The 2004 American League Championship Series was the Major League Baseball playoff series to decide the American League champion for the 2004 season. 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. The official website of the Boston Red Sox with the most up-to-date information on scores, schedule, stats, tickets, and team news. Red Sox beat Yankees (4-2). Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 8:19PM, Yankee Stadium II Attendance: 56,128, Time of Game: 3:50. W: Curt Schilling (2-1) L: Jon Lieber (1-1.
Yankees–Red Sox rivalry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yankees–Red Sox rivalry. New York Yankees. Boston Red Sox. First meeting. April 2. 6, 1. 90.
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Oriole Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Latest meeting. August 1. Fenway Park. Next meeting. September 1. 5, 2. Fenway Park. Statistics.
Meetings total. 2,1. Regular season series. Yankees)Largest victory. Yankees (June 1. 9, 2.
Longest win streak. NYY: 1. 2 (May 2.
August 2. 3, 1. 93. August 1. 6, 1. 95. April 2. 3, 1. 95.
BOS: 1. 7 (October 3, 1. July 1, 1. 91. 2)[1]Current win streak. Yankees 2. Post- season history. The Yankees–Red Sox rivalry is a rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Soxbaseball teams of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The two teams have competed in MLB's American League (AL) for over 1. In 1. 91. 9, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold star player Babe Ruth to the Yankees, which was followed by an 8. Red Sox did not win a World Series.[6] This led to the popularization of a superstition known as the "Curse of the Bambino", which was one of the most well- known aspects of the rivalry.[2]The rivalry is often a heated subject of conversation, especially in the home region of both teams, the Northeastern United States.[7] Until the 2. AL East rivals since the inception of the wild card format and the resultant additional Division Series; they have faced each other in the AL Championship Series three times. The Yankees won twice, in 1. Red Sox won in 2.
In addition, the teams have twice met in the last regular- season series of a season to decide the league title, in 1. Red Sox won) and 1. Yankees won).[1. 0]The Yankees and the Red Sox finished tied for first in 1. Yankees won a high- profile tie- breaker game for the division title.[1. The first- place tie came after the Red Sox had enjoyed a 1. Yankees more than halfway through the season.[1. Similarly, in the 2.
AL Championship Series, the Yankees ultimately lost a best- of- 7 series after leading 3–0.[1. The Red Sox comeback was the only time in baseball history that a team has come back from a 0–3 deficit to win a series.[1.
The Red Sox went on to win the World Series, effectively ending the 8. The Yankees–Red Sox match- up is regarded by some sports journalists as the greatest rivalry in sports.[2][3][1.
Games between the two teams often generate considerable interest and receive extensive media coverage, including being broadcast on national television.[1. Many national networks, including ESPN and Fox Sports, broadcast the games on the weekend.[1. Yankees–Red Sox games are some of the most- watched MLB games each season.[2. Outside of baseball, the rivalry between the two teams has led to violence between fans,[2.
Background[edit]Since before the start of the American Revolution, Boston and New York City have shared an intense rivalry as cities.[2. For more than a century after its founding, Boston was arguably the educational, cultural, artistic, and economic power in the United States.[2. Boston's location as the closest American port to Europe and its concentration of elite schools and manufacturing hubs helped maintain this position for several decades. During this time period, New York was often looked down upon as the upstart, over- populated, dirty cousin to aristocratic and clean Boston.[2. In the 1. 9th century, however, New York's economic power soon outpaced Boston's, fueled by possession of the terminus of the Erie Canal, which spurred massive growth in the manufacturing, shipping, insurance and financial services businesses. Another factor was its more rapid population expansion in comparison to that of Boston, driven by the growth of these industries, by New York's popularity as an immigrationport of entry, and enhanced by a larger population base to begin with, even prior to the construction of the Canal – on the eve of the Revolution, New York, with 3. Boston, with about 1.
By the start of the 2. Boston, had completely shifted as New York became the focus of American capitalism (especially on Wall Street); this change was reflected in the new national pastime.[2. In fact the cities played two different versions of early baseball. The "Massachusetts Game", as it was called, was played on a field with four bases and with home plate in the middle; whereas, the "New York Game", popularized by the New York Knickerbocker Club, was played on a diamond with three bases. The "New York Game" spread throughout the nation after the American Civil War and became the foundation for the modern game of basesball.[2. Early history: Glory of the Red Sox[edit]Babe Ruth, prior to his trade to the Yankees. The Red Sox were one of the most successful teams in baseball from 1.
They won the inaugural World Series in 1. Boston Americans; the team changed its name to Red Sox in 1. In 1. 90. 1, the Yankees, then known as the Baltimore Orioles, played in Maryland for two seasons before moving north.[2.
