Finished 1st in the AL's East Division. With Carlos Martinez on the mound for the Cardinals, the Red Sox had Jacoby Ellsbury reach on an error and after two strikeouts, Ortiz reached on a single. Mike Napoli hit a 445ft blast of a solo home-run off of Detroit's Anbal Snchez (who had surrendered no hits to the Red Sox in Game 1), igniting a 3-run second inning that saw David Ross and Jacoby Ellsbury also drive in runs. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Lynn could not make an out as Napoli drove in Ellsbury on a single, Gomes drew a walk to load the bases and Victorino collected his fourth RBI on a base hit which scored Ortiz from third. [36]Koji Uehara relieved Lester with two outs in the eighth and retired all four Cardinals he faced to earn his second save of the series. This was McCarver's 24th and final World Series broadcast (including four with ABC and four with CBS prior to his joining Fox in 1996), as he had announced that he would retire from the network's lead crew following the season. [29] The Red Sox closed out the month of May with a road loss against the archrival Yankees. Pedroia then singled under the glove of a diving David Freese to make the score 40. Aug 29, BOS (79-56) lost to BAL, 2-3, 148. This was the first World Series victory clinched at Fenway Park by the Boston Red Sox in 95 years, having won their 2004 and 2007 titles on the road, and the first time a World Series was won at Fenway since 1975 (when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Red Sox). Aug 18, BOS (73-53) lost to NYY, 6-9, 128. You start with the expectation, and then the drive to do what it . Tampa Bay starter David Price had a rough outing, being charged with all seven of Boston's runs. The trend grabbed the attention of the audience, who started wearing real and fake beards to the stadium in support of the team. They protested that Middlebrooks' feet were in the air as he was getting up when Craig ran over him. 2. Throughout the game, fans at Fenway Park heckled Wil Myers, a Tampa Bay right fielder who made a critical error that had helped open up scoring for the Red Sox in Game 1. [2] This was the first World Series since 1999 to feature both #1 seeds from the AL and NL. The Red Sox had home field advantage for the series, based on the AL's win in the 2013 MLB All-Star Game on July 16. [16][17][18][19] The Red Sox reported the decision was made "to support efforts of law enforcement officers. In the series finale, the Red Sox were trailing by five in the ninth, but scored six runs for their 11th walk-off win in 2013. There are decoys. Do you have a blog? Then in the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox defeated the third-seeded Detroit Tigers in six games to win their 13th American League pennant. Jonny Gomes started off the Red Sox offense in the bottom of the ninth with a single. 100-62, 853 Runs, 656 Runs Allowed, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. Jeff Roberson/Associated Press. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 100/98) where 2,833,333 fans witnessed their 2013 Red Sox finish the season with a .599 winning percentage. The Red Sox lost the first two games on May 20 and 21, but avoided the sweep in a 62 victory on May 22 that brought starting pitcher Clay Buchholz's record to 70. Ultimately, Boston's disgruntled offense would strike out 17 times, an ALCS record. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The NLCS was contested from October 11 to 18 between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers. With a Tampa Bay loss, the Red Sox cut the magic number for winning the division down to 1. After the 2017 season, Farrell was fired and replaced by Alex Cora, who managed the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series championship. In the bottom of the ninth with the 42 lead, Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal entered the game and made quick work of the Red Sox by striking out Gomes, Saltalamacchia and pinch-hitter Daniel Nava on 17 pitches. In the bottom of the second inning, Stephen Drew led off with a pop-up in front of the pitcher's mound. In the top of the 5th inning, Boston added two more runs, giving them a three-run cushion, but their lead was shattered in the bottom half of the frame with one swing, a three-run home run by Evan Longoria. The ALDS was contested from October 4 to 10 between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. American League Championship Series - Defeated Detroit Tigers 4-2. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. All rights reserved. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Ortiz later put an exclamation mark on the game with a 2-run shot to right in the 7th, for his 4th HR of the postseason. Wrong. **The winner of the 2013 American League Division Series plays the Red Sox in the ALCS. Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz then secured the series sweep by back-to-back strong outings. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. However, Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz gave up home runs to Miguel Cabrera and Alex Avila in the top of the 6th, widening the Tigers' lead to five runs. Or write about sports? In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Red Sox were able to load the bases, and David Ortiz crushed a two-out grand slam to tie the score at 55 off the first pitch from new Detroit pitcher Joaqun Benoit. