Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Clay Buchholz's record remained spotless at 80. Under new manager John Farrell, the Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses. The Red Sox scrounged out one run in the bottom of the 6th, a Dustin Pedroia RBI double which seemed insignificant at the time but would prove crucial later. David . Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Ultimately, Boston's disgruntled offense would strike out 17 times, an ALCS record. In the bottom of the ninth with the 42 lead, Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal entered the game and made quick work of the Red Sox by striking out Gomes, Saltalamacchia and pinch-hitter Daniel Nava on 17 pitches. In a slugging fest, with 25 runs and 26 hits of both teams combined, Boston took game two after completely failing to score in game one and took the series in game three with a come from behind victory in the ninth. Jul 24, BOS (61-42) lost to TBR, 1-5, 104. [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. 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. Wainwright was joined by youngsters Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, Shelby Miller, and late-season call-up Michael Wacha. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. David Ortiz was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. [13] Under Farrell, the team finished the 2013 regular season at 9765, the best record in the American League. ), Fox televised the series in the United States and Canada, with Joe Buck calling play-by-play and Tim McCarver handling color commentary. Do you have a blog? Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. Data Provided By [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. It was the first time in a World Series game that a winning play was on an obstruction call and only the second time in baseball history.[31]. He induced a ground ball against Allen Craig to first base, Mike Napoli bobbled the ball but could recover in time and Tazawa, covering first base, got the out. [citation needed], The Cardinals' offense was led by catcher Yadier Molina, second baseman Matt Carpenter, and first baseman Allen Craig, all of whom finished in the top 10 in batting average. Meanwhile, Lester was brilliant for the Red Sox, pitching 7+23 scoreless innings. Rob Tringali/MLB Photos/Getty Images "People were motivated to rewrite their . But then Saltalamacchia threw to third trying to get Craig, who was running on the play. With the bases loaded Dustin Pedroia delivered a sacrifice fly which scored Bogaerts to add some insurance for Boston. Do you have a blog? 8:07 PM, October 30, 2013Coverage: FOX. Additionally, to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day, both teams wore No. Boston threatened in the fifth after a leadoff hit by Xander Bogaerts and a one out single by David Ross but Wainwright struck out Lester and Ellsbury to strand both runners. The Red Sox then split the two remaining games of the series to win 2 of its 3 games. Decoy Marker % % Score . Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball. Dempster recovered and closed out the 81 victory by striking out Matt Adams. After losing 3 out of 4 in a tough series to the Detroit Tigers, the Red Sox would go to win 5 of their next 6 in June and extending that streak for 9 out of 10 into July, which included a walk-off home run against the San Diego Padres by Jonny Gomes. Craig slid into third, popped up and started for home. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Throughout the regular season, numerous Red Sox players sported considerable facial hair, which drew media attention and later drove team marketing. Baseball-Reference.com Series Win Probability - Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers, 2013 ALCS Gm 1 Gm 2 Gm 3 Gm 4 Gm 5 Gm 6 BOS 50% DET The height of bar indicates the probability of a team winning the series given the current series state. Between his World Series-clinching performance in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Houston Astros and his three appearances against the Dodgers in the World Series, Price posted a 3-0 record with a . Aug 29, BOS (79-56) lost to BAL, 2-3, 148. Here is the roster, official as of Sunday: PITCHERS (12): RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Andrew Bailey, RHP Clay Buchholz, RHP Ryan Dempster, LHP . 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. Multi-year: Ortiz then hit a deep fly to right field, but was robbed of a grand slam by Carlos Beltrn. [29] He gave up a one out single to Molina. [41] Koji Uehara came in again to pitch a perfect ninth, striking out Matt Carpenter swinging to end the game, series, baseball season, and clinch their eighth overall title. Neither team scored in the seventh inning. Jacoby Ellsbury lead off the third inning with a single and Pedroia advanced him to second on a groundout. Do you have a sports website? [34] Boston starter Jake Peavy melted early, surrendering a five-run second inning to the Tigers. [59][60][61][62], On November 2, the Red Sox parade began at Fenway Park and headed down Boylston Street. Mike Napoli secured the series win in the rubber match with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th. Find the MLB Boston Red Sox player roster for this season on FOX Sports. 617 (one of Boston's area codes), displaying "Boston" above the numerals and "Strong" below them, hung in the Sox' dugout. Twitter Boston battled back and took game 2 with Stephen Drew going yard twice for the second time in his career in a single game. The Red Sox headed into the postseason with the best record in the majors, tied with the St. Louis Cardinals. With 1.5 games behind Boston, Tampa Bay visited the Fens for their third and final time. The top-seeded Red Sox opened the playoffs by defeating the fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in four games in the Division Series. The 2013 Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Sep 21, BOS (94-62) lost to TOR, 2-4, 158. 