2004 League Championship Series - Boston Red Sox over New York Yankees (4-3)

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2004 League Championship Series (4-3): Boston Red Sox (98-64) over New York Yankees (101-61)

WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL
2003 ALCS / 2005 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    5  2  0     7 10  0
    New York Yankees             2  0  4    0  0  2    0  2  x    10 14  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Schilling, Leskanic (4), Mendoza (5), Wakefield (6), Embree (7), Timlin (8), Foulke (8)
              NYY - Mussina, Sturtze (7), Gordon (8), Rivera (8)

               WP - Mike Mussina
	       LP - Curt Schilling
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Varitek
              NYY - Lofton

  ATTENDANCE: 56,135

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  5  0
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Martinez, Timlin (7), Embree (7), Foulke (8)
              NYY - Lieber, Gordon (8), Rivera (8)

               WP - Jon Lieber
	       LP - Pedro Martinez
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              NYY - Olerud

  ATTENDANCE: 56,136

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 16, 2004 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             3  0  3    5  2  0    4  0  2    19 22  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  4  2    0  0  0    2  0  0     8 15  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Brown, Vazquez (3), Quantrill (7), Gordon (9)
              BOS - Arroyo, Mendoza (3), Leskanic (4), Wakefield (4), Embree (7), Myers (8)

               WP - Javier Vazquez
	       LP - Ramiro Mendoza
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Matsui (2), Rodriguez, Sheffield
              BOS - Nixon, Varitek

  ATTENDANCE: 35,126

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 17, 2004 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  2    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     4 12  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  2     6  8  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hernandez, Sturtze (6), Rivera (8), Gordon (10), Quantrill (12)
              BOS - Lowe, Timlin (6), Foulke (7), Embree (10), Myers (11), Leskanic (11)

               WP - Curt Leskanic
	       LP - Paul Quantrill
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Rodriguez
              BOS - Ortiz

  ATTENDANCE: 34,826

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 18, 2004 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12   13 14     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     4 12  1
    Boston Red Sox               2  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1     5 13  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Mussina, Sturtze (7), Gordon (7), Rivera (8), Heredia (10), Quantrill (10), Loaiza (11)
              BOS - Martinez, Timlin (7), Foulke (8), Arroyo (10), Myers (11), Embree (11), Wakefield (12)

               WP - Tim Wakefield
	       LP - Esteban Loaiza
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Williams
              BOS - Ortiz

  ATTENDANCE: 35,120

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  0     4 11  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Schilling, Arroyo (8), Foulke (9)
              NYY - Lieber, Heredia (8), Quantrill (8), Sturtze (9)

               WP - Curt Schilling
	       LP - Jon Lieber
             SAVE - Keith Foulke

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Bellhorn
              NYY - Williams

  ATTENDANCE: 56,128

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               2  4  0    2  0  0    0  1  1    10 13  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0     3  5  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Lowe, Martinez (7), Timlin (8), Embree (9)
              NYY - Brown, Vazquez (2), Loaiza (4), Heredia (7), Gordon (8), Rivera (9)

               WP - Derek Lowe
	       LP - Kevin Brown
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Bellhorn, Damon (2), Ortiz
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,129

Series MVP - David Ortiz

Series Batting Stats

Boston Red Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bronson Arroyo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mark Bellhorn	7	26	3	5	2	0	2	4	5	11	.192	.323	.500	.823	0	0	138	523	93	138	17	82	6	.264	.817
Orlando Cabrera	7	29	5	11	2	0	0	5	3	5	.379	.424	.448	.873	1	0	*161	618	74	163	10	62	16	.264	.689
Johnny Damon	7	35	5	6	0	0	2	7	2	8	.171	.216	.343	.559	2	1	150	621	123	189	20	94	19	.304	.857
Alan Embree	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Foulke	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Kapler	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	136	290	51	79	6	33	5	.272	.700
Curt Leskanic	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Lowe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	4	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.750
Pedro Martinez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ramiro Mendoza	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Mientkiewicz	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	*127	391	47	93	6	35	2	.238	.676
Kevin Millar	7	24	4	6	3	0	0	2	5	4	.250	.379	.375	.754	0	0	150	508	74	151	18	74	1	.297	.857
Doug Mirabelli	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	59	160	27	45	9	32	0	.281	.893
Bill Mueller	7	30	4	8	1	0	0	1	2	1	.267	.333	.300	.633	0	0	110	399	75	113	12	57	2	.283	.811
Mike Myers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	7	29	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	5	.207	.207	.345	.552	0	0	48	149	24	47	6	23	0	.315	.887
David Ortiz	7	31	6	12	0	1	3	11	4	7	.387	.457	.742	1.199	0	1	150	582	94	175	41	139	0	.301	.983
Manny Ramirez	7	30	3	9	1	0	0	0	5	4	.300	.400	.333	.733	0	0	152	568	108	175	43	130	2	.308	1.009
Pokey Reese	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	96	244	32	54	3	29	6	.221	.574
Dave Roberts	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	*113	319	64	81	4	35	38	.254	.716
Curt Schilling	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.286
Mike Timlin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	7	28	5	9	1	0	2	7	2	6	.321	.355	.571	.926	0	0	137	463	67	137	18	73	10	.296	.872
Tim Wakefield	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	112	271	41	75	12	1	10	40	28	53	.277	.344	.439	.783	4	2	162	5720	949	1613	222		68	.282	.832