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Pick the players that were on the Red Sox 2013 World Series Roster. The Tigers won the series 32. Ortiz hit his 30th home run of the season, making it his seventh season with 30 HR/100 RBI, tying Ted Williams for the club record. (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.) In a combined effort of Doubront and the bullpen, Boston shut-out the team from the NL West. Francona received a standing ovation in the first game of the four-game series. In 2022, they would set the all-time wins record for a battery with their 203rd victory, passing pitcher Warren Spahn and catcher Del Crandall.[68]. The Red Sox won their fourth straight against the Cleveland Indians on April 16. After a flyout by Pedroia which advanced Ellsbury to third, Ortiz was again intentionally walked. One at home against the Tampa Bay Rays and another on the road against the Cleveland Indians, resulting in a six-game winning streak which improved their record to 114, and put them in first place in the American League East. Those players would form the core of the 2018 champion Red Sox, managed by Alex Cora. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. 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. The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2013 season. The Red Sox will host the Cardinals in Game 1 of the 2013 World Series tonight at Fenway Park beginning at 8:07 p.m. St. Louis had back-to-back leadoff singles in the second and third by Carlos Beltrn and David Freese, latter advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Pete Kozma but was left in scoring position. 2013 World Series (42): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) The 2013 Red Sox were following Bobby Valentine's tired act from '12, when the team won 69 games, the manager alienated half the roster before they had even departed Fort Myers, and the. The Cardinals finished the 2013 regular season at 9765, earning the best record in the National League. * - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? 2013 Boston Red Sox Roster. St. Louis brought in their fourth arm of the night in the bottom of the fifth, Kevin Siegrist. Winning in six games, the Red Sox clinched their first World Series championship at their home field of Fenway Park since 1918,[5][6][7] and the most recent edition where the championship was clinched by the home team until the 2022 World Series (before that, the Dodgers won the 2020 World Series as the designated home team, but at a neutral site). Boston battled back and took game 2 with Stephen Drew going yard twice for the second time in his career in a single game. David Ortiz was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. The Series started on October 23, ending with Game 6 on October 30. In game one in Los Angeles Boston could not score but were able to take game two and three, inflicting the Dodgers first series loss since June 16. Victorino and Ortiz shaved theirs during a charity event sponsored by Gillette. [13] This was Boston's first Opening Day victory since 2010. Other Sports Stats - World TeamTennis Stats - World TeamTennis Search Ross did tag and score to give Boston a 50 lead. Tigers in Game 6 and back to the World Series for the third time in 10 years . The Red Sox had a scheduled weekend series against the Kansas City Royals during April 1921. The game ended when Boston closer Koji Uehara picked off pinch runner Kolten Wong with Carlos Beltrn at the plate, making it the first postseason game in baseball history to end on a pickoff. Jon Lester led the team with 15 wins, and John Lackey recorded a 3.52 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers. Game 5 saw a battle of the aces with Adam Wainwright on the short end as Lester pitched another gem of 7 2/3 innings. Craig fell, got back up and ran home. The Cardinals evened up the series at one game each as the series shifted to St. Louis for the next three games. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Even though this happened with no outs, Holliday was stranded at third. In the bottom of the eighth Lester allowed a one out double against Freese and Koji Uehara took over the mound for a four out save after Kozma hit a fly ball to left field for the second out of the inning. May 23, BOS (28-20) lost to CLE, 3-12, 77. The Red Sox won the first game at Fenway Park on October 23, followed by the Cardinals winning the second game on October 24 to tie the series 11. Bogaerts was first on the Red Sox's radar in 2009 during a workout in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island. PITCHERS (11): Craig Breslow, Clay Buchholz, Ryan Dempster, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Franklin Morales, Jake Peavy, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Brandon Workman. The Cardinals have made just one change to their team, but it's a big one. over Detroit TigersWon AL Division Series (3-1) John Lackey became the first pitcher in MLB history to win two World Series clinching games with two different teams. Boston then tacked on three more in the bottom of the 5th and four more in the bottom of the 8th. In the same inning the first two batters for the Red Sox reached base, a single by Jonny Gomes and a walk by Shane Victorino, but after back-to-back popouts into foul territory by Xander Bogaerts and Stephen Drew, David Ross struck out. 25. They were joined by outfielders Carlos Beltrn and Matt Holliday, third baseman David Freese, and first baseman Matt Adams. [citation needed], Following the team's World Series win, Boston Red Sox fans congregated at the site of the Boston Marathon bombing to celebrate the title. The Cardinals' pitching staff were led by Adam Wainwright, who returned to form after posting an NL-leading 19 wins. