the red sox won their last world series in 2013.
the red sox won their last world series in 2013.
when did the red sox win their last world series?
2013
the red sox had home-field advantage in the world series by nature of the al winning the 2004 all-star game. in game one, mark bellhorn helped the red sox win with a home run, while starter curt schilling led the team to a game two victory by pitching six innings and allowing just one run. the red sox won the first two games despite committing four errors in each. the red sox won game three, aided by seven shutout innings by pedro martínez. a home run by johnny damon in the first inning helped to win game four for the red sox to secure the series. the cardinals did not lead in any of the games in the series. manny ramírez was named the series' most valuable player. the red sox and cardinals faced each other again in the 2013 world series, which the red sox also won, this time 4 games to 2.
2004 world series
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