With Carlos Martinez on the mound for the Cardinals, the Red Sox had Jacoby Ellsbury reach on an error and after two strikeouts, Ortiz reached on a single. However, the Red Sox' offense ignited in the bottom of the fourth inning, with several doubles combining with poor Tampa Bay fielding to stitch together a five-run frame. The note, which was hung in Boston's dugout, read: "From our city to your city: Our hearts and prayers go out to you, Boston. Boston lost both games, giving up a 50 lead in the fifth in game three. . Those players would form the core of the 2018 champion Red Sox, managed by Alex Cora. [citation needed]. He made a diving stab and threw home to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who tagged out the sliding Molina. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Alsytle Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series Champions roster t-shirt medium red at the best online prices at eBay! [15], Boston's offense was powered by designated hitter David Ortiz, who hit .309 during the season. In the ALCS, the Red Sox defeated the American League Central champion Detroit Tigers in six games. Junichi Tazawa and Ryan Dempster provided effective relief pitching in the eighth and ninth to seal the Game 1 victory for the Red Sox. **The winner of the 2013 American League Division Series plays the Red Sox in the ALCS. Boston's Shane Victorino opened the scoring with a three-run double in the third inning[42] and had four runs batted in. The roster is as follows: PITCHERS (11): Matt Barnes, Ryan Brasier, Nathan Eovaldi, Heath Hembree, Joe Kelly, Craig Kimbrel, Drew Pomeranz, Rick Porcello, David Price, Eduardo Rodriguez, Chris Sale Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? hide this ad. [citation needed], A partnership with Fox Sports featured Pearl Jam as the November artist of month for all entities within the Fox Sports domain and licensed 48 songs from their catalogue to play during the 2013 World Series. The Red Sox scored 853 runs, best in the league. Basketball Stats - NBA - ABA - WNBA/Women's - G-League/D-League - Minor League Basketball - Search Additionally, to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day, both teams wore No. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Find the MLB Boston Red Sox player roster for this season on FOX Sports. Ross did tag and score to give Boston a 50 lead. Data Provided By The Red Sox wore white home jerseys with "Boston" on the front instead of the customary "Red Sox" while Kansas City players and staff wore a "B Strong" patch on the front of their jerseys, with the shirts being auctioned off for funds to support victims of the bombing. Boston scored three runs in the top of the 9th inning on May 16. Of the 2004 Red Sox team, only David Ortiz will be on the roster for the 2013 World Series, and nearly all of that series' main figures (Francona, La Russa, Pujols) have moved on. The home run provided one of the 2013 season's most enduring images, when Tigers outfielder (and Ortiz's close friend) Torii Hunter dove over the wall into the Red Sox' bullpen in an attempt to catch the ball, resulting in his legs being completely vertical while Boston Police officer Steve Horgan lifted his arms in celebration. The white lights of Boston's Prudential Tower displayed "GO SOX." The inspired play of the Red Sox took them from last place the previous season to American League East champions with a 28-game turnaround, helped by Farrell's calming presence and familiarity with some of the players. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. In a combined effort of Doubront and the bullpen, Boston shut-out the team from the NL West. 3:07p.m. (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Twitter Decoy Marker % % Score . In a non-save situation, the Red Sox brought in their closer Koji Uehara, in relief of Brandon Workman, who worked a quiet eighth inning. Other players joined from time to time. [34] With one out in the bottom of the fourth, Matt Holliday hit a solo shot to center field to tie the game. Detroit had scored the game's lone run by virtue of a Jhonny Peralta RBI in the sixth inning. 617 (one of Boston's area codes), displaying "Boston" above the numerals and "Strong" below them, hung in the Sox' dugout. The Rays attempted to catch up with the Red Sox with significant offense in the 2nd, 5th, and 6th innings, but their efforts were fruitless. Locally, the two teams' flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their respective announcing crews. With Ellsbury on first, Pedroia grounded into a fielder's choice in the bottom of the eighth, which ended his streak of reaching base safely in 20 consecutive postseason games at home. The Cardinals won the series 42. [31] Tampa Bay threatened the AL East lead again by taking game 3 but game 4 was rain delayed and later postponed to the scheduled off day on July 29, after Boston's 3 game road trip to Camden Yards and Rays' trip to the Bronx. Jon Lester went five innings, leading to an 82 win for the Red Sox. [16][17][18][19] The Red Sox reported the decision was made "to support efforts of law enforcement officers. However, it all went to naught for the Red Sox in the seventh inning when two fielding errors on the same play gave St. Louis the lead. Shane Victorino then hit a ground ball to deep short, but Kozma again mishandled it, his second error of the game, and once again the bases were loaded with one out. Jul 22, BOS (60-41) lost to TBR, 0-3, 103. In game 2 the Red Sox put themselves back to a 1.5 game lead, including Shane Victorino's steal of home in a delayed double steal with Dustin Pedroia, who agreed to a seven-year contract extension through the 2021 season a day later. [35], 6:07p.m. (EDT) at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Jon Lester led the team with 15 wins, and John Lackey recorded a 3.52 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers. He is also only the 2nd exclusive designated hitter to be awarded the World Series MVP (2009-Hideki Matsui). John Lackey induced two flyouts against Matt Adams and David Freese, before the runners advanced on a wild pitch, but Lackey ended the threat by striking out Jon Jay. He popped out and grounded out, then said he planned to auction off the bats for charity.[23]. David Ortiz walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino and Will Middlebrooks each swatted 20 or more, too. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The 4 game series in Seattle saw the first Major League win for pitcher Steven Wright and the first appearance of Brandon Workman in the big leagues. Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury set a Red Sox record with five stolen bases in the game. * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? beat St. Louis Cardinals (N.L. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. 1st Boston swept the White Sox and extended the AL East lead to 5+12 games but ended a streak of 11 games allowing only three runs or less. At the end of the fifth inning, the Red Sox had not recorded a base hit but had held Detroit to only one run, making the game look very similar circumstantially to Game 1. [27] After Boston starter Clay Buchholz, pitching through a shoulder injury, was removed for a pinch-hitter after four innings, five Red Sox relievers combined to hold St. Louis to one run on three hits the rest of the way. One-year: [32] In the rubber match, Big Papi homered for the 20th time that season, his 12th consecutive season with 20+ home runs and his 11th with Boston, joining Dwight Evans and Jim Rice but still behind Ted Williams, who accomplished this feat in 16 seasons with the Red Sox. After a flyout by Pedroia which advanced Ellsbury to third, Ortiz was again intentionally walked. Jul 26, BOS (61-43) lost to BAL, 0-6, 107. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by 1985 NL MVP Willie McGee. Eventually, well after midnight, the Red Sox scored two runs in the top of the 14th which were unanswerable by the Rays in the bottom half of the inning. Boston opened the month of May in the middle of a three-game road series against Toronto. Dustin Pedroia advanced the runners on a ground out, Ortiz was intentionally walked to load the bases and Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal took over for a 5 out save which he ended up blowing after Nava reached on a force out at second, scoring Ellsbury and a single by Bogaerts, scoring Victorino. [43] Red Sox pitcher John Lackey pitched six scoreless innings. "[20] A make-up date for the game was not immediately announced. Despite winning the first two series against the Diamondbacks and the Astros the Red Sox played .500 ball for the first .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}3+12 weeks of August. The interleague series against Arizona saw the first start for newly acquired starting pitcher Jake Peavy, who tied the series with a strong performance after the D-Backs took game one, with the winning run driven in by former Red Sox player Cody Ross. With the bases loaded with one out and Craig Breslow pitching in relief, Matt Carpenter hit a fly ball to left field, but the runner on third beat the throw home, tying the game. The Red Sox went from first to worst in the AL East following the 2014 season, finishing with a 7191 record. The team that ranks 15th in the majorsthe demarcation line for the top half . in While Stephen Drew and David Ross were limited offensively, their defense proved to be an asset to the team's success, especially during the postseason. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. August started just like July ended, with a walk-off win against the Mariners. Quiz Source. The 25 duck boats carrying the players and executives paused at the Boston Marathon finish line where three spectators died during the April bombing. 5:51 PM Feb 15, 2023. Bogaerts was first on the Red Sox's radar in 2009 during a workout in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island. In the bottom of the ninth Red Sox closer Koji Uehara took over, giving up a one out long single to Allen Craig. Sep 17, BOS (92-60) lost to BAL, 2-3, 153. The Red Sox saved themselves from the embarrassment of being no-hit with a Daniel Nava single in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Boston failed to rally further to make up the one-run gap. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. With the bases loaded the Rays pulled their struggling starter Jeremy Hellickson, responsible for all three runners, and Jamey Wright successfully pitched out of the jam with a strike out and a double play. Victorino just missed his second grand slam of this postseason but Wacha's streak ended, who to this point had not allowed a hit with runners in scoring position this October. The roster is as follows: PITCHERS (11): Craig Breslow, Clay Buchholz, Ryan Dempster, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Franklin Morales, Jake Peavy, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Brandon Workman. The bullpen were led by closer Koji Uehara, who unexpectedly took over following injuries to Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey to post 21 saves and a 1.09 ERA. Tampa Bay's closer during its run to the World Series last year . A giant American flag flew at half-mast before the series opener with a moment of silence prior to the first pitch. In the postseason, the Red Sox first defeated the AL wild card Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. Lester with the help of Workman shut-out the Giants in game one before the Red Sox dropped game two and giving the AL East lead to the Rays but earning the lead back holding San Francisco to a single run in game three. Opening a weekend series in Minnesota against the Twins, the Red Sox posted another come-from-behind victory on May 17, tying the game in the 7th inning and scoring the winning run in the 10th. Aug 29, BOS (79-56) lost to BAL, 2-3, 148. Boston secured the series with a 52 win on their last regular season home game. Earlier in the day, the New England Patriots had a stunning comeback of their own, with quarterback Tom Brady throwing a touchdown with 5 seconds left to beat the New Orleans Saints at home by a score of 3027. