 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wokupedzisira wa2004, Ortiz akasimudza kutamba kwake kusvika kumwero mutsva. Akanga ane zvibodzwa zvakawanda zvinokunda mutambo kuti abatsire Boston kupfuurira mumativi. Muna 2004 AL Division Series, akarova nhepfenyuro-kukunda kufamba-kure-kumba kumhanya paJarrod Washburn mu10th inning yeMutambo 3 kubvisa Anaheim Angels. MuAl Championship Seriesvachirwa neNew York Yankees, maRed Sox akakurumidza kuderera 0 mitambo kusvika ku3, kuderera kwakanga kusati kwambokundwa munhau yebaseball. Ortiz akapotsa achigadzira nzira yenhoroondo, paakarova kufamba-kubva-mbiri-kumhanya kumba kurwisa Paul Quantrill mu12th inning yeMutambo 4 uye kufamba-kubva kwega kweEsteban Loaiza mu14th inning yeMutambo 5. Heroics yake - kureva.387 pamwe nhatu musha run uye 11 RBI ari dzakatevedzana - akamutorera AL Championship Series MVP kukudzwa, kekutanga DH akanga nokusingaperi akahwina kuti mubayiro, sezvo Red Sox akadzoka kuhwina mumitambo nomwe. Mumutambo weWorld Series wa2004 neSt. Louis Cardinals, Ortiz akaisa matauriro emutambo wemitambo mina paakarova home run yevatatu kubva kuna Woody Williams muchikamu chekutanga cheMutambo 1 paFenway Park. Akarova.308 mumutambo uyu nehomerun uye 4 RBI sezvo Red Sox yakatsvaira maCardinal kuti vapedze Kutuka kweBambino nekukunda yavo yekutanga World Series Championship mumakore makumi masere nematanhatu. Kazhinji, Ortiz akarova.400 mumwaka we2004 postseason aine mashanu epamba uye 23 RBI. 