Tribe honored to be part of Ortiz’s last game

BOSTON — Indians manager Terry Francona could have relished the moment, a three-game American League Division Series sweep of his old team, capped by Monday’s 4-3 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. After all, he was Boston’s manager for some of David Ortiz’s greatest moments. His club ended Ortiz’s career.

And yet, the first words from Francona at his postgame press conference were words of praise.

“That’s quite a team we were fortunate enough to beat,” Francona said. “And also to David, that was an honor to be on the field for his last game. I think you can see by the way the fans reacted, their outpouring of affection for him, that was an honor.”

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The reaction from his players, some of whom were former Red Sox themselves, was similar.

“The Red Sox, these guys are an amazing ballclub, some of the best hitters in the game, and their pitching staff is fantastic,” said Coco Crisp, who played in Boston from 2006-08 and hit a two-run homer on Monday. “And we were able to win this. Our thing is to just go out there, be ourselves, continue to have fun, put our best out there — as long as you leave it all out there and are having fun — you can go home knowing that you left your best out there.”

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