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This story has been clarified. Read below.NEW YORK -- David Ortiz was annoyed -- with himself and New York Yankees catcher?Austin Romine.Starting his final series at Yankee Stadium, Ortiz went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts and stranded seven runners as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-4 on Tuesday night and delayed Boston from clinching the American League East.Big Papi ended the game by fanning with two runners on when Tyler Clippard threw him a high, backdoor cutter. The 40-year-old slugger was succinct, saying, That aint fun.Ortiz also didnt like all the trips to the mound by Romine.They tricked me tonight. Too much talking between the pitcher and catcher, Ortiz said. Ill trick them tomorrow.Despite a stellar season, Ortiz said before the game that there is no way he will change his mind about retirement.My body is counting the days, let me tell you, he said. Its hard to play baseball when you are 40. Im not going to lie to you, its hard -- especially when youre looking everywhere around and everybodys 20. You can be a dad.Ortiz is hitting .318 with a major-league-leading 48 doubles, 37 homers and 124 RBIs. He hopes to earn a fourth World Series ring with the Red Sox.You often wonder why hes retiring, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Gosh, the year hes having, I would really have to think about coming back. But Im going to encourage him to retire.Ortiz has homered six times against the Yankees this season. New York has planned a pregame ceremony for Thursday.Yankee Stadium, it might be my favorite place to hit, to play, regardless, he said. The dimensions are perfect for a left-handed power hitter. All the emotions, all the adrenaline, all the competition competing against the Yankees has been outstanding through the years.Ortiz has 53 regular-season homers against the Yankees, all but one with Boston, tied with Hank Greenberg for fourth behind Jimmie Foxx (70), Ted Williams (62) and Manny Ramirez (55). His 31 homers at the old and new ballpark in the Bronx are tied with Mickey Vernon for second-most among visiting players, one ahead of Williams and one behind Goose Goslin.When he walked to the plate before flying out to center field in the first inning, Ortiz was greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers, with some fans rising to applaud.I think there will be a lot of respect paid for a guy whos had some good moments in here, Red Sox manager John Farrell said before the game, going on to compare this to the Fenway Park finales of Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter. Despite the rivalry, I think people appreciate baseball. They appreciate really talented players, and I would expect David to receive a similar treatment.Ortiz has been booed at Yankee Stadium since he joined the Red Sox for the 2003 season. But the jeers got more intense as his career progressed and he helped the Red Sox overcome a 3-0 deficit against New York in the 2004 AL Championship Series, then won World Series titles that year and in 2007 and 2013.It got more powerful now, he said. They know me a little bit more now.Ortiz took notice that a fan launched a website, moonbigpapi.com, encouraging spectators at Ortizs Yankee Stadium finale on Thursday to moon the Boston star.Can you imagine? Ortiz said, laughing. If it happens, Im going to make sure I got my cellphone in my back pocket.A previous version of this story incorrectly identified Gary Sanchez as the Yankees catcher Tuesday night. Sanchez was the Yankees designated hitter.Georges-Kevin NKoudou Jersey . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. 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Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career.Perth Wildcats have clinched a 75-73 victory over the New Zealand Breakers in a thrilling NBL grand final rematch at the Perth Arena.The reigning champions came from behind to secure the win and also had to defend feverishly for 14 seconds after Jarrod Kenny missed two free throws that could have claimed victory for the Wildcats a little earlier.Just like he did in game three of last seasons final play-off game, Casey Prather led scoring for the Cats with 29 points and was among scorers in the games final moments.After a slow start from the home side, Prather blew the game open at the start of the second period and helped Perth open up an 11-point lead at half-time.The two teams have shared the past seven NBL championships between them and took turns to dominate play.The loss extends New Zealands winless streak in Perth to five games but they kept the hosts to just eight points in an impressive third quarter, scoring 23 themselves, in an encouraging performance.But yet again, the reigning champions held on and found a way to win - having recoveed from a four-point deficit at the final change to avoid the loss.Perths next game is against Illawarra in Perth next Friday, while the Breakers will host Sydney on Thursday.ddddddddddddWildcats coach Trevor Gleeson said his side needed to be more consistent.A couple of games we have had teams in a position we could make it really hard on teams to come back and we relaxed, Gleeson said.Tonight, in the third, we were sloppy with the ball. We had four turnovers in the first three minutes. The care-factor went down and then we hit threes and got lay ups and go energy. Its something we have to work on.Breakers coach Paul Henare pinned the loss on his sides disappointing second quarter.We dug ourselves a hole. We did a good job in getting out of that hole, but the damage was done in the second quarter, he said.(Prather) had a hell of a game and was a big part of what we planned for.Obviously 29 points is a lot more than what we would have liked.But the difference in that first half was Wagstaff was able to get lose and kept the scoreboard ticking over as well. Two guys that hurt us. ' ' '