The two teams had their first meeting while the Yankees franchise was in Baltimore on April 2. American League.[2. On May 7, 1. 90. 3, both teams played for the first time after the franchise moved to New York and became the Highlanders, in reference to playing games in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.[2.
The game was marked by a fight when Boston pitcher George Winter was knocked down.[2. Boston would eventually go on to win the pennant and the inaugural 1. World Series. The 1. Later in the season, the Highlanders, led by pitcher Jack Chesbro in his record- setting 4. Boston Americans in the season's final game to decide the American League pennant winner. Chesbro threw a wild pitch in the top of the ninth inning, allowing the winning run to score from third base, and Boston won the game, and the pennant.[3.
The New York Giants, who had already clinched the National League pennant,[3. World Series because of a perception of the "Junior Circuit" as being inferior (and because of alleged animosity between American League founder and first president, Ban Johnson, and the hierarchy of the Giants, owner John T. Brush and his team's Hall of Famecoach, player- manager.
John Mc. Graw); thus, there was no World Series that year.[3. Not until 2. 00. 4 would the Red Sox again defeat the Yankees in a title- deciding game.[3. Years later, on April 1. Highlanders debuted their pinstripes in a game against Boston, by then known as the Red Sox.[3.
Nine days later, Boston opened Fenway Park with a game against the Highlanders, who had left their home field of Hilltop Park to play in the newly- rebuilt Polo Grounds; soon thereafter, in 1. Highlanders in favor of Yankees.[3. Tris Speaker hit an RBI single in the bottom of the eleventh to give the Red Sox a 7–6 victory.[3. Boston's victory in their first game at the new park failed to become front page news, however, due to the coverage being devoted to the days- prior sinking of the Titanic.[3.
The 1. 91. 2 team would go on to win a team record 1. World Series title, defeating the New York Giants.[3. Six years later, the Chicago Cubs scored two runs off of Babe Ruth in game 4 of the Series, snapping his then record World Series scoreless inning streak at 2. The Red Sox won the game, 2–1, and went on to capture their fifth Series title, their third in four years, and fourth in seven years.[4. The Yankees would however receive one notable moment of glory against the Red Sox during this era.
On April 2. 4, 1. Yankee pitcher George Mogridge threw a no- hitter at Fenway Park, the first in the ball park's history and first in Yankee history.
It would also turn out to be the Yankees' only no- hitter where they allowed a run as they would win the game, 2–1.[4. Babe Ruth sold to Yankees[edit]Harry Frazee, the owner of the Red Sox, sold Ruth to the Yankees. This began the "Curse of the Bambino".
In 1. 91. 6, Harry Frazee purchased the Red Sox, on credit, for $5. Despite Ruth's success with the Red Sox, owner and Broadway producer Frazee lost his patience with Ruth, who had threatened to hold out in lieu of a larger contract and become a distraction. After the Red Sox finished sixth in the American League in 1. Frazee, needing money to finance a Broadway musical, No, No Nanette, sold pitcher- turned- outfielder Babe Ruth to the Yankees.[6] Frazee received $1. Fenway Park, the Red Sox' home stadium—for Ruth,[6] despite Ruth having set the record for home runs with 2. This began a series of deals with the Yankees that resulted in a long period of mediocrity for the Red Sox while the Yankees began their dynasty.[4. Ruth's arrival in New York simultaneously launched the Yankee dynasty while ravaging the Red Sox.
While the Red Sox's five World Series titles were a record at the time, 1. Meanwhile, Ruth's home run- hitting prowess anchored the Yankee line- up, which became known as "Murderers' Row" in the late 1. The Yankees reached the World Series seven times during Ruth's New York years, winning four.
This abrupt reversal of fortunes for the Red Sox marked the beginning of the supposed "Curse of the Bambino."[4] But it was not the Ruth deal alone that reversed the fortunes of both clubs.[4. Frazee also sold many other players to the Yankees.[4. Robert W. Creamer reported that "[the] loan was made and relations between the two clubs continued to be cordial, with Frazee sending player after player to the Yankees over the next few seasons for more and more cash. This was no accident. Frazee and Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert were friends, and American League president Ban Johnson's attempts to drive Frazee out of the game had caused the five teams loyal to Johnson to make no deals with the Red Sox as long as Frazee owned the club, leaving only the Yankees and White Sox as trading partners. When the White Sox's reputation was destroyed in the Black Sox Scandal, Frazee's only option for trades was to deal with the Yankees.
The Red Sox soon became a baseball disaster area, finishing dead last nine times in eleven seasons."[4.