Game 2 was closer in a pitcher's duel but the Yankees once again got the better of the Red Sox making it a 0-2 deficit. Some Red Sox fans start to believe it's the curse once again taking away there chances of winning a World Series title. October 13, 2004 - Game 2 of the ALCS Code: New York Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 1 League Championship Series Game 2 Played on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 (N) at Yankee Stadium BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 3 7 0 BATTING Boston Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Damon cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Bellhorn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Ortiz dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Millar 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Nixon rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Varitek c 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 Cabrera ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 Mueller 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Timlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Embree p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foulke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 5 1 1 6 24 5 BATTING - 2B: Varitek (1,off Gordon); Ramirez (1,off Rivera). Team LOB: 4. New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jeter ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Sheffield rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 Matsui lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 Williams cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Posada c 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 Olerud 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 11 0 Cairo 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Lofton dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Lieber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gordon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 7 3 5 8 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Rodriguez-Cairo-Olerud. BATTING - HR: Olerud (1,6th inning off Martinez 1 on 1 out). HBP: Rodriguez (1,by Martinez); Cairo (1,by Foulke). Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING - SB: Jeter (1,2nd base off Martinez/Varitek). PITCHING Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR Martinez L(0-1) 6 4 3 3 4 7 1 Timlin 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Embree 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Foulke 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 8 7 3 3 5 8 1 New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR Lieber W(1-0) 7 3 1 1 1 3 0 Gordon 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rivera SV(2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 6 0 Lieber faced 1 batter in the 8th inning HBP: Martinez (1,Rodriguez); Foulke (1,Cairo). Umpires: Jeff Nelson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, Jeff Kellogg, Joe West, Randy Marsh Time of Game: 3:15 Attendance: 56136 Starting Lineups: Boston Red Sox New York Yankees 1. Damon cf Jeter ss 2. Bellhorn 2b Rodriguez 3b 3. Ramirez lf Sheffield rf 4. Ortiz dh Matsui lf 5. Millar 1b Williams cf 6. Nixon rf Posada c 7. Varitek c Olerud 1b 8. Cabrera ss Cairo 2b 9. Mueller 3b Lofton dh Martinez p Lieber p RED SOX 1ST: Damon grounded out (first unassisted); Bellhorn popped to shortstop; Ramirez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Jeter walked; Jeter stole second; Rodriguez was hit by a pitch; Sheffield singled to center [Jeter scored, Rodriguez to second]; Matsui was called out on strikes; Williams was called out on strikes; Posada grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. RED SOX 2ND: Ortiz walked; Millar popped to shortstop; Nixon flied to left; Varitek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 2ND: Olerud grounded out (second to first); Cairo walked; Lofton singled to center [Cairo to second]; Jeter flied to center [Cairo to third]; Rodriguez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. RED SOX 3RD: Cabrera singled to left; Mueller grounded out (first unassisted) [Cabrera to second]; Damon grounded out (second to first) [Cabrera to third]; Bellhorn flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 3RD: Sheffield popped to shortstop; Matsui grounded out (first unassisted); Williams grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. RED SOX 4TH: Ramirez flied to center; Ortiz popped to second; Millar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Posada walked; Olerud popped to second; Cairo flied to left; Lofton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. RED SOX 5TH: Nixon flied to left; Varitek grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabrera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Jeter grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez singled to third; Sheffield struck out; Matsui was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. RED SOX 6TH: Mueller popped to third; Damon lined to center; Bellhorn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Williams flied to center; Posada walked; Olerud homered [Posada scored]; Cairo was called out on strikes; Lofton popped to third; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 3. RED SOX 7TH: Ramirez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ortiz singled to right; Millar grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Ortiz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: TIMLIN REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Jeter grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez lined to third; Sheffield singled to left; EMBREE REPLACED TIMLIN (PITCHING); Matsui singled to left [Sheffield to second]; Williams flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 3. RED SOX 8TH: Nixon singled to right; GORDON REPLACED LIEBER (PITCHING); Varitek doubled to right [Nixon to third]; Cabrera grounded out (shortstop to first) [Nixon scored]; Mueller grounded out (second to first) [Varitek to third]; RIVERA REPLACED GORDON (PITCHING); Damon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: Posada singled to center; Olerud flied to center; FOULKE REPLACED EMBREE (PITCHING); Cairo was hit by a pitch [Posada to second]; Lofton struck out; Jeter walked [Posada to third, Cairo to second]; Rodriguez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Yankees 3. RED SOX 9TH: Bellhorn grounded out (first unassisted); Ramirez doubled to center; Ortiz struck out; Millar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Yankees 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 1 5 0 4 Yankees 3 7 0 11
