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BOSTON -- David Ortiz's first-ever steal of third Wednesday was the cause of considerable mirth in the Sox clubhouse, with Ortiz the first to have fun with it. Asked what he thought when third-base coach Brian Butterfield flashed the "steal" sign, Or...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox missed out on their first series sweep of the season, falling 6-2 on Wednesday to the Boston Red Sox. How it happened: David Ortiz blooped a two-run single into left field in the first inning and it ended up being ...

Yu Darvish has been nearly unhittable in his second big league season. Though known more for his mastery of multiple pitches and eerily consistent delivery, the Rangers right-hander can also beat you with pure heat, with a fastball that averages 93.1...

CHICAGO -- The Boston Red Sox took a soaking in any number of ways Tuesday night. Colombian left-hander Jose Quintana held them without a hit until David Ortiz's broken-bat single with one out in the seventh. The skies opened up and poured down...

Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday night.

MINNEAPOLIS -- David Ortiz has told the story many times of his first spring with the Red Sox, how he morphed from being a raw hitter to "Big Papi" after the team removed the shackles the Minnesota Twins had placed on him early in his career. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Two weeks after a series against the Minnesota Twins sent them on a long slide, the Red Sox have used their return set to get on a roll. Behind David Ortiz's first two-homer game since last summer, the Red Sox beat the Twins 12-5 on...

David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

The Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday placed pitcher David Price on the 15-day disabled list with a left triceps strain.

The ESPN fantasy baseball staff re-ranks designated hitters for the rest of the season

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- So, what future accusations lie in wait for Jon Lester? After spitballs for Clay Buchholz and steroids for David Ortiz, surely there is some manner of chicanery to which we can link the Red Sox left-hander, now 6-0 after breez...

On June 5, 2009, David Ortiz was hitting .187 with one home run and had struck out 48 times in 46 games. Just two seasons earlier, he had hit .332 with 35 home runs in helping lead the Boston Red Sox to their second World Series title in four seasons...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- White ball, white roof, look out below. It's an occupational hazard of playing in Tropicana Field, and it was a topic, David Ortiz said, that came up during the team's pregame meeting held to go over their scouting report o...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Well, that's one way to rectify a problem with hitting with men in scoring position: Stop putting men in scoring position. David Ortiz hit a three-run home run in the first inning, but the Sox managed just one hit the rest ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A sore oblique muscle, not an inflammatory newspaper column, sent David Ortiz into a slump last week, the Red Sox designated hitter told ESPN Deportes columnist Enrique Rojas on Tuesday afternoon. "I've been dealing with a ...

A sore oblique muscle, not an inflammatory newspaper column, sent David Ortiz into a slump last week, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter told ESPNDeportes columnist Enrique Rojas Tuesday afternoon.