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. over Detroit TigersWon AL Division Series (3-1) The Red Sox swept a four-game home stand on April 2528 against the Astros, their first series against Houston since the Astros moved to the American League West. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. [37][38][39], Uehara tied John Wetteland, Robb Nen, Troy Percival, and Brad Lidge for most saves in one postseason year, with 7 (since then, Greg Holland matched this record the next year). The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2013 season. 2013 World Series Game 1, Cardinals at Red Sox, October 23 2013 World Series Series Summary St. Louis Cardinals 1 97-65 Prev Game Next Game Boston Red Sox 8 97-65 Prev Game Next Game Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Start Time: 8:09 p.m. Local Attendance: 38,345 Venue: Fenway Park Game Duration: 3:17 Night Game, on grass All rights reserved. They closed out their weeklong homestand by losing 2 of 3 to the Blue Jays from May 1012. 2. In the sixth inning, the bases were empty with two outs before Dustin Pedroia singled and David Ortiz walked. Other Sports Stats - World TeamTennis Stats - World TeamTennis Search Initially, the Cardinals had been awarded a force-out at second base, but after conferring, the umpires ruled that Kozma never had control of the ball, and Pedroia was reinstated at second base. 2013 Boston Red Sox Roster. Game 5 saw a battle of the aces with Adam Wainwright on the short end as Lester pitched another gem of 7 2/3 innings. On Sunday, May 12, the Red Sox' new 2013 starting pitcher, Ryan Dempster, fell to 24 in a game in which Boston relinquished 12 runs. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Boston quickly responded in the top of the eighth by loading the bases off Carlos Martnez. Red Sox lost their season tying three series in a row. Breslow then made an errant throw to third base, allowing Jon Jay to score as well, giving St. Louis a 32 advantage. mnufc. [23], In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas City narrowly beat Boston 54 in 10 innings to win the weekend series (and sweep the doubleheader), as a result of Lorenzo Cain walking with two outs and bases loaded in the 10th inning. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF. Aug 14, BOS (72-50) lost to TOR, 3-4, 123. Heading back out on the road, the Red Sox played a 14-inning game on national television as ESPN's Monday Night Baseball covered the 108 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. [41] World Series Most Valuable Player David Ortiz was walked by the Cardinals four times, and scored twice. [3][4] It was also the first World Series since 1958 to feature two teams with identical regular season records. Carlos Beltrn, Joe Kelly and Matt Adams would later win the World Series with different teams: Beltrn with the 2017 Astros, Kelly with the 2018 Red Sox and 2020 Dodgers, and Adams with the 2019 Nationals. ), Fox televised the series in the United States and Canada, with Joe Buck calling play-by-play and Tim McCarver handling color commentary. Following a pregame ceremony, the Red Sox won their sixth straight game, their best start in 11 years[citation needed] with the win against Kansas City. In the seventh, the Tigers scored on a double play, bringing them within a run. Back home in Boston the Red Sox took two out of three against Baltimore and the two remaining games in August against the White Sox for their 28th series win that season and a 4+12-game lead over the Rays in the AL East. This was the fourth meeting of the Cardinals and the Red Sox in the World Series (previously meeting in 1946, 1967, and 2004). 2013 World Series - Boston Red Sox over St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) | Baseball-Reference.com 2013 World Series Boston Red Sox over St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) 2012 WS 2014 WS Dates: October 23 - 30, 2013 WS MVP: David Ortiz NLCS MVP: Michael Wacha ALCS MVP: Koji Uehara Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Baseball Stats - AL - NL - AAGPBL - Minor League Baseball - Search The Rays took game one and shrunk the lead to just .5 games, the smallest margin since Boston took over the lead in the AL East on May 27. The Cardinals threatened again in the fifth after a leadoff hit by John Jay, a one out single by Carpenter and a flyout to right field by Carlos Beltrn, which advanced Jay to third. Dustin Pedroia, 2B. Find out more. Boston closer Koji Uehara held Detroit hitless in the top of the ninth inning. Dating back to 1903, Boston has won eight World Series championships, most recently in 2013, good for fourth-most by any. Sep 21, BOS (94-62) lost to TOR, 2-4, 158. . On their last trip to the Bronx, Boston headed into the seventh with a five-run lead, but the combination of Peavy, Thornton and Tazawa could not stop the Yankees from scoring 6 runs. Both games saw the first major league wins for Brandon Workman, in his third start, and Drake Britton respectively. Red Sox pitching struck out five batters, all looking.