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For a while, it looked as though the Red Sox were simply going to win this in a breeze. It didn’t work out that way. The Red Sox had won the first two games in the best-of-five series, taking both games in Anaheim. They scored first in this one, with two runs in the bottom of the third, and when the Angels had the temerity to score a run in the top of the fourth, they came... The pitching matchup was between two right-handers: Bronson Arroyo for Boston against Kelvim Escobar for the Angels. Arroyo had been 10-9 (4.03 ERA) in the regular season; Escobar had been a comparable 11-12 (3.93).

His ERA was the lowest among the Angels starters. The Angels had fared well against Arroyo during the season — 11 runs in 8 1/3 innings. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Escobar, “Guys who have seen him day in and day out know he has been our most consistent pitcher, particularly down the stretch.”1 Arroyo retired the first three batters he faced. Escobar walked leadoff batter Johnny Damon and allowed a single to the third batter, Manny Ramírez, but he struck out the other three batters he faced. Over twelve seasons in Boston, David Ortiz has compiled a resume of walk-off heroics unmatched in the game.

The burly designated hitter has been so clutch that you expect him to come through, his list of big hits so long (he’s the all-time franchise leader in walk-off homers by a wide margin)... The stages have been varied: from special deliveries in the midst of pennant races to iconic October moments that rate among Red Sox fans’ most unbelievable memories. In the autumn of 2004, Ortiz set about building his legend. Ground was broken in Game Three of the 2004 ALDS against the Anaheim Angels. The Schilling-Pedro combo had lived up to expectations in the first two contests, giving the Red Sox a 2-0 series lead over their AL West foes. Game Three got underway on a Friday in the yellow glow of the late afternoon at Fenway Park with Bronson Arroyo on the mound, but this one wouldn’t conclude until long after the Fenway...

The Sox pounded Anaheim starter Kelvim Escobar for five runs and had a comfortable 6-1 lead in the seventh. And that’s when things unraveled. BOSTON – The Red Sox have returned to the ALCS – but not before giving their battered fan base another scare with a characteristic flush job. David Ortiz’s two-run homer into the Green Monster seats with two outs in the 10th gave Boston an 8-6 victory in Game 3 and an unbelievably tense ALDS sweep of Anaheim. Ortiz homered on the first pitch he saw from Jarrod Washburn, who came on in relief after starting and losing Game 1. Ortiz’s swing erased what could have been another unbelievable choke job by Boston.

Leading 6-1 with two outs in the seventh, Boston reliever Mike Timlin surrendered a bases-loaded walk to Darin Erstad followed by a game-tying grand slam to Vladimir Guerrero. Guerrero, who roped a tie-breaking two-run single in Game 2, had his first truly memorable postseason moment after going looking helpless in his first three at-bats. He launched a 92 mph Timlin fastball into the Boston bullpen, freezing in pose as his teammates came around the bases. Poor David Ortiz. All he had to protect him were his silly little goggles as his teammates ambushed him in the postgame frenzy. A bottle of Great Western here, a bucket of water there, everywhere liquid splashing over him as one teammate after another - from a minimum-salaried rookie to his $160-million pal, Manny Ramirez - paid...

And why not? In a blast that may be remembered by the first generation of New Englanders in the 21st century as famously as a previous generation recalls Carlton Fisk’s momentous shot in Game 6 of the... Splish, splash. Next stop the American League Championship Series against the Yankees or Twins. “It was a classic from start to finish and a real fitting way for us to get through the first round,” general manager Theo Epstein said amid the sudsy celebration in the Sox clubhouse. “It’s pretty sweet.

Now we have two more celebrations to go.” Ortiz almost seemed to take it in stride amid the postgame mayhem. Johnny Damon set the stage for the winning shot by singling to lead off the 10th against Francisco Rodriguez. BOSTON (AP) – This self-proclaimed band of idiots is going to play for the pennant.David Ortiz homered in the 10th inning to send the Boston Red Sox into their second consecutive AL championship series,... But Vladimir Guerrero hit a grand slam to tie it 6-all in the seventh and send the game to extra innings.Derek Lowe, bounced from the rotation after a horrible stretch run, got out of... Losing pitcher Francisco Rodriguez gave up a leadoff single to Johnny Damon in the bottom half; two outs later, Angels manager Mike Scioscia brought in Game 1 starter Jarrod Washburn for the lefty-lefty matchup...

.“We want to get to the World Series, whichever way we have to,” Arroyo said.Last year’s Red Sox used the theme “Cowboy Up” in the regular season, before they went belly up in the... Center fielder Johnny Damon declared this week that they were down on “Cowboy Up” and instead were just “idiots” with bad hair and dirty uniforms who were out for fun on the field.Manny Ramirez... “We have a lot of fun. We enjoy each other.”Ortiz, Boston’s happy-go-lucky MVP candidate – one of two, with Ramirez, actually – could be chapter chairman. He doubled and scored when Boston took a 2-0 lead in the third, then doubled in a run in the fourth when Boston made it 5-1.It was 6-1 in the seventh before Mike Timlin... Guerrero, also a leading MVP candidate after propelling Anaheim to the AL West title, tied the game with a dramatic shot to right-center.Rodriguez pitched two scoreless innings and struck out Ramirez for the second...

I think he was getting tired,” Scioscia said. “With a young arm like Frankie’s I think you want to err on the side of caution.”Anaheim, which has lost seven consecutive games to Boston, failed to make a serious run at repeating its... The Yankees knocked the Red Sox out of the ALCS last year when Pedro Martinez couldn’t hold a three-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 7 and Aaron Boone homered in the 11th... But maybe they should worry about Arroyo.The 27-year-old Pittsburgh castoff pitched six innings of three-hit ball and was given a thunderous ovation from the sold-out crowd at Fenway Park when he left after walking... Trot Nixon singled to drive in one run, then Ortiz scored on Kevin Millar’s groundout.Troy Glaus homered in the fourth to make it 2-1 – his second homer of the series.But the Red Sox... Ramirez hit a sacrifice fly to score Mueller, and Ortiz followed with a line drive that right fielder Guerrero couldn’t reach; it went all the way to the bullpen wall for a double.Nixon was...

Boston made it 6-1 in the fifth on Ramirez’s RBI single.Notes: It was only the second playoff sweep for the Red Sox. They also beat Oakland in 1975 to reach the World Series; Boston lost in seven games to the Cincinnati Reds. The Red Sox last clinched a playoff series at home in 1986, when they finished off the Angels to advance to the World Series; Boston lost to the New York Mets in seven games. … The Angels hadn’t been swept in a playoff series before, but it was the third time they lost three straight. Milwaukee won three in a row after falling behind 2-0 in the 1982 ALCS, and the Red Sox won three straight after falling behind 3-1 in the 86 ALCS. … Timlin had not allowed an earned run in the postseason since 2000, a span of 12 1-3 innings.

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