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/bos/n...041013&content_id=893583&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp NEW YORK -- The hole is deep, but the Red Sox will rely on their bats, their friendly home field and a less obvious ingredient known as their memories to try and overcome it all. In a scenario they certainly didn't desire, the Sox trail the Yankees, 2-0, in this best-of-seven American League Championship Series. That's the bad news following Wednesday's 3-1 loss to Jon Lieber and the Yankees. The good news is that the Sox are 56-26 (including their one playoff game) at Fenway Park in 2004. And their bats, which were first quieted by Mike Mussina in Game 1 and silenced even more by Lieber in Game 2, feel as if it's only a matter of time before they come busting out. As for the memory thing, the Sox only have to go back to last October when they trailed Oakland, 2-0, in a best-of-five series heading back to Fenway and lived to tell about it. They need that first victory to give them a chance, and the Sox will rely on Bronson Arroyo to get it on Friday night in Game 3, when he pitches against Kevin Brown. "We've been in this situation before," said Sox slugger Manny Ramirez. "Tomorrow's a day off and we're going to enjoy it and come back Friday. We did it last year and we have to think positive." The alternative certainly won't do them any good. While Pedro Martinez gave it his best in Game 2 (six innings, four hits, three runs, seven strikeouts, 113 pitches), Lieber (seven innings, three hits, one earned run) was just a little bit better. Or maybe the Yankees' offense was just a little bit better than Boston's. "I think we were overanxious early in that game," said Sox catcher Jason Varitek. "We got ourselves out quite a bit. I'm not taking anything away from what he did, but I just think that as a team we got ourselves out a little bit." The Yankees have stifled Sox leadoff man Johnny Damon, who is normally the catalyst of the Boston offense. In the first two games, Damon is 0-for-8 with five strikeouts. "When I'm not doing my job, it makes everything a little bit tougher for our team," said Damon. "They've pitched me tough. I won't disagree with that. But I've got to get on base. It's on me. I'm the one who normally is scoring two or three times in eight at-bats. I only had one good at-bat, but I feel like there are better at-bats to come." Lieber and the Yankees left the Sox a sizable hill to climb. The last 13 teams to win the first two games of a League Championship Series have also won the series. If the Sox can overturn that trend, they would be the first team to reverse an 0-2 deficit in the LCS since 1985, when both the Cardinals and Royals did the trick. More than worrying about historical trends, the Sox just want to get back to playing the type of game they're accustomed to. They need to take a minimum of two out of three at Fenway Park to get this series back to the Bronx next week. "We haven't played our best game yet," said Varitek. "We'll get back there, get our fans behind us and see if we can scratch one out." Martinez, with 56,136 "Who's your Daddy?" taunting fans in his face, weathered the evening nicely. He also managed to keep the events of the night in perspective. "I actually realized that I was somebody important, because I caught the attention of 60,000 people, plus [the media], plus the whole world watching," said Martinez. "If you reverse the time back 15 years ago, I was sitting under a mango tree without 50 cents to actually pay for a bus. And today, I was the center of attention of the whole city of New York." Martinez came out throwing heat, but had trouble locating in the first inning. He walked leadoff man Derek Jeter on four pitches and grazed Alex Rodriguez on the arm with a pitch. Gary Sheffield capitalized, lining an RBI single in front of center fielder Damon to make it 1-0. Then, Martinez buckled down, striking out Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams and getting Jorge Posada on a grounder to second. "We lost this game for him," said Varitek. "He didn't lose this game." While Martinez got into a steady groove, the Red Sox were unable to establish anything against Lieber, who took a one-hit shutout into the sixth. The Red Sox weren't even making hard outs, as Lieber threw just 45 pitches over the first five innings. Meanwhile, Martinez threw 91 pitches over that same span. In the sixth, Damon worked Lieber for a 16-pitch at-bat, fouling off 10 pitches. But it ended with a line drive to center that Williams caught on the run. It added up to a 1-2-3 inning for Lieber, albeit a long one. The Yankees created some breathing room in the sixth, as Posada worked a one-out walk and John Olerud cranked a two-run homer to right. "Actually, it was a it was a fastball but I wanted it away," Martinez said. "The ball cut. I didn't release it well." Finally, the Sox were able to establish something offensively in the eighth. Trot Nixon led off with a single to right, prompting Yankees manager Joe Torre to remove Lieber after a terrific evening of work. On came Tom "Flash" Gordon, who was greeted by a double to right-center from Varitek, setting up second and third with nobody out. Orlando Cabrera got the Sox their first run with a fielder's choice grounder to short. After Bill Mueller grounded to short for the second out, Torre went to Mariano Rivera. The ace closer did his thing, striking out Damon looking to end the inning. Even with Curt Schilling's status iffy for the rest of the series because of his injured right ankle, the Sox seemed to still have their confidence intact as they got ready to fly back to Boston. "It's not over by a long shot," said Sox closer Keith Foulke. "We've won three ballgames in a row several times this year. We're definitely not panicking yet. We've put ourselves in a tough spot, but we've put ourselves in a tough spot before. You've just got to go home and get some good pitching, score some runs and play solid baseball." "See you Friday," said Mueller. "Let's go play."
Well if someone would of fixed the title like I asked them to I wouldn't be doing this here. BTW - It's like 3 post a day something I do in 5 minutes, I think I can dedicate 5 minutes of my time remembering a piece of MLB history. - GYC
This thread is pathetic. How about starting a thread that discusses what the Red Sox can do to improve their team and actually compete next year?
Uhh. This has nothing to do with the thread title. It has to do with your own self-amuzement which no one really cares about.
As long as we're living a pass, maybe i can put something together between 1919 and 2003. But that would take too long.
Pathetic. Part of the GYC was the Yankees collapse,but the other part is how everybody out of chowder land talked about how it brought attention to how pathetic the franchise has been for nearly a century.
Your team finishes the season in third place and instead of posting something about how you might do better you start to relive the past. Many times from 2000-2004 I would point out to Red Sox fans that we had won a lot in the 90's. Every time I would bring it up I would be killed for "going into the past" instead of looking at the present. Now, I advise you, look at the present and stop obsessing over your one World Series in the last 80 years. Do you want us to start a thread about classic Red Sox defeats. Lets start with Bill Buckner....
