![]() The dinger gave the Red Sox a 2-1 lead with nine outs to go, and goosed their win expectancy 33%. Ortiz blasted a two-run homerun off of Michael Wacha in the bottom of the 6th inning. See above- Game 1 would not have changed regardless of Ortiz’s performance. That Pete Kozma borked the double play had nothing to do with Big Papi. The error loaded the bases and set up an ugly first inning for starter Adam Wainwright, but they already had the result they wanted- a double play ball from Ortiz. Similarly, Ortiz reached on an error in the first inning of that same game with two runners on. The Red Sox were almost certainly going to win regardless of Ortiz’s homerun. However, the Cardinals were down 5-0 at the time and 7-0 after the homerun. For instance, Ortiz hit a two-run homerun in the 7th inning of game 1. We’ll zero in only on the plays that mattered most, where Ortiz specifically had the most impact. what if the Cardinals had kept Ortiz in check during the 2013 World Series? His collective WPA (win probability added) that year was the 8th best ever in a World Series. He put up a whopping 1.948 OPS, the seventh best ever in the Fall Classic. Ortiz found another level beyond his sterling post-season reputation. It’s the second one we’ll talk about today. The Cardinals were the punchline to Ortiz twice, dropping both the 20 World Series to the Red Sox. Louis Cardinals, you’re likely intimately familiar with Ortiz’s October antics. ![]() ![]() As a reader of a site dedicated to the St. 900 OPS or better 10 times, including eight in a row from the 2004 ALDS through the 2007 World Series. In 18 career playoff series, he posted a. His post-season heroics are key to his worthiness for the Hall. game against the Angels on Marathon Monday, and will wear their home jerseys with "Boston" across the front, as they did for the first time during the 2013 Boston Marathon tribute on April 20, 2013.It was announced earlier this week that David Ortiz would be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Red Sox will play their annual 11:05 a.m. game against the Angels to commemorate One Boston Day. There will also be a pregame ceremony ahead of the Red Sox' 4:10 p.m. That Saturday afternoon, April 15, members of the 2013 Red Sox will join city and state officials, first responders, hospital leaders, and local running groups at the finish line for the ringing of the bells and the unveiling of the One Boston Day marker on Boylston Street. The weekend of reflection and celebration will begin on Friday, April 14 when the Red Sox - including Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez - will give out over 40,000 blue and yellow Red Sox City Connect hats to Boston Public School students and staff at over 100 elementary and middle schools across the city. The current Red Sox will wear their blue and yellow City Connect jerseys that day. The festivities will begin at 1 p.m., and the Zac Brown Band will sing the national anthem ahead of the game. That 2013 championship team - led by the likes of David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Dustin Pedroia, Mike Napoli, and Koji Uehara, just to name a few - will celebrate a reunion ahead of next Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park on April 16. The 2013 Red Sox helped the city of Boston heal after the devastating events of the marathon bombing, honoring the victims and survivors throughout the year as they marched to a World Series title.
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