Red Sox to retire Ortiz’s number 45

The Blue Jays nearly balked away a pivotal game in their postseason chase.

Robert Osuna, who pitched two innings on Saturday night, picking up both a blown save and a win, got the last three outs for his 36th save. The Jays took a 4-3 lead on a sacrifice fly for Ezequiel Carrera, a lead they would hold and win.

Indeed, that was all it took against a Blue Jays team that has lost 16 of its last 28 games and is holding on for dear life to a wild-card spot in the American League. “But this was just one of those times when we did because of the respect and admiration that all of us have for David Ortiz”. “They’re hard to come by”.

“Obviously, we would like the home-field advantage”, Boston utilityman Brock Holt said after a 4-3 loss to Toronto. “It’s good that everything is already done, so now we can go back to normal and I can go back to my routines and try my best once the playoffs kick in”.

Price’s first truly meaningful start for the Red Sox was always going to be his first postseason start.

This season marks the final season for the one and only, David Ortiz.

“That was a pretty obvious one”, said Betts, who had two hits and scored twice for Boston. Jackie Bradley Jr. grounded out to end the inning.

In the top of the ninth, Kimbrel walked Michael Saunders to led off, and after Dalton Pompey pinch-ran, Kevin Pillar sac bunted Pompey to second and he moved to third on a wild pitch by Kimbrel.

As the home team, the Red Sox get to go last. “Wherever you are, I love you so much and I miss you”.

Joe Kelly pitched a 1-2-3 seventh and eighth inning with four strikeouts in total. NY won the N.L. East last season and went all the way to the World Series before losing to Kansas City.

Sanchez (15-2) limited Boston to a run and two hits over seven innings. Not only has he been as dominant as any closer in baseball over the past six years, but over 16 appearances from August 13 through September 22, he gave up one unearned run on five hits and had a 23-to-4 strikeouts-to-walks ratio in 14 innings.

In the fifth, Ortiz singled on a line drive to right and was replaced by a pinch hitter. Many of them asked the Red Sox designated hitter to sign their shirts, and several posed for selfies with him.

Ortiz, 40, has announced this season will be his last.

Ortiz, meanwhile, will play the 2,408th and final regular season game – and his 1,014th at Fenway – of his storied 20-year career.

What a great moment for a city grieving from a bombing at one of its most identifying events, what a great a rallying cry for a region of proud people frustrated and upset following an attack on our freedom, and what a great off the field moment by Ortiz.

One of the greatest hits in the history of the franchise, Ortiz effectively brought the Red Sox back from the dead with this game-tying grand slam in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS.

The Red Sox pulled out practically every stop possible in bidding farewell to David Ortiz.