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Ortiz breaks record for most final-season homers

David Ortiz broke the major league record for most home runs in a final season with his 36th blast in the seventh inning of the Boston Red Sox's game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.

With a three-run shot to center in the seventh inning, Ortiz bettered the mark of 35 home runs set by Dave Kingman of the Oakland Athletics in 1986.

Ortiz also playfully engaged with a fan near the Red Sox dugout at Baltimore's Camden Yards.

In a previous at-bat in the fifth inning, Ortiz came up just short of a home run on a deep drive to right.