2013 Boston Red Sox Roster. The team also wore "B Strong" patches in their uniforms. along with much-needed roster flexibility. Boston evened the four-game series with a 92 victory on Thursday, May 30. The Red Sox scored first, but, with the bases loaded and nobody out, the Tigers took the lead on a two-run single off the Green Monster. In the top of the ninth, closer Koji Uehara struck out the first two batters he was facing and the game ended with an unassisted ground out by Mike Napoli to secure the 20 series lead. In search for run support the offense gave Lackey 13 runs in game three, the most in any start for him this season, to extend the winning streak to five and extending the lead in the AL East to a season-high 8+12 games but failed to sweep the four-game set when Workman gave up a walk-off wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth after Rivera suffered his second blown save in the series while trying for a two-inning save. Boston . Craig stumbled over the fallen Middlebrooks and Daniel Nava, who backed up the play, quickly fired to home but third base umpire Jim Joyce called obstruction and gave Craig home plate, scoring the first obstruction walk-off win in a World Series ever. This was the most recent World Series in which the championship was won by the home team until 2020, which the Dodgers won the series clinching Game 6 as the home team (Game 6 in 2020 was not played at Dodger Stadium due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic). [41] World Series Most Valuable Player David Ortiz was walked by the Cardinals four times, and scored twice. Snchez walked six batters, but those who were fortunate enough to get on base could never stitch together any runs. All rights reserved. So without further ado, let's delve into the prospective Red Sox roster for the 2013 postseason. Mike Napoli's one-out, seventh-inning solo home run was one of only four hits surrendered by Detroit starter Justin Verlander, and yet it was enough to lift the Red Sox to victory. After a leadoff single by Bogaerts, Stephen Drew walked and Ross drove in one run on a ground rule double to left field. Sep 17, BOS (92-60) lost to BAL, 2-3, 153. Detroit added two more in the fourth inning before being relieved by Brandon Workman, and that was all the Tigers would need to coast to a 73 victory. - unknown, for minors. These were Papelbon's second and third saves against the Red Sox since leaving the team; he recorded the other on May 18, 2012. After the 2017 season, Farrell was fired and replaced by Alex Cora, who managed the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series championship. Boston yielded 656 runs. Jon Lester earned his 10th individual win, the first Red Sox pitcher to reach that mark in 2013, and Boston were able to shut out the Orioles and reclaimed the AL East lead just to give it back the next day to the Rays in the makeup match of the 4 game series in which the Red Sox fell victim to a controversial call at home plate. [34] After Matt Adams lined out, catcher Yadier Molina grounded out softly to Dustin Pedroia to score Holliday and give the Cardinals a 10 lead. The Rangers took the next two games, on May 4 and 5, by respective scores of 51 and 43. In games after the marathon, the Red Sox hung a jersey on the dugout saying Boston Strong and 617, representing the city's area code. He was immediately relieved by Junichi Tazawa who stranded both runners. Boston then tacked on three more in the bottom of the 5th and four more in the bottom of the 8th. 34,979. 5:37p.m. (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, David Ortiz had his first multi-home run postseason game to lead the Red Sox to victory, smashing solo blasts in the 1st and 8th innings. [35]Matt Holliday tied the score with a home run to center in the fourth inning, but it would be the only run Lester would allow over strong 7 innings of work. 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. David Ortiz walked off as the World Series MVP on Wednesday night, capping a dominant week in which he spurred the . They were joined by outfielders Carlos Beltrn and Matt Holliday, third baseman David Freese, and first baseman Matt Adams. 97-65-0, Boston's series in the Bronx continued on June 1 and 2, and the Red Sox racked up two victories to take the three-game series. The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 season. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. The Red Sox scored 853 runs, best in the league. 7:30p.m. (EDT) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. 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. Jay scored and Descalsco went to third as the Cardinals now led 32. Like in the last two games, St. Louis scored first. David Ortiz walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino and Will Middlebrooks each swatted 20 or more, too. Other players joined from time to time. Or write about sports? Bogaerts lined out to third base to end the inning. Siegrist misplayed his position on first base, standing too far away, and Ellsbury safely returned to the bag. They set a new Major League Baseball record for hitting efficiency with runners in scoring position, hitting .330 (447for1,355), the best in baseball since the Boston Red Sox hit .312 in 1950,[10] also beating the 2007 Detroit Tigers, and 1996 Colorado Rockies with a .311 average. 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. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 Sep 12, BOS (89-59) lost to TBR, 3-4, 152. Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz then secured the series sweep by back-to-back strong outings. The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2013 season. Tampa Bay sent a postseason record nine pitchers to the mound in the course of the game, emptying their bullpen, and scheduled game five starter David Price was warming in the pen. In the bottom of the eighth Lester allowed a one out double against Freese and Koji Uehara took over the mound for a four out save after Kozma hit a fly ball to left field for the second out of the inning. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The Red Sox had a scheduled weekend series against the Kansas City Royals during April 1921. Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, 49F (9C), clear, Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, 52F (11C), clear, Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, 61F (16C), clear, Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, 49F (9C), partly cloudy, Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 23:28, "Is the All-Star Game awarding home-field advantage changing the World Series? Game 3, which pulled a 7.4 rating, is the fourth lowest rated MLB World Series game, ahead of just Game 3 of the 2011 World Series (6.6), Game 3 of the 2012 World Series (6.1), and Game 3 of the 2008 World Series (6.1). Martinez (sprained left ankle) is on the Red Sox roster for their AL Division Series against the Rays. According to StatMuse, Boston was 26-50 against AL East opponents last season the second-worst interdivison record in the MLB behind the Nationals. With the bases loaded and one out, Mike Napoli doubled to left-center, scoring Ellsbury, Pedroia and Ortiz, the latter after Shane Robinson misplayed a carom off the wall. Down by five, Boston scored nine runs in two innings, including a grand slam by Mike Napoli and took game two.