BOSTON -- Breaking news: David Ortiz is human.
For one game, Ortiz departed from his farewell-season assault on opposing pitching, rolling into a double play with the bases loaded, nobody out and the Boston Red Sox trailing by one run in the ninth inning Friday night at Fenway Park.
Hey, it happens. Even to 40-year-old franchise icons.
There was a silver lining, however, to a 2-1 defeat to the Minnesota Twins in which the Red Sox managed four hits, squandered a potentially dramatic ninth-inning rally and saw All-Star right fielder Mookie Betts exit with a sore right knee that they pray won't linger for the rest of the season.