David Ortiz walked to the plate representing the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the thousands of Boston Red Sox fans who crammed PNC Park on Friday night waited for Big Papi to send the ball over the right-field wall and into the Allegheny River. Mother Nature and Pittsburgh reliever Jose Veras had other ideas. A sudden -- and very brief -- downpour forced Ortiz to constantly wipe off the top of his batting helmet and Veras made Ortiz flip his bat in frustration after meekly grounding out to shortstop to help the Pirates to a 3-1 win. It provided Pittsburgh with a signature moment in a season quickly growing full of them. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310624123&teams=boston-red-sox-vs-pittsburgh-pirates
