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Ortiz lined his AL-best 40th homer of the season into the right-field seats off Devil Rays starter J.P. Howell. It was his seventh homer in 63 at-bats off Tampa Bay pitching this year. Only two other Boston players -- Carl Yastrzemski (1967, 1969-70) and Manny Ramirez (2001, 2004-05) -- have hit 40 or more homers in three different seasons. |
David Ortiz became the first Red Sox player to hit 40 homers in three consecutive seasons with a fifth-inning shot Sunday at Tampa Bay.