Jones homers for Guardians to spoil Papi's return to Fenway

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    Guardians rookie Nolan Jones politely asked reporters to wait so he could text his father a picture of the souvenir baseball he is bringing home from Fenway Park.

    Not the one from his home run — a three-run shot that was just the second homer of Jones' major league career. The one that David Ortiz autographed for him on the night the Red Sox slugger returned from Cooperstown as a newly minted Hall of Famer.

    "David Ortiz is my hero, actually," Jones said, stopping to show off the ball to his teammate Owen Miller after Cleveland beat Boston 8-3 on Tuesday night.

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