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Ortiz wins battle with lefty for 509th HR
- Updated: May 5, 2016
CHICAGO — The Red Sox had lost their first three games against lefty starters this season, and were getting shut down by the fourth (Carlos Rodon) in the early innings on Wednesday night. Instead of a right-handed hitter — the Red Sox had six of them in the lineup — turning the tide, it instead was old reliable.
David Ortiz turned on a fastball from Rodon and clocked it over the wall in right for a two-run shot that put his team in front for the first time in an eventual 5-2 win over the White Sox.
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Ortiz is a career .265 hitter against lefties with 116 homers in 2,558 at-bats.
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