October 20, 2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 7 at Yankee Stadium Play by Play and Box Score

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2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 7
2004 postseason: WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL

Game 1
NYY 10
BOS  7
Game 2
NYY  3
BOS  1
Game 3
NYY 19
@BOS  8
Game 4
BOS  6
NYY  4
(12) Game 5
BOS  5
NYY  4
(14) Game 6
BOS  4
@NYY  2
Game 7
BOS 10
@NYY  3

Yankee Stadium, Attendance: 56,129

Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 8:30PM
Time of Game: 3:31

Red Sox

Terry Francona

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         2  4  0   2  0  0   0  1  1   10 13  0
Yankees         0  0  1   0  0  0   2  0  0    3  5  1

W: D Lowe (1-0), L: K Brown (0-1)

Yankees

Joe Torre

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    6   2   3   6    0   0  .171  .559   18    1   0   2·HR,SB,GDP
M Bellhorn 2B                 3   1   1   1    2   1  .192  .823   27    0   1   HR
  P Reese 2B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   2   
M Ramirez LF                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .300  .733   14    2   0   
D Ortiz DH                    4   1   1   2    1   0  .387 1.199   20    0   0   HR
J Varitek C                   5   0   1   0    0   1  .321  .926   28    5   1   
T Nixon RF                    5   1   1   0    0   2  .207  .552   23    1   0   
K Millar 1B                   3   1   1   0    1   1  .250  .754   14    9   3   
  D Mientkiewicz 1B           1   0   1   0    0   0  .500 1.250    3    3   1   
B Mueller 3B                  4   1   2   0    1   0  .267  .633   14    0   3   
O Cabrera SS                  2   2   1   1    2   0  .379  .872   26    2   5   SF

D Lowe P                                                                 3   1
  P Martinez P                                                           1   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
Totals                       38  10  13  10    7   5              187   27  17

BATTING

HR: J Damon 2 (2, 2 off J Vazquez; 2nd inn, 3 on, 1 out to RF; 4th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to RF); D Ortiz (3, off K Brown; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); M Bellhorn (2, off T Gordon; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

SF: O Cabrera (1, off T Gordon).

TB: J Damon 9; M Bellhorn 4; D Ortiz 4; B Mueller 2; M Ramirez; J Varitek; K Millar; T Nixon; D Mientkiewicz; O Cabrera.

GIDP: J Damon (1).

RBI: J Damon 6 (7); D Ortiz 2 (11); O Cabrera (5); M Bellhorn (4).

2-out RBI: D Ortiz 2.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Damon (2, 2nd base off K Brown/J Posada).

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Jeter SS                    4   0   1   1    0   0  .200  .566   20    5   3   
A Rodriguez 3B                4   0   0   0    0   1  .258  .894   18    1   1   
G Sheffield RF                4   0   0   0    0   2  .333  .977   15    0   0   
H Matsui LF                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .412 1.268   12    1   1   2B
B Williams CF                 4   1   1   1    0   0  .306  .862   16    2   0   2B
J Posada C                    3   0   0   0    1   0  .259  .713   13    6   0   
K Lofton DH                   3   0   1   1    1   0  .300 1.017   10    0   0   SB
T Clark 1B                    2   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .333    3    9   0   
  J Olerud PH-1B              1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .648   13    2   0   
  R Sierra PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .893    2    0   0   
M Cairo 2B                    2   1   0   0    0   1  .280  .819   11    0   4   SB,HBP

K Brown P                                                                1   0
  J Vazquez P                                                            0   1
  E Loaiza P                                                             0   0
  F Heredia P                                                            0   1
  T Gordon P                                                             0   0
  M Rivera P                                                             0   1
Totals                       32   3   5   3    2   5              133   27  12

BATTING

2B: H Matsui (6, off P Martinez); B Williams (3, off P Martinez).

HBP: M Cairo (4, by D Lowe).

TB: H Matsui 3; B Williams 2; K Lofton; D Jeter.

RBI: D Jeter (5); K Lofton (2); B Williams (10).

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. F Heredia-D Jeter-T Clark.

E: E Loaiza ().