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Under new manager John Farrell, the Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses. Lester was joined by Clay Buchholz, John Lackey and midseason acquisition Jake Peavy. Down 10 in the sixth inning, further long-ball theatrics were showcased by David Ortiz, who hit a two-run home run with Dustin Pedroia on base to give Boston a 21 lead. Will Middlebrooks posted two home runs, including the fifth grand slam in the month of September for Boston, and David Ortiz collected his 100th RBI on the season. Following their Opening Day triumph, the Red Sox improved to 20 on Wednesday, April 3, in the second tilt of the three-game series, in a game that saw offseason acquisition Joel Hanrahan rack up his first save as a Red Sox. Wainwright ended up striking out the side in the first two innings before Jon Lester broke the streak with a groundout. The Red Sox also placed closer Joel Hanrahan on the disabled list with a hamstring injury.[14][15]. The regularly scheduled game took place at 1:35p.m., and a nightcap at 7 p.m.[22], On April 21, Kansas City ended Boston's seven-game winning streak with a 42 win over the Red Sox in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. August started just like July ended, with a walk-off win against the Mariners. Middlebrooks tried to keep the ball on the infield, but it skipped into foul territory. The American League's All-Star Game win allows the Red Sox to host four of a possible seven World Series games from Fenway Park. They are consistently one of the top MLB teams in average road attendance, while the small capacity of Fenway Park prevents them from leading in overall attendance. On Memorial Day, May 27, the Red Sox opened a four-game home-and-home series against Philadelphia, the team's first interleague series of 2013. The Red Sox scrounged out one run in the bottom of the 6th, a Dustin Pedroia RBI double which seemed insignificant at the time but would prove crucial later. The Red Sox added to their lead in the bottom of the seventh with Ortiz hitting a two-run home run off Kevin Siegrist to give them a 70 lead. - unknown, for minors. Michael Wacha left the game with six earned runs in 3 2/3 innings of work. [citation needed], The top-seeded Cardinals opened the playoffs by defeating the #4 seed Pittsburgh Pirates in five games in the Division Series. Uehara ended the game by picking off pinch runner Kolten Wong, earning his first save of the series and the sixth in this postseason. Boston then lost the following 2 games against Los Angeles (splitting the season series 33 in the process) and the Seattle Mariners before starting a 4-game winning streak, taking 3 out of 4 games against the M's and the first game of the series against the A's. Craig stumbled over the fallen Middlebrooks and Daniel Nava, who backed up the play, quickly fired to home but third base umpire Jim Joyce called obstruction and gave Craig home plate, scoring the first obstruction walk-off win in a World Series ever. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Get Complete coverage of the 2013 League Championship Series games between the Tigers and Red Sox on ESPN.com . The Rangers took the next two games, on May 4 and 5, by respective scores of 51 and 43. In the sixth inning, the bases were empty with two outs before Dustin Pedroia singled and David Ortiz walked. The inspired play of the Red Sox took them from last place the previous season to American League East champions with a 28-game turnaround, helped by Farrell's calming presence and familiarity with some of the players. Coming home to Fenway Park, the Red Sox took 2 of 3 games from the Texas Rangers from June 46, including a 175 romp. . On their second visit to Boston, the Yankees clinched their first series of the season against the fierce rival by taking two games out of three. They also relied on the baserunning exploits of center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, whose 52 stolen bases led the major leagues, while right fielder Shane Victorino, second baseman Dustin Pedroia, first baseman Mike Napoli, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and outfielder Jonny Gomes helped the Red Sox to a league-leading 853 runs scored. Flix Doubront, who relieved Buchholz after four innings, pitched 2 2/3 innings before giving up his only hit, a double by Shane Robinson. [40], After the team won the World Series, some of the players decided to shave their beards. To close out the series, the Red Sox gave Angels starting pitcher Joe Blanton his tenth loss of the season in a 105 victory on June 9. The largest paid crowd in the history of Busch Stadium (47,469) saw the game, surpassing the previous night's record attendance. Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball. The Phillies are considered Boston's interleague "rival", playing the Red Sox every season. Jacoby Ellsbury lead off the third inning with a single and Pedroia advanced him to second on a groundout. Record: Then, outfielder Jonny Gomes came to bat and the Cardinals brought in Seth Maness to face him. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. [32] (However, it was not the first time a World Series game ended with a runner being tagged out during an at-bat; in the 1926 World Series, Babe Ruth was caught stealing for the final out of Game 7. The Red Sox had a shaky opening in Game 1, with Jon Lester surrendering solo home runs to Sean Rodriguez and Ben Zobrist. With one out, Jon Jay hit a grounder to second baseman Dustin Pedroia. The team that ranks 15th in the majorsthe demarcation line for the top half . [44][45][46][47] The win was the third championship in the last ten seasons for the Red Sox. Initially, the Cardinals had been awarded a force-out at second base, but after conferring, the umpires ruled that Kozma never had control of the ball, and Pedroia was reinstated at second base. He made contact with Middlebrooks, who was lying face-first on the dirt, with his feet in the air. Find out more. The Tigers outhit the Red Sox, and Detroit had several prime scoring opportunities, especially in the first and eighth innings, but all were stanched by effective pitching from starter John Lackey, relievers Craig Breslow and Junichi Tazawa, and closer Koji Uehara. [24] Dustin Pedroia reached base in all their first 18 games, the most consecutive games to start a season by a Red Sox 2B (breaking the record set by Pete Runnels in 1959)[citation needed]. Wainwright was joined by youngsters Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, Shelby Miller, and late-season call-up Michael Wacha. 2013 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox - MLB Playoffs - ESPN Michael Tureski/Icon SMI This video is unavailable. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. in [34] The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. But in the bottom of the seventh, Matt Holliday hit a line drive off of reliever Junichi Tazawa that just got past a diving Will Middlebrooks that drove in two, and Holliday advanced to third on the throw. However, the Red Sox also signed high-priced free agent flops Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramrez, neither of whom became productive players. Even with both wins against the Red Sox on April 21, Boston remained in first place in the AL East as did Kansas City in the AL Central. Slowly crawling their way back east the Red Sox stopped for a four-game series in Kansas City dropping 3 games before heading to Toronto, dropping two out of three against the AL East rival but still maintaining a 2-game lead over the Rays. He induced a ground ball against Allen Craig to first base, Mike Napoli bobbled the ball but could recover in time and Tazawa, covering first base, got the out. He is the first non-Yankee to win three rings with one team since Jim Palmer did it for the 1966-70-83 Baltimore Orioles. The white lights of Boston's Prudential Tower displayed "GO SOX." Here's the official roster for the World Series: Pitchers (11): Josh Beckett, Manny Delcarmen, Eric Gagne, Jon Lester, Javier Lopez, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Curt. Workman had his first start only 4 days later against the Oakland Athletics, taking a no-hit bid to the 7th inning. Baseball Stats - AL - NL - AAGPBL - Minor League Baseball - Search [citation needed]. Do you have a sports website? Love, Cleveland." Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? In search for run support the offense gave Lackey 13 runs in game three, the most in any start for him this season, to extend the winning streak to five and extending the lead in the AL East to a season-high 8+12 games but failed to sweep the four-game set when Workman gave up a walk-off wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth after Rivera suffered his second blown save in the series while trying for a two-inning save. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The Red Sox gave up a 60 lead after a first inning in which the first eight Boston batters all reached base, and then Andrew Bailey had a blown save in the 10th inning, giving up two Tampa Bay runs. Boston threatened early with two walks and a single, which could not score David Ortiz from second, in the top of the second. Allowing only one run and handing Max Scherzer just his second loss of the season, the Red Sox took game two and exploded in game three, scoring 20 runs, a season high amongst all Major League teams, on 19 hits including 8 long balls. Here is the roster, official as of Sunday: PITCHERS (12): RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Andrew Bailey, RHP Clay Buchholz, RHP Ryan Dempster, LHP . Another streak however continued in game one of the home series against the Tigers. [63][64][65][66], On April 1, 2014, the Red Sox visited the White House and met with President Obama.[67]. With one out Yadier Molina reached base and advanced to second on a throwing error by Bogaerts and even took third on a wild pitch but St. Louis could not bring him home. In the bottom of the ninth with one out, Koji Uehara took the mound and gave up a double on his first pitch to Allen Craig which advanced Yadier Molina, who singled earlier in the inning, to third. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Many thanks to him. The bullpen were led by closer Koji Uehara, who unexpectedly took over following injuries to Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey to post 21 saves and a 1.09 ERA. In the top of the seventh, with two on and two outs, Jacoby Ellsbury stole second base, his fourth steal of the series, and advanced to third on a wild pitch, which scored Xander Bogaerts from third. 4. This was the fourth meeting of the Cardinals and the Red Sox in the World Series (previously meeting in 1946, 1967, and 2004). At the event, the Boston company donated $100,000 to One Fund Boston, a charity dedicated to the victims of the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.[41][42]. In the seventh, the Tigers scored on a double play, bringing them within a run. Siegrist misplayed his position on first base, standing too far away, and Ellsbury safely returned to the bag.