Redsox: Davis Ortiz Still on Hunt for No. 400

David Ortiz

David Ortiz recently hit his 399th home run off Jesse Chavez of Toronto last Wednesday at Fenway and has 21 at-bats since then but still hasn't quite been able to get No. 400. If Ortiz gets another home run he will become the sixth player in a Red Sox uniform to do so, the first since Manny Ramirez. Of players currently on the Red Sox roster, no one else is even close. Adrian Gonzalez is next at 201 who has been struggling this season. Ortiz’s next chance comes Tuesday night in Oakland, which has not been a very easy place for him to hit. He has a career .223 average in The Coliseum, and just 7 home runs, the least he has hit in any city located in the American League. But what makes it even worse is that he will be facing fellow Dominican Bartolo Colon, who has been the toughest for him to hit against out of all pitchers he has faced more than 30 times. Ortiz is just 6 for 45 in his career against Colon, a .133 average.