Ortiz Walk Off - September 23, 2003

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September 23, 2003

Walk Off Hit No:	5
Walk Off HR No:	2
Opponent:	Baltimore Orioles
Stadium:	Fenway Park
Score Before:	5 - 5
Situation:	None On, No Outs
Result:	1-Run Home Run
Final Score:	6 - 5

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

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Summary

Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 5 - 10 innings

David Ortiz dropped his first Walk-Off bomb with the Red Sox in the heat of the 2003 playoff push, beating the Baltimore Orioles in extra innings. Papi had already asserted himself as a clutch hitter in Boston, mainly with a Walk-Off wall ball against the Yankees in July that year. But this was David's initiation into Red Sox lore, as Ortiz took a Kurt Ainsworth offering over the Green Monster in the 10th inning to send the Fenway Faithful home knowing their magic number had dropped to 3. It was a first and a last for Sox fans, as this was the last time Big Papi would keep his helmet on in the celebratory Mosh Pit around home plate.

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Batter by Batter

Boston - Bottom of 10th
- Kurt Ainsworth pitching for Baltimore
- David Ortiz homered (#29) to left.

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Quote

"Everybody thought we were going to go away, give that game away," Ortiz said. "It was a great feeling."
"You might see anything out there this time of the season," Boston manager Grady Little said. "And we were happier to be involved in it than watching it, I can tell you that."

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