NEW YORK -- David Ortiz hit his first home run in a week when he took Jaret Wright's pitch over the center-field fence to open the sixth inning yesterday afternoon, the blast drawing him within one of Jimmie Foxx's club record of 50 homers for a season. (Full article: 774 words)

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