BASERUNNING

SB: K Lofton (1, 2nd base off P Martinez/J Varitek); M Cairo (1, 2nd base off D Lowe/J Varitek).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Lowe, W (1-0)                6     1   1   1    1   3   0   3.18   21   69-44   22· 7·15   12· 3· 0· 1     68    -     0.38   0.11
P Martinez                     1     3   2   2    0   1   0   6.23    6   20-15   11· 2· 2    1· 1· 0· 3          0-0    0.42  -0.01
M Timlin                       1.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   4.76    7   31-15    5· 3· 7    3· 1· 0· 1          0-0    0.07   0.01
A Embree                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.86    1    2-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         9     5   3   3    2   5   0          35  122-75   39·12·24   17· 5· 0· 5          2-0

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Brown, L (0-1)               1.1   4   5   5    2   1   1  21.60    9   44-25   14· 3· 8    2· 0· 0· 4     25    -     0.94  -0.22
J Vazquez                      2     2   3   3    5   2   2   9.95   13   55-24   12· 5· 7    1· 3· 0· 2          3-3    0.33  -0.19
E Loaiza                       3     4   0   0    0   2   0   1.42   14   49-31   17· 5· 9    7· 1· 0· 4          2-0    0.12   0.02
F Heredia                      0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    3-2     1· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.08   0.00
T Gordon                       1.2   3   2   2    0   0   1   8.10    8   29-23   17· 4· 2    0· 5· 0· 3          0-0    0.03  -0.01
M Rivera                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.29    1    4-3     3· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9    13  10  10    7   5   4          46  184-108  64·17·27   12· 9· 0·13          8-3

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: D Lowe (1; M Cairo).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Randy Marsh, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - Jim Joyce.

Time of Game: 3:31.

Attendance: 56,129.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 54° F, Wind 5mph in from Centerfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                New York Yankees                     
1. J Damon              CF    1. D Jeter              SS 
2. M Bellhorn           2B    2. A Rodriguez          3B 
3. M Ramirez            LF    3. G Sheffield          RF 
4. D Ortiz              DH    4. H Matsui             LF 
5. J Varitek            C     5. B Williams           CF 
6. T Nixon              RF    6. J Posada             C  
7. K Millar             1B    7. K Lofton             DH 
8. B Mueller            3B    8. T Clark              1B 
9. O Cabrera            SS    9. M Cairo              2B 

