The 2004 Major League post-season witnessed perhaps the greatest comeback in the history of professional baseball. On a night in which Ramirez and Ortiz went a combined 1-for-7, the rest of the Red Sox offense picked up the slack.

HBP–Millar (1,by Morris); Varitek (1,by Eldred). Boston scored two in the first inning of Game 7 against New York, four in the first of Game 1 against the Cardinals and then two runs in the first frame of Game 2. NESN’s latest “Red Sox Encore” series continues at 8:30 p.m.

Boston's Jason Varitek, right, and Cardinals starter Matt Morris watch the flight of Varitek's triple in the first inning of Game 2. I couldn't move. Dom DiMaggio, left, and Johnny Pesky, both former Red Sox players, wave to the crowd after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for Game 2 of the World Series in Boston, Oct. 24, 2004.

Find out more. The 100th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in four games. Albert Pujols scored on the play cutting the Sox lead to 2-1. 5.

The veteran right-hander picked up the win after allowing one unearned run — the only run scored against him in either “bloody sock” game — on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings. The victory gave the Red Sox a six-game winning streak at the best possible time of the year. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC.

With blood oozing from his surgically repaired ankle and soaking his sock as it was five days prior, Schilling once again stepped up and led the Red Sox to victory. Are you a Stathead, too? After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. A–35,001. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 12:56AM.
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Curt Schilling’s performance in Game 6 against the Yankees gets all the headlines, but his heroics in Game 2 were nonetheless incredible. Your question may be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who purchased this item, who are all part of the Amazon community. Team–9. At some point, it just started to feel that everything was going the Red Sox’s way. Game 2 began with ceremonial first pitches from Red Sox legends Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky. With more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election night, Americans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyone, Why some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote counts.

Battleground Tracker: Biden leads in Wisconsin, has edge in Arizona, A behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed. Do you have a sports website? update=copyright.getFullYear(); One of those errors came in the fourth inning on a two-out grounder from Reggie Sanders, who didn’t pick up the RBI but nevertheless drove home Albert Pujols to make it a 2-1 game. Mark Bellhorn picked up one miscue while third baseman Bill Mueller, typically steady at the hot corner, committed a whopping three errors, tying a single-game World Series record. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. After Cardinals starter Matt Morris retired the first two batters of the game, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz both walked before Jason Varitek drove them home on a triple that nearly cleared the center field wall. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. There's a problem loading this menu right now. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name. Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today.
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After blowing out the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series and winning a Wild Game 1 over the Cardinals, Terry Francona’s club settled down and won a relatively normal contest against St. Louis.

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