red Sox a 9-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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David Ortiz hit a game-ending, three-run homer in the ninth inning Monday night to give the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 win over the Cleveland Indians that kept them in sole possession of first place in the AL East.
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David Ortiz, whose two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the 12th inning revived the Red Sox at 1:30 am yesterday, this time delivered the goods with a two-out single in the bottom