Ortiz Walk Off - July 31, 2006

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July 31, 2006

Walk Off Hit No:	18
Walk Off HR No:	10
Opponent:	Cleveland Indians
Stadium:	Fenway Park
Score Before:	8 - 6
Situation:	Two On, One Out
Result:	3-Run Home Run
Final Score:	9 - 8

1 Summary
2 Batter by Batter
3 Trivia
4 SoSH Links
5 External Links

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Summary

Boston Red Sox 9, Cleveland Indians 8

Trailing 8-6 heading into the bottom of the 9th, all of Red Sox Nation had one thought. Get one man on. David Ortiz was due up fourth. Alex Cora singled and the roar began. No double plays and Papi hits. Kevin Youkilis walked and everyone knew. He would get a shot. Mark Loretta popped up for the first out. Then Big Papi strode to the plate against young Fausto Carmona, throwing upper 90s gas. He watched 2 pitches sail out of the strike zone before he smashed a 3-run HR into the centerfield bleachers, giving the Red Sox an emotional 9-8 win.

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Batter by Batter

Boston - Bottom of 9th
- Fausto Carmona pitching for Cleveland
- Alex Cora singled to left.
- Kevin Youkilis walked, Alex Cora to second.
- Mark Loretta popped out to shortstop.
- David Ortiz homered (#37) to center, Alex Cora and Kevin Youkilis scored.

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Trivia

David Ortiz has hit 21 home runs in 138 at-bats in Late-Inning Pressure Situations since Aug. 1, 2004. Over that two-year period, no other player has hit more than 13 homers in LIPS. Ryan Howard ranks second with 13; Andruw Jones, Albert Pujols, and Aramis Ramirez share third place with 12. ~

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