Naturally, he took Torrez deep for a go-ahead three-run homer that gave New York the lead. The Yankees added another run in the inning and one more in the top of the eighth to take a lead. The Yankees went on to win the World Series. The Red Sox saw another year go by without a title. Game 3 featured one of the most memorable moments in the rivalry when Pedro Martinez hit Karim Garcia, clearing the benches, before Roger Clemens retaliated by throwing high and tight to Manny Ramirez to start a brawl.
During that brawl, Martinez grabbed Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer by the head and threw him to the ground. Fines were assessed and tempers were fired up midway through the series.
When the Red Sox forced Game 7 in Yankee Stadium, it seemed the series was destined for a dramatic finish. Sure enough, the game delivered. With one out and a runner on in the top of the second, Trot Nixon crushed a homer to right-center to put Boston ahead Jason Varitek doubled and scored on throwing error by Enrique Wilson to make it a lead.
Kevin Millar hit a home run off Clemens in the top of the fourth and after a walk and single, the Red Sox had chased Clemens from the game and forced the Yankees to bring in Mike Mussina from the bullpen. Then, Boston began to lose control of the game. In the bottom of the eighth, Derek Jeter doubled with one out and came around to score on a single by Bernie Williams that brought the score to Red Sox manager Grady Little came out to the mound to talk to Martinez, but opted to leave him in.
The decision, since second-guessed by many, backfired. Martinez was then pulled from the game. The Yankees picked up two more baserunners in the inning, including Ruben Sierra, who was intentionally walked and lifted for a pinch-runner by the name of Aaron Boone, but Mike Timlin stranded the bases loaded.
The ninth and 10th innings went by quietly as Timlin and Tim Wakefield combined for two scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the Red Sox, and Mariano Rivera delivered three scoreless frames for the Yankees. But in the bottom of the 11th, the game met its conclusion. The Yankees were once again American League champions, though they would go on to lose the World Series to the Marlins.
Little was fired after the season, and the Red Sox brought in the bench coach of the Athletics, a skipper who previously managed the Phillies from to , though never posted a winning season.
Enter Terry Francona. For the second straight year, the American League pennant would go to one of the two northeast rivals. Sale walked Jose Altuve leading off the inning but got Michael Brantley to bounce to short against the shift. With Devers handling the ball, nobody was covering third so Altuve kept going. The Astros finally got something out of a starter — After Houston starters pitched a combined 6.
After struggling in Game 1, he was excellent in Game 5. Valdez allowed just one run on three hits and one walk in eight innings.
He struck out five and turned most of the overused Houston bullpen into happy spectators. Valdez was perfect through the first four innings. Devers led off the fifth with a single to right.
Valdez was rattled for a moment and hit J. Martinez, but he got Renfroe to ground into a double play. Verdugo bounced out to first to strand Devers and end the inning. But with the rest of the lineup going silent, his woes have become more magnified. Thus, a rd regular-season game had to be added to their schedules to decide who would represent the East in the American League Championship Series.
Boston went with Mike Torrez, its Opening Day starting pitcher, to toe the rubber. Torrez came into the game with a record. He had a 3. Guidry had been a force in , having pitched to a record with a 1. He struck out batters and allowed only a. In the bottom of the sixth, Jim Rice scored Rick Burleson to make it a game. Torrez was dealing on the mound until the seventh inning.
The Yankees put two runners on base, but with two outs Torrez only had to retire Bucky Dent to end the inning. Dent owned a. Naturally, he took Torrez deep for a go-ahead three-run homer that gave New York the lead. The Yankees added another run in the inning and one more in the top of the eighth to take a lead.
The Yankees went on to win the World Series. The Red Sox saw another year go by without a title. This entire series ranks highly among the most entertaining in baseball's history.
Game 3 featured one of the most memorable moments in the rivalry when Pedro Martinez hit Karim Garcia, clearing the benches, before Roger Clemens retaliated by throwing high and tight to Manny Ramirez to start a brawl. During that brawl, Martinez grabbed Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer by the head and threw him to the ground. Fines were assessed and tempers were fired up midway through the series.
When the Red Sox forced Game 7 in Yankee Stadium, it seemed the series was destined for a dramatic finish. Sure enough, the game delivered. Martinez started against Clemons on the mound, but the Red Sox got to the Yankees' ace early.
With one out and a runner on in the top of the second, Trot Nixon crushed a homer to right-center to put Boston ahead Jason Varitek doubled and scored on throwing error by Enrique Wilson to make it a lead.
Kevin Millar hit a home run off Clemens in the top of the fourth and after a walk and single, the Red Sox had chased Clemens from the game and forced the Yankees to bring in Mike Mussina from the bullpen.
The Yankees added a run back when Jason Giambi homered off Martinez in the bottom of the fifth and he slugged another one in the bottom of the seventh to make it a game, but David Ortiz launched one of his own in the top of the eighth off David Wells to bring Boston's lead back up to three runs. Then, Boston began to lose control of the game. In the bottom of the eighth, Derek Jeter doubled with one out and came around to score on a single by Bernie Williams that brought the score to Red Sox manager Grady Little came out to the mound to talk to Martinez, but opted to leave him in.
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