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Red Sox walk off on Ortiz's home run in 9th

Published Aug. 27, 2009 7:45 a.m. ET

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Victor Martinez had never been around for one of David Ortiz's trademark game-ending homers, and he thought it would be a good time to see his first.

"Victor, man, he just pushed me for every at-bat," Ortiz said after curling his second homer of the game around the Pesky Pole to break a ninth-inning tie and give the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. "He got in my face and started screaming at me. I liked it. It got me in the mood."

It was Ortiz's 10th career game-ending homer and his ninth with the Red Sox, breaking a franchise record that had been held by Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx. But it was the first for Ortiz since Sept. 12, 2007, and his first multihomer game of the season.

And it couldn't have come at a better time for the Red Sox, who remained six games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East but improved to 2 1/2 games in front of Texas in the wild-card race.

"You're getting late into August right now, and it's good to have big hits like that, especially from him," said All-Star Tim Wakefield, who pitched seven strong innings in his return from the disabled list. "We were able to scrap together enough runs to get a win and hopefully we can carry that momentum into tomorrow and sweep this series."

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