![]() ![]() And that game ultimately ending with Uehara picking off Kolten Wong at first base for the final out, another first in the World Series. Jonny Gomes hitting a three-run homer that was ultimately the game-winner in Game 4 after Shane Victorino was a late scratch. The obstruction call on Will Middlebrooks in Game 3 that resulted in Allen Craig scoring the game-winning run for the Cardinals, the first time a World Series has ever ended in such a fashion. Louis Cardinals.Ī correctly overturned call in Game 1 that kept the bases loaded with one out, helping the Red Sox register three runs in the inning. And Shane Victorino was the hero in Game 6, erasing a 2-1 deficit with a seventh-inning grand slam-yes, another grand slam-that was the difference in a 5-2 victory for the Sox, sending them to the World Series against the St. ![]() In Game 5, the Red Sox were able to score four runs on Sanchez early and held on, winning 4-3. Detroit responded with a 7-3 victory in Game 4 to tie things up, but the Sox took over from there. The Sox again won Game 3, with Lackey surprisingly outdueling Justin Verlander in a 1-0 win away at Comerica Park. Clutch himself, David Ortiz, hit an eighth-inning grand slam to tie things up before Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a single through a drawn-in infield in the ninth to give the Sox a crucial 6-5 win. But it was the Red Sox pitching that was the story in a 4-2 ALCS win for Boston.ĭetroit took Game 1 after Sanchez and four relievers gave up just one hit and struck out 17 Red Sox hitters, winning 1-0.ĭetroit seemed bound to win Game 2 as well, leading 5-1 in the eighth inning. Louis Cardinals in six games during the Fall Classic.Behind studs like Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez, the Detroit Tigers had arguably the best rotation in all of baseball this season. After besting the Tampa Bay Rays in the best-of-five divisional round, the Red Sox claimed the American League pennant against the Detroit Tigers and defeated the St. The Red Sox went on to win 97 regular-season games before advancing to the MLB playoffs (beards and all). We have all the pieces right here.’ (We) go ahead and add Jake (Peavy) at the trade deadline and from Day 1, this team was really freaking good.” “So I’m like, ‘This is this is what it takes. And we’ve got a bullpen and we have a bench,” Gomes continued. And oh yeah, it turns out we have four closers. “And then, oh yeah, David Ortiz is on your team. “I’m not like the expert, right? But I mean Game 1, I’m in left and I got out Ells (Jacoby Ellsbury) to my right, I got (Shane) Victorino, who’s a Gold Glove center fielder in right and then I got (Mike) Napoli, Petey (Pedroia), Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, and then I got (John) Lester, David Ross and Salty (Jarrod Saltalamacchia),” Gomes told reporters, as seen on NESN. Gomes, who played in the outfield as was used as the designated hitter, remembered looking around the diamond and brainstorming of Boston’s potential under manager John Farrell. 2012, pointed to spring training, as well. Jonny Gomes, who signed with the Red Sox as a free agent in Dec. Sox Transactions, Trades, and Free Agents.When Red Sox 2013 World Series Champions Knew Title In Reach ![]()
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