Unlikely Star Helps Red Sox Force Game 7
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J. D. Drew was Bostonâs surprising hero, as the $70 million free agent whose performance frustrated fans, hit a grand slam to propel the Red Sox.
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Johnny Damon hit a grand slam and a two-run homer, David Ortiz also connected and the Boston Red Sox capped an unprecedented comeback against the New York Yankees with a 10-3 victory Wednesday night in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series. After losing the first three games of the series, the Red Sox became the first team in baseball playoff history to come back to win.
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory Sunday over the Yankees that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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Boston Red Sox can make baseball history on Wednesday by becoming the first team to overturn a three-game deficit in a best-of-seven series.
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Red Sox pitcher bounces back from September slump to pitch seven strong innings and put the Angels in an 0-2 hole. By John Nadel. Pedro Martinez was awful at the end of the regular season.
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About 15 hours after avoiding a sweep by beating the New York Yankees in 12 innings, the Boston Red Sox send Pedro Martinez to the mound Monday for Game 5 of the AL championship series in Boston. Martinez (16-9) faces Mike Mussina (12-9), trying to force the series back to New York.
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Playing against the National League put David Ortiz in postseason form. The Red Sox slugger beat the Philadelphia Phillies in extra innings for the second consecutive game, singling home the winning run in the 12th for an 8-7 victory on Monday and extending Boston&#039;s winning streak to nine games.
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Pedro Martinez hardly had to outpitch Tim Hudson &#151; Oakland's All-Star right-hander staked Boston to a huge lead himself.
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J. D. Drew was Bostonâs surprising hero, as the $70 million free agent whose performance had frustrated fans hit a grand slam to propel the Red Sox.
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The oddities were so many that the whole day was hard to describe. The Red Sox scored seven runs in an inning, a postseason record for them and for the Angels, and Boston
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With a power-packed lineup that features  sluggers like Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, it was Mark  Bellhorn who was the unlikely hero of Game One of the 100th  World Series with a two-run homer for the Boston Red Sox  Saturday.
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he big scoreboards at Yankee Stadium went dark in the seventh inning last night. Not that the Yankees were using them. Ramon Ortiz, a pitcher with average credentials this season, was on the
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One of the more remarkable, if not particularly relevant, streaks in baseball history ended last night.
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Jon Lieber stopped the hard-charging Boston Red Sox in what might turn out to be a key game in the American League East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz&#39;s two-out
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Tim Wakefield was still slated to start Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night for the Boston Red Sox, assuming they don't need the knuckleballer to get there.
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David Ortiz hit a two-run homer to right field in the first inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees after one inning of play in Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night.
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ST. LOUIS - As any idiot will tell you, a two-game lead in a seven-game series does not guarantee a title. The Red Sox, those self-proclaimed &quot;Idiots,&quot; should know this better than anyone.