   D Lowe               P        K Brown              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-0  1--  1   18%  65% D Ortiz         K Brown         Home Run; Ramirez Scores
   t 2   1  0-2  123  1   15%  92% J Damon         J Vazquez       Home Run; Millar Scores; Mueller Scores; Cabrera Scores
   t 2   1  0-2  12-  8    4%  76% O Cabrera       K Brown         Walk; Millar to 3B; Mueller to 2B
   t 1   1  0-0  -2-  3   -4%  47% M Ramirez       K Brown         Single to CF; Damon out at Hm/LF-SS-C
   t 4   0  1-6  1--  1    4%  97% J Damon         J Vazquez       Home Run; Cabrera Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Kevin Brown facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  J Damon         Single to LF
          1--      56%  M Bellhorn      Damon Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   52%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3   47%  M Ramirez       Single to CF; Damon out at Hm/LF-SS-C
   RR     1--  1   65%  D Ortiz         Home Run; Ramirez Scores
   O      ---  7   64%  J Varitek       Groundout: P unassisted
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-2, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   67%  D Jeter         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   68%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   69%  G Sheffield     Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Kevin Brown facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   67%  T Nixon         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   69%  K Millar        Single to CF
          1--  5   72%  B Mueller       Walk; Millar to 2B
          12-  8   76%  O Cabrera       Walk; Millar to 3B; Mueller to 2B
                  Javier Vazquez replaces Kevin Brown pitching
   RRRR   123  1   92%  J Damon         Home Run; Millar Scores; Mueller Scores; Cabrera Scores
          ---  5   92%  M Bellhorn      Walk
   O      1--  7   92%  M Ramirez       Popfly: SS
   O      1--  3   91%  D Ortiz         Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-6, Derek Lowe facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   92%  H Matsui        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   93%  B Williams      Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  6   92%  J Posada        Walk
   O      1--  2   93%  K Lofton        Groundout: C-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Yankees 0.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-0, Javier Vazquez facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   93%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   93%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   93%  K Millar        Walk
   O      1--  3   92%  B Mueller       Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-6, Derek Lowe facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   94%  T Clark         Flyball: LF
          ---  1   92%  M Cairo         Hit By Pitch
          1--      92%  D Jeter         Cairo Steals 2B
   R      -2-  5   88%  " "             Single to LF; Cairo Scores
   O      1--  4   90%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: P-1B; Jeter to 2B
   O      -2-  1   92%  G Sheffield     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Yankees 1.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-1, Javier Vazquez facing 9-1-2
          ---  7   93%  O Cabrera       Walk
   RR     1--  1   97%  J Damon         Home Run; Cabrera Scores
          ---  4   97%  M Bellhorn      Walk
   O      1--  2   97%  M Ramirez       Popfly: 3B
          1--  6   97%  D Ortiz         Walk; Bellhorn to 2B
                  Esteban Loaiza replaces Javier Vazquez pitching
          12-  7   98%  J Varitek       Single to RF; Bellhorn to 3B; Ortiz to 2B
   O      123  4   97%  T Nixon         Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  2   96%  K Millar        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-8, Derek Lowe facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   97%  H Matsui        Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5   97%  B Williams      Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   98%  J Posada        Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-1, Esteban Loaiza facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   98%  B Mueller       Single to RF
   O      1--  3   98%  O Cabrera       Groundout: 2B-1B; Mueller to 2B
          -2-  3   98%  J Damon         Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Mueller to 3B; Damon to 2B
   O      -23  6   98%  M Bellhorn      Popfly: SS
   O      -23  1   97%  M Ramirez       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-8, Derek Lowe facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   98%  K Lofton        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   98%  T Clark         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  6   98%  M Cairo         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-1, Esteban Loaiza facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  7   98%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   98%  J Varitek       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   98%  T Nixon         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-8, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   99%  D Jeter         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  G Sheffield     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-1, Esteban Loaiza facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   99%  K Millar        Strikeout Looking
          ---  3   99%  B Mueller       Single to RF
          1--  1   99%  O Cabrera       Single to CF; Mueller to 2B
                  Felix Heredia replaces Esteban Loaiza pitching
   OO     12-  3   99%  J Damon         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-8, Pedro Martinez facing 4-5-6
                  Pedro Martinez replaces Derek Lowe pitching; Doug Mientkiewicz replaces Kevin Millar playing 1B batting 7th
          ---  3   98%  H Matsui        Double to RF
   R      -2-  3   96%  B Williams      Double to CF; Matsui Scores
   O      -2-  2   97%  J Posada        Groundout: 1B-P; Williams to 3B
   R      --3  1   96%  K Lofton        Single to CF; Williams Scores
                  John Olerud pinch hits for Tony Clark batting 8th
          1--      95%  J Olerud        Lofton Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7   97%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   98%  M Cairo         Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 3.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 8-3, Tom Gordon facing 2-3-4
                  Tom Gordon replaces Felix Heredia pitching; John Olerud moves to 1B
   R      ---  3   99%  M Bellhorn      Home Run
   O      ---  1   99%  M Ramirez       Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      ---  3   99%  D Ortiz         Popfly: SS
   O      ---  5   99%  J Varitek       Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Behind 3-9, Mike Timlin facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Timlin replaces Pedro Martinez pitching; Pokey Reese replaces Mark Bellhorn playing 2B batting 2nd
   O      ---  6   99%  D Jeter         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6  100%  A Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  G Sheffield     Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 3.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 9-3, Tom Gordon facing 6-7-8
          ---  6  100%  T Nixon         Single to LF
          1--  3  100%  D Mientkiewicz  Single to LF; Nixon to 2B
   O      12-  1  100%  B Mueller       Flyball: CF; Nixon to 3B
   RO     1-3  7  100%  O Cabrera       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Nixon Scores
                  Mariano Rivera replaces Tom Gordon pitching
   O      1--  4  100%  J Damon         Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 10, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Behind 3-10, Mike Timlin facing 4-5-6
          ---  4  100%  H Matsui        Single to RF
   O      1--  6  100%  B Williams      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1  100%  J Posada        Popfly: SS
          1--     100%  K Lofton        Defensive Indifference; Williams to 2B
          -2-  4  100%  " "             Walk
                  Alan Embree replaces Mike Timlin pitching; Ruben Sierra pinch hits for John Olerud batting 8th
   O      12-  2  100%  R Sierra        Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 10, Yankees 3.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:NYA200410200

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation