The Boston Red Sox pulled off another miracle beating the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 in a late-night comeback to end all comebacks. With a mere seven outs left in the Red Sox season and some of the faithful beginning to exit Fenway Park, the Red Sox made an historic playoff comeback, coming from behind 7-0 to extend their season. The Rays still lead the Red Sox in the ALCS 3 games to 2 as the series now, unexpectedly moves back to St. Pete for Game 6 Saturday night.
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RED SOX BEAT RAYS 8-7 IN HISTORIC PLAYOFF COMEBACK
Friday, October 17th, 2008Red Sox Beat Tampa Bay Rays 2-0; Lead ALCS 1-0
Saturday, October 11th, 2008Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched six stellar no-hit innings versus the Tampa Bay Rays to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 2-0 victory over the AL East Champs. The Red Sox took a 1-0 advantage in the ALCS and now have the home field advantage. The single win equaled the total number of wins the Red Sox had the entire 2008 season at Tropicana Field. Josh Beckett pitched this evening for the Red Sox in Game 2 of the ALCS. The Red Sox will host the Rays for game 3 at Fenway Park Monday afternoon.
Red Sox Play Tampa Rays in 2008 ALCS
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008The Boston Red Sox play the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 ALCS beginning October 10th at Tampa Bay. The Red Sox edged the Angels 3-2 in a close Game 4 to win the series 3-1. This is the Red Sox’9th ALCS and 4th ALCS in past 6 years. Mike Lowell is out of the ALCS for the Sox.
Red Sox Look To Sweep Anaheim Angels in ALDS
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Josh Beckett will pitch Game 3 of the American League Division Series in Fenway Park versus the Angels tonight in Boston. Beckett has not pitched in thirteen days due to an oblique injury. Beckett is 5-5 with a 6+ ERA at Fenway this season. Two of Beckett’s losses this season came at the hands of the Angels. Josh pitched a four-hit shutout gem versus the Angels in Game 1 of the 2007 ALDS. The Boston Red Sox look to sweep the Angels of Anaheim and move on to the American League Championship Series versus either the Tampa Rays or Chicago White Sox. Defying many expectations, the Red Sox were able to pull out two dramatic victories over the Angels in Anaheim with clutch pitching, hitting and fielding.
Red Sox Take Game One Versus Angels in ALDS
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Jon Lester pitched a late-night gem versus the Los Angeles Angels to lead the Red Sox to a 4-1 victory in Game 1 of the ALDS. Jason Bay hit a two-run homer to give the Sox the lead. A costly base running error by Vladimir Guerrero sealed the Angels’ fate as the Red Sox made it ten consecutive postseason wins over the Angels. Daisuke Matsuzaka pithces for the Sox tonight in Game Two.
Boston Red Sox are in the MLB 2008 Playoffs as Wild Card
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008The Boston Red Sox have clinched at least a Wild Card berth in the 2008 Major League Baseball Playoffs with a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians and Cliff Lee at Fenway Park in Boston.
This will be the 5th visit for the Red Sox in 6 years having won the World Series in 2004 and 2007.
The Red Sox will take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League Divisional Playoffs.
BOSTON RED SOX SET TO MAKE AL PLAYOFFS
Monday, September 22nd, 2008The Boston Red Sox, with a 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, have just about sealed at least a tie for the wild card playoff position for the Major league Baseball Divisional Playoffs. Fittingly, if the New York Yankees lose tonight in the last ballgame at Yankees Stadium, the Red Sox will clinch reach the playoffs. The Los Angeles Angels and the surprising Tampa Bay “Devil” Rays have already clinched playoff spots. The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins are battling it out for the last playoff spot in the American League. As it looks at this moment, the Red Sox will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Angels. There are a lot of Red Sox fans in the area, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are the most famous, but playing the Angels will be tough. If the Devil Rays falter and lose their one and one-half game lead over the Red Sox the Sox would play either the Twins or the White Sox. The White Sox currently lead the Twins by two and a half games. The divisional playoffs are a best of five series which is kind of crazy. I’d like to see the series expanded to seven games for more excitement and more meaningful games, but I guess that is a lot of games to play in one season.
