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David Ortiz a hero again as Red Sox beat Yankees

Two wins down, Boston heads to New York seeking more

By Dan Shaughnessy

 |  Globe Columnist  

  October 19, 2004

In perhaps the most thrilling and torturous postseason game in 104 years of Red Sox baseball, the Sox last night beat the Yankees, 5-4, when the mythic Ortiz singled home Johnny Damon from second base in the bottom of the 14th at 10:59 p.m.

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