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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston celebrated David Ortiz’s two decades of spring training in Fort Myers with a pregame ceremony before his final home exhibition game, a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Ortiz announced on his 40th birthday in November that this will be his final season. He trained in Fort Myers with the Minnesota Twins and then since 1993 with the Red Sox. Ortiz went 0 for 3 and left after the sixth inning in a golf cart decorated with his number 34 and the flag of the Dominican Republic on its roof. The cart was driven by a pair of former Red Sox starts: Hall of Famer Jim Rice and Luis Tiant.

“Very nice, very nice,” Ortiz said. “I’ve been coming to Fort Myers for a long time. To get to the point where you can get to say goodbye as a player, it’s really good. “It’s crazy. I wasn’t expecting any of it but it happened. Whenever somebody comes to you with a gift, it’s always welcomed, right?

The Red Sox and the city of Fort Myers, I really thank them for being so nice.” FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Red Sox celebrated David Ortiz's two decades of spring training in Fort Myers with a pregame ceremony before his final home exhibition game, a 5-3 loss to the Orioles on Monday. Ortiz announced on his 40th birthday in November that this will be his final season. He trained in Fort Myers first with the Minnesota Twins and then since 2003 with the Red Sox. Ortiz went 0-for-3 and left after the sixth inning in a golf cart decorated with his number 34 and the flag of the Dominican Republic on its roof.

The cart was driven by a pair of former Red Sox starts: Hall of Famer Jim Rice and Luis Tiant. "Very nice, very nice," Ortiz said. "I've been coming to Fort Myers for a long time. To get to the point where you can get to say goodbye as a player, it's really good. "It's crazy. I wasn't expecting any of it but it happened.

Whenever somebody comes to you with a gift, it's always welcomed, right? The Red Sox and the city of Fort Myers, I really thank them for being so nice." The Red Sox celebrated David Ortiz’s two decades of spring training in Fort Myers with a pregame ceremony before his final home exhibition game, a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Ortiz announced on his 40th birthday in November that this will be his final season. He trained in Fort Myers with the Minnesota Twins and then since 1993 with the Red Sox. Ortiz went 0 for 3 and left after the sixth inning in a golf cart decorated with his number 34 and the flag of the Dominican Republic on its roof.

The cart was driven by a pair of former Red Sox stars: Hall of Famer Jim Rice and Luis Tiant. Xavier Avery, Nolan Reimold and Francisco Pena homered for the Orioles, with Avery connecting on Rick Porcello’s second pitch of the game. The fateful decision came way before Tuesday’s game-defining moment happened. In advance of their series against the Orioles, the Red Sox decided they would not challenge Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser, who ranks in the top 20 in Baseball Savant’s arm strength metrics. They stuck to that belief in the 11th inning Tuesday while trailing by a run with the tying run on third and one out when Roman Anthony lifted a 265-foot fly ball to center,... Alex Bregman then popped out to end the game, sending the Red Sox to a two-game sweep by the last-place Orioles heading into their pivotal four-game set with the Yankees starting Thursday.

“That’s an impact arm in center field,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters after the 4-3 loss. “We prepare before the series and we decide who we’re going to challenge or not. So, we didn’t challenge him.” FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston celebrated David Ortiz’s two decades of spring training in Fort Myers with a pregame ceremony before his final home exhibition game, a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Ortiz announced on his 40th birthday in November that this will be his final season.

He trained in Fort Myers with the Minnesota Twins and then since 1993 with the Red Sox. Ortiz went 0 for 3 and left after the sixth inning in a golf cart decorated with his number 34 and the flag of the Dominican Republic on its roof. The cart was driven by a pair of former Red Sox starts: Hall of Famer Jim Rice and Luis Tiant. “Very nice, very nice,” Ortiz said. “I’ve been coming to Fort Myers for a long time. To get to the point where you can get to say goodbye as a player, it’s really good.

“It’s crazy. I wasn’t expecting any of it but it happened. Whenever somebody comes to you with a gift, it’s always welcomed, right? The Red Sox and the city of Fort Myers, I really thank them for being so nice.” March 28, 2016 / 6:46 PM EDT / CBS Baltimore FORT MYERS, Fla.

(AP) -- Boston celebrated David Ortiz's two decades of spring training in Fort Myers with a pregame ceremony before his final home exhibition game, a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Ortiz announced on his 40th birthday in November that this will be his final season. He trained in Fort Myers with the Minnesota Twins and then since 1993 with the Red Sox. Ortiz went 0 for 3 and left after the sixth inning in a golf cart decorated with his number 34 and the flag of the Dominican Republic on its roof. The cart was driven by a pair of former Red Sox starts: Hall of Famer Jim Rice and Luis Tiant. "Very nice, very nice," Ortiz said.

"I've been coming to Fort Myers for a long time. To get to the point where you can get to say goodbye as a player, it's really good. The Boston Red Sox lose the second game of the series to the Baltimore Orioles 5-3. The amazing offense they had last game just vanished for this one. Kutter Crawford pitched a good game, and as usual the offense didn’t show up for him. He went six and third innings, and got six strikeouts giving up three runs.

The Sox were only able to score one run in the fourth, and then two more off a hit and a balk. Otherwise, it was all whiffs, flyouts and pop-ups. They almost rallied in the ninth, but fell short. The relievers also staggered this game, giving up two more runs after Crawford left the game. They looked so much better yesterday, and now they are back to normal. The Red Sox will host the Orioles for the final time this season and the rubber match tomorrow at 7:10pm EST.

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