The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies will battle each other in the 2008 World Series beginning with Game One Wednesday at Tropicana Field. Even with a miracle comeback in Game 5 and a solid Game 6 win, the Red Sox could not stage a comeback. Tampa Bay defeated the Red Sox 3-1 to take Game 7 and the 2008 American League Championship. JD Drew came up with two out and the bases loaded in the eight inning but struck out half looking. JD hit a grand slam vs the Indians in Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS. The Red Sox blew a number of other opportunities, CoCo tried to take out the second basemen instead of tagging second base. The Tampa Bay Rays are a great young team and hats off to them and their bullpen. Sweep the Phillies. There are a lot of questions already for the 2009 Boston Red Sox that will be resolved in the near future. Will the Red Sox sign Tek? Can Big Papi make a comeback from and injury-plaged season? Is Josh Beckett okay? Can Mike Lowell rehab? Which JD Drew will show up new year? How will the Sox spend the Manny money, or will they pocket it? There will be a lot more Red Sox baseball to come, but there will be no more late night Red Sox victories this year.
Archive for October, 2008
Phillies vs. Rays in 2008 World Series
Monday, October 20th, 2008RED SOX ON THE VERGE OF 2008 WORLD SERIES
Sunday, October 19th, 2008The Boston Red Sox have gone from seven outs left in their 2008 season down 7-0 against the Tampa Bay Rays to fight their way back to force a Game 7 showdown in the American League Championship Series. The momentum from their historical Game 5 comeback carried over into last night as the Red Sox won 4-2 in Game 6 on the backs of Josh Beckett, Jason Varitek, Kevin Youkilis, Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon. If the Red Sox can win Game 7 tonight at Tropicana Field, they would comepte in the World Series versus the Philadelphia Phillies and would be heavily favored to continue their momentum and win.
Red Sox Come From Seven Runs Down To Beat Rays
Friday, October 17th, 2008The Boston Red Sox pulled off an amazing and improbable come from behind victory to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 last night. Down 7-0 in Game 5 of the ALCS to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Red Sox had seven outs left in their 2008 season while the Rays were seven outs away from their 1st World Series. The Red Sox, comeback kings of the 21st century were able to ignite the largest postseason comeback in 79 years to force a Game Six Saturday night in Tampa.
Red Sox, Phillies Take MLB Championship Series Leads
Saturday, October 11th, 2008The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the 2008 ALCS over the Tampa Bay Rays with a 2-0 victory Friday.
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 6 no-hit shutout innings for the Red Sox who had a 1-8 record during
the regular season at Tropicana Field in St. Pete, Florida.
Game Two in the ALCS is scheduled for Saturday night at Tropicana field while Games 3 will be held at Fenway Park. The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and Manny and now have a 2-0 lead in the NLCS over the Dodgers. Their series resumes Sunday night at Dodgers Stadium.
Angels Beat Red Sox 5-4; Force ALDS Game 4
Monday, October 6th, 2008Josh Beckett started Game 3 of the ALDS at Fenway Park versus the LA Angels looking to propel the Sox to the ALCS. The Angels grabbed a quick 1-0 lead. The Sox loaded the bases in the second inning and with two out scored three runs on a bloop pop-up single to center field by Ellsbury. The ball dropped in center field between Tori Hunter and Kendrick. It was the first three rbi single in postseason baseball history. The Angels tied the game 3-3 in the third on a two run shot by Napoli. The first Angels homer in the post season in 69 innings. The Angels loaded the bases with two out in the fourth but were unable to score. Napoli hit his second home run of the game in the fifth to give the Angels a 4-3 lead. Youkilis drove in Ellsbury in the bottom of the fifth to tie the score 4-4. The game stayed tied and went into extra innings. The Red Sox loaded the bases in the 10th inning but failed to score. The Angels scored in the top of the 12th to break the 11 game postseason winning streak the Red Sox had over the Angels. Game 4 will be played Monday. At 5 hours and 19 minutes, this was the longest game in ALDS history.
