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St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Martinez gestures to teammates in the dugout after he drove in a run with a single in the fourth inning during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com

Identity.

That’s the word that still stings Carlos Martinez as he returns with the Cardinals to Fenway Park for the first time since the 2013 World Series.

If not for questions about his identity, the hard-throwing righthander probably would have been in a Red Sox uniform this week during the two-game interleague set at Fenway Park.