the last time the boston red sox won the world series was 2013.
the last time the boston red sox won the world series was 2013.
when was the last time the boston red sox won the world series?
2013
traveling to tampa bay, the red sox recovered by taking two of three games from the rays from may 14–16. boston scored three runs in the top of the 9th inning on may 16. 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. boston swept the series with 12–5 and 5–1 triumphs on may 18 and 19, improving their winning streak to five games and their record to 27–17. boston then closed out their road trip with a three-game series against the chicago white sox. the red sox lost the first two games on may 20 and 21, but avoided the sweep in a 6–2 victory on may 22 that brought starting pitcher clay buchholz's record to 7–0. the red sox welcomed 2004–11 manager and two-time world series champion manager terry francona back to fenway park on may 23 as they hosted francona's new team, the cleveland indians. francona received a standing ovation in the first game of the four-game series. boston fell to cleveland in a lopsided 12–3 loss on may 23, but proceeded to triumph in the following three matches on may 24, 25 and 26 to win the four-game series. on memorial day, may 27, the red sox opened a four-game home-and-home series against philadelphia, the team's first interleague series of 2013. the phillies are considered boston's interleague "rival", playing the red sox every season. the first two games of the series were held at fenway park, with the red sox winning on may 27 but then losing, 3–1, on may 28, in a game in which former boston closer jonathan papelbon was awarded a save. papelbon repeated the feat again on may 29 as the series shifted to philadelphia. these were papelbon's second and third saves against the red sox since leaving the team; he recorded the other on may 18, 2012. boston evened the four-game series with a 9–2 victory on thursday, may 30. center fielder jacoby ellsbury set a red sox record with five stolen bases in the game. the red sox closed out the month of may with a road loss against the archrival yankees.
2013 boston red sox season
the red sox faced the st. louis cardinals in the 2004 world series. the cardinals had posted the best record in the major leagues that season, and had previously defeated the red sox in the and series, with both series going seven games. the third time would be the charm, however, as the momentum and confidence boston had built up in the alcs would overwhelm st. louis. the red sox began the series with an 11–9 win, marked by mark bellhorn's game-winning home run off pesky's pole. he later on said that he "just did what he needed to do." it was the highest scoring world series opening game ever (breaking the previous record set in ). the red sox would go on to win game 2 in boston (thanks to another sensational performance by the bloody-socked schilling). the red sox won both these games despite making 4 errors in each game. in game 3, pedro martínez shut out the cardinals for seven innings. the cardinals only made one real threat — in the third inning when they put runners on second and third with no outs. however, the cardinals' rally was killed by pitcher jeff suppan's baserunning gaffe. with no outs, suppan should have scored easily from third on a larry walker ground ball to second baseman bellhorn, who was playing back, conceding the run. but as bellhorn threw out walker at first base, suppan inexplicably froze after taking several steps toward home and was thrown out by sox first baseman david ortiz as he scrambled back to third. the double play was devastating for st. louis. the red sox needed one more game to win their first championship since the 1918 world series. in game four the red sox did not allow a run, and the game ended as édgar rentería (who would become the 2005 red sox starting ss) hit the ball back to keith foulke. (this was the second time that rentería had ended a series, as he had won it for the marlins seven years prior in the 1997 world series.) after foulke lobbed the ball to doug mientkiewicz, the sox had won their first world championship in 86 years. the sox held the cardinals' offense (the best in the nl in 2004) to only three runs in the last three games, never trailing in the series. manny ramírez was named world series mvp. the red sox won game four of the series on october 27, eighteen years to the day from when they lost to the new york mets in the 1986 world series. in fact, it came 18 years to the day they lost their last world series game, as they would sweep the 2004 series.
2004 boston red sox season