The rest of the Red Sox were eerie enough , with those demented-farmer-from-a-horror-film faces of theirs . Mike Downey : David Ortiz may have been the scariest thing to face Cardinals this Halloween . ` ` Big Papi '' was awesome at the plate : he hit a home run in his first at-bat, and then another one in his second, but it wasn't enough for him to win that game. Downey : Cardinals had to walk Ortiz four times in the final game ; they lost anyway . Red Sox claimed the series as their own in large part due to Ortiz , Downey says .
Mike Downey : David Ortiz may have been the scariest thing to face Cardinals this Halloween . ` ` Big Papi '' was awesome at the plate : he hit a home run in his first at-bat, and then another one in his second, but it wasn't enough for him to win that game. Downey : Cardinals had to walk Ortiz four times in the final game ; they lost anyway . Red Sox claimed the series as their own in large part due to Ortiz , Downey says .