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Ortiz's Game-Ending Homer Lifts Red Sox

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From: AP Online
Date: 20060801
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BOSTON - 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.

Ortiz, who also hit a solo homer in the third, got his second game-ending hit in three days and fifth of the year. It was his 12th in four seasons with Boston, most in the majors during that span. He leads the majors with 37 home runs this year, and he tied a club record with 14 homers in a month.

Ortiz's one-out drive to center field followed a single by Alex Cora, a walk to ...

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