The Cardinals responded in the bottom of the inning with a two-run home run by Albert Pujols. [14] and this was the fifth time that the two teams were on the doorstep of a World Series, with the Yankees winning the previous four, in 1949, 1978, 1999, and 2003. Many thanks to him. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Tony Womack followed with an RBI single, then stole second before scoring on Walker's single aided by shortstop Jose Vizcaino's error. St. Louis added another run in the eighth off Roy Oswalt when pinch hitter Marlon Anderson hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Larry Walker's single.
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All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Are you a Stathead, too? For the Yankees, this was their first time losing an ALCS in eight appearances (their last ALCS elimination was in 1980). Ramírez led off with a single against new pitcher Paul Quantrill, who had relieved Tom Gordon, and Ortiz hit a two-run walk-off home run to right field. [2] At four hours and 20 minutes, the game was the longest nine-inning postseason game ever played. A double by Bill Mueller, an infield RBI hit by Johnny Damon (his first hit of the series), and a Derek Jeter error led to two more runs. 6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/stories, at Torre also admitted that had he known beforehand how bad the injury really was, it might have changed his mind. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? [6] During the offseason, they traded Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa, and a minor leaguer to the Arizona Diamondbacks for ace starting pitcher Curt Schilling. [7] Manager Grady Little was also fired and replaced with Terry Francona due to poor decisions that Little made during the previous season's playoffs. The Red Sox reached their first World Series since 1986, with the Cardinals playing in their first since 1987. Trot Nixon singled to lead off the eighth off of Lieber, who was replaced by Tom Gordon. We present them here for purely educational purposes. And it all happened as a quiet hum compared to the national noise caused by Boston's improbable comeback from a 3-0 deficit that was happening over on the American League side. Game 5 was the longest Major League postseason game in history at 5 hours and 49 minutes, This page was last edited on 8 September 2020, at 02:49. Ortiz's heroics prompted Fox TV announcer Tim McCarver to gush shortly afterwards, saying, "He didn't do it again, did he? After Jorge Posada grounded out, Williams scored on Kenny Lofton's single, but John Olerud struck out and Cairo flew out to end the inning. This in turn was broken by Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between the Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers, which was also 18 innings but lasted seven hours and 20 minutes. With a pennant and a World Series title, there would be just cause to declare this the greatest team in the Cardinals' rich history; it was that good. [15][16] Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said that "the two teams in the American League facing each other in this series are the two best teams, period.
Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Schilling had sustained a torn tendon sheath in his right ankle during Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Angels, and proved to be ineffective. 10K 150. Nonetheless, the Yankees did not bunt for the duration of Schilling's outing, something Joe Torre later explained as not playing out of the normal character of his team. At 12:01 am, on October 21, Rubén Sierra hit a groundball to second baseman Pokey Reese, who threw to first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz to finish the unprecedented comeback. [10] However, the Yankees held strong and won the division, finishing three games ahead of the Red Sox. After falling as many as 4½ games behind the Red Sox on April 25, the team would make up the deficit in less than 2 weeks, including an 8-game win streak. Mike Lamb's home run in the fourth cut the Cardinals' lead to 4−3. Saturday, October 16, 2004 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Matsui's single scored a run, Williams's double scored two, and Jorge Posada's double scored another. Twenty-two-year-old Freddy Peralta made 14 starts and two relief appearances for the Brewers in the regular season, but didn't see any postseason action until Game 4. That trend continued in Game 4, as L.A. went just 1 for 10 with RISP and 11 runners left stranded until Bellinger stepped in against Junior Guerra in the 13th. The Cardinals kept the game close enough to beat Clemens. [11] Outfielder Johnny Damon said of Boone's home run: "If we do advance to the World Series and win, it's a better story that we went through New York. In the first, Gary Sheffield doubled with two outs before Hideki Matsui drove him in with a double, then Matsui scored on Bernie Williams's single. The latter record would be broken by Daniel Murphy in Game Four of the 2015 NLCS.