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Kevin Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Cairo	7	25	4	7	3	0	0	0	2	4	.280	.419	.400	.819	1	0	122	360	48	105	6	42	11	.292	.763
Tony Clark	5	21	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	.143	.143	.190	.333	0	0	106	253	37	56	16	49	0	.221	.755
Bubba Crosby	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	55	53	8	8	2	7	2	.151	.498
Tom Gordon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Felix Heredia	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Jeter	7	30	5	6	1	0	0	5	6	2	.200	.333	.233	.567	1	0	154	643	111	188	23	78	23	.292	.823
Jon Lieber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.667
Esteban Loaiza	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*31	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Kenny Lofton	3	10	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	3	.300	.417	.600	1.017	1	0	83	276	51	76	3	18	7	.275	.741
Hideki Matsui	7	34	9	14	6	1	2	10	2	4	.412	.444	.824	1.268	0	0	162	584	109	174	31	108	3	.298	.912
Mike Mussina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
John Olerud	4	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	.167	.231	.417	.647	0	0	*127	425	45	110	9	48	0	.259	.733
Jorge Posada	7	27	4	7	1	0	0	2	7	1	.259	.417	.296	.713	0	0	137	449	72	122	21	81	1	.272	.881
Paul Quantrill	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	86	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mariano Rivera	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	7	31	8	8	2	0	2	5	4	6	.258	.378	.516	.895	0	0	155	601	112	172	36	106	28	.286	.888
Gary Sheffield	7	30	7	10	3	0	1	5	6	8	.333	.444	.533	.978	0	0	154	573	117	166	36	121	5	.290	.927
Ruben Sierra	5	21	1	7	1	1	0	2	3	8	.333	.417	.476	.893	0	0	107	307	40	75	17	65	1	.244	.752
Tanyon Sturtze	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Javier Vazquez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.750
Bernie Williams	7	36	4	11	3	0	2	10	0	5	.306	.306	.556	.861	0	0	148	561	105	147	22	70	1	.262	.795
Totals	100	277	45	78	21	2	9	44	33	51	.282	.371	.469	.840	3	0	162	5527	897	1483	242		84	.268	.811

Boston Red Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Bronson Arroyo	3	1	15.75	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	7	2	3	2.500	32	29	4.03	10	9	0	178.2	171	47	142	1.220
Alan Embree	6	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	4.2	9	2	1	2	2.143	71	0	4.13	2	2	0	52.1	49	11	37	1.146
Keith Foulke	5	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	6.0	1	0	6	6	1.167	72	0	2.17	5	3	32	83.0	63	15	79	0.940
Curt Leskanic	3	0	10.13	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	3	3	2	2.250	*51	0	5.19	3	5	4	43.1	47	30	37	1.777
Derek Lowe	2	2	3.18	1	0	0	0	11.1	7	4	1	6	0.706	33	33	5.42	14	12	0	182.2	224	71	105	1.615
Pedro Martinez	3	2	6.23	0	1	0	0	13.0	14	9	9	14	1.769	33	33	3.90	16	9	0	217.0	193	61	227	1.171
Ramiro Mendoza	2	0	4.50	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	27	0	3.52	2	1	0	30.2	25	7	13	1.043
Mike Myers	3	0	7.71	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	1	4	2.571	*75	0	4.64	5	1	0	42.2	45	23	32	1.594
Curt Schilling	2	2	6.30	1	1	0	0	10.0	10	7	2	5	1.200	32	32	3.26	21	6	0	226.2	206	35	203	1.063
Mike Timlin	5	0	4.76	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	3	5	2	2.647	76	0	4.13	5	4	1	76.1	75	19	56	1.231
Tim Wakefield	3	0	8.59	1	0	0	0	7.1	9	7	3	6	1.636	32	30	4.87	12	10	0	188.1	197	63	116	1.381
Totals	37	7	5.87	4	3	1	0	69.0	78	45	33	51	1.609	162	162	4.180	98	64		1451.1	1430	447	1132	1.293

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Kevin Brown	2	2	21.60	0	1	0	0	3.1	9	8	4	2	3.900	22	22	4.09	10	6	0	132.0	132	35	83	1.265
Tom Gordon	6	0	8.10	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	6	2	3	1.800	80	0	2.21	9	4	4	89.2	56	23	96	0.881
Felix Heredia	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	0.750	47	0	6.28	1	1	0	38.2	44	20	25	1.655
Orlando Hernandez	1	1	5.40	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	5	6	1.600	15	15	3.30	8	2	0	84.2	73	36	84	1.287
Jon Lieber	2	2	3.14	1	1	0	0	14.1	12	5	1	5	0.907	27	27	4.33	14	8	0	176.2	216	18	102	1.325
Esteban Loaiza	2	0	1.42	0	1	0	0	6.1	5	1	3	5	1.263	*31	27	5.70	10	7	0	183.0	217	71	117	1.574
Mike Mussina	2	2	4.26	1	0	0	0	12.2	10	6	2	15	0.947	27	27	4.59	12	9	0	164.2	178	40	132	1.324
Paul Quantrill	4	0	5.40	0	1	0	0	3.1	8	2	0	2	2.400	86	0	4.72	7	3	1	95.1	124	20	37	1.510
Mariano Rivera	5	0	1.29	0	0	2	0	7.0	6	1	2	6	1.143	74	0	1.94	4	2	53	78.2	65	20	66	1.081
Tanyon Sturtze	4	0	2.70	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	2	2	1.200	28	3	5.47	6	2	1	77.1	75	33	56	1.397
Javier Vazquez	2	0	9.95	1	0	0	0	6.1	9	7	7	6	2.526	32	32	4.91	14	10	0	198.0	195	60	150	1.288
Totals	33	7	5.17	3	4	2	0	69.2	75	40	28	53	1.478	162	162	4.688	101	61		1443.2	1532	445	1058	1.369

WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL
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