8:00 PM ET, October 20, 2004
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Final
Boston leads 4-3 (as of 10/20)
| Game 1: Tuesday, October 12 | ||
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| Boston | 7 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 10 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, October 13 | ||
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| Boston | 1 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Friday, October 15 | ||
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| NY Yankees | Postponed | |
| Boston | ||
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| Game 3: Saturday, October 16 | ||
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| NY Yankees | 19 | Final |
| Boston | 8 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, October 17 | ||
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| NY Yankees | 4 | Final in 12 |
| Boston | 6 | |
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| Game 5: Monday, October 18 | ||
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| NY Yankees | 4 | Final in 14 |
| Boston | 5 | |
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| Game 6: Tuesday, October 19 | ||
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| Boston | 4 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 2 | |
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| Game 7: Wednesday, October 20 | ||
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| Boston | 10 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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8:00 PM ET, October 20, 2004
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Damon CF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .260 | ||
| M Bellhorn 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .162 | ||
| P Reese 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| M Ramirez LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .326 | ||
| D Ortiz DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .429 | ||
| J Varitek C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 | ||
| T Nixon RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .216 | ||
| K Millar 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .265 | ||
| D Mientkiewicz 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||
| B Mueller 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 | ||
| O Cabrera SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .310 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||
| BATTING HR: D Ortiz (4, 1st inning off K Brown 1 on, 2 Out); J Damon 2 (2, 2nd inning off J Vazquez 3 on, 1 Out; 4th inning off J Vazquez 1 on, 0 Out); M Bellhorn (2, 8th inning off T Gordon 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Ortiz 2 (15), J Damon 6 (7), M Bellhorn (4), O Cabrera (8) SF: O Cabrera 2-out RBI: D Ortiz 2 GIDP: J Damon Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: K Millar 2, M Ramirez 2 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: J Damon (5, 2nd base off K Brown/J Posada) | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| D Lowe (W, 2-0) | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 69-44 | 2.92 | |
| P Martinez | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-15 | 5.40 | |
| M Timlin | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31-15 | 6.23 | |
| A Embree | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 3.18 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 122-75 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: M Cairo (By D Lowe) Batters faced: D Lowe 21; P Martinez 6; M Timlin 7; A Embree 1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Lowe 12-3; P Martinez 1-1; M Timlin 3-1; A Embree 1-0 Game Scores: D Lowe 68 | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| D Jeter SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| A Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .320 | ||
| G Sheffield RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .292 | ||
| H Matsui LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .412 | ||
| B Williams CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .296 | ||
| J Posada C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .244 | ||
| K Lofton DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | ||
| T Clark 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | ||
| a-J Olerud PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .192 | ||
| b-R Sierra PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | ||
| M Cairo 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .256 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for T Clark in the 7th b-grounded to second for J Olerud in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: H Matsui (7, P Martinez); B Williams (4, P Martinez) RBI: D Jeter (9), B Williams (13), K Lofton (3) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Cairo 1, G Sheffield 1, R Sierra 1 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: M Cairo (1, 2nd base off D Lowe/J Varitek); K Lofton (1, 2nd base off P Martinez/J Varitek) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: E Loaiza (1, throw) DP: 1 (F Heredia-D Jeter-T Clark). Outfield Assist: H Matsui (J Damon at Home). | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| K Brown (L, 1-1) | 1.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44-25 | 8.68 | |
| J Vazquez | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 55-24 | 9.53 | |
| E Loaiza | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49-31 | 1.08 | |
| F Heredia | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-2 | 10.80 | |
| T Gordon | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29-23 | 6.97 | |
| M Rivera | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-3 | 0.71 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 184-108 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: K Brown 9; J Vazquez 13; E Loaiza 14; F Heredia 1; T Gordon 8; M Rivera 1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Brown 2-0; J Vazquez 1-3; E Loaiza 7-1; F Heredia 2-0; T Gordon 0-5; M Rivera 1-0 Game Scores: K Brown 25 | ||||||||||
| BOS | NYY | |||
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| 1st | D Ortiz homered to right, M Ramirez scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 2nd | J Damon homered to right, K Millar, B Mueller and O Cabrera scored. | 6 | 0 | |
| 3rd | D Jeter singled to left, M Cairo scored. | 6 | 1 | |
| 4th | J Damon homered to right, O Cabrera scored. | 8 | 1 | |
| 7th | B Williams doubled to deep right center, H Matsui scored. | 8 | 2 | |
| 7th | K Lofton singled to center, B Williams scored. | 8 | 3 | |
| 8th | M Bellhorn homered to right. | 9 | 3 | |
| 9th | O Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, T Nixon scored. | 10 | 3 | |
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| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY |
| Attendance | 56,129 (111.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:31 |
| Weather | 54 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Randy Marsh, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - John Hirschbeck, Third Base - Jim Joyce |
