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Astros Beat Cards, Take NLCS Series Lead Oct 19, 2004 On a night when pitching suddenly took over the NL playoffs, someone was bound to get a hit. Fortunately for the Houston Astros, Jeff Kent stepped up. |
Red Sox Beat Yankees 5-4 in 14 Innings Oct 19, 2004 Just like the game that seemed it would never end, Boston's season just won't end. David Ortiz's RBI single on the 471st pitch of the game with two outs in the 14th inning capped a second straight amazing comeback in less than 24 hours Monday night and gave the Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the AL championship series.
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Yankees Look to Close Out Red Sox Oct 18, 2004 About 15 hours after avoiding a sweep by beating the New York Yankees in 12 innings, the Boston Red Sox send Pedro Martinez to the mound Monday for Game 5 of the AL championship series in Boston. Martinez (16-9) faces Mike Mussina (12-9), trying to force the series back to New York.
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Rain in Boston Postpones BoSox-Yanks Game Oct 16, 2004 After a night of steady rain at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox hoped to get in Game 3 of the AL championship series on Saturday night.
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Red Sox Try to Rebound at Home Vs. Yanks Oct 15, 2004 A gloomy off day in the AL championship series could be followed by a rainout. The Red Sox returned home Thursday after losing the first two games of the AL championship series to the Yankees in New York. As its workout began, Boston announced ace Curt Schilling's ailing ankle will prevent him from pitching Game 5 and perhaps the rest of the postseason. |
Yankees Defeat BoSox 3-1 in Game 2 of ALCS Oct 14, 2004 Pedro Martinez has a new "Daddy." His name is Jon Lieber. While the raucous crowd at Yankee Stadium taunted Martinez with booming chants of "Who's Your Daddy?" Lieber shut down the highest-scoring offense in the major leagues. A No. 5 starter pitching against a three-time Cy Young Award winner, Lieber took a shutout into the eighth inning. John Olerud backed him with a two-run homer in the sixth off the tiring Martinez, and the Yankees beat the Red Sox 3-1 Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in their AL championship series rematch.
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Yankees Take Game 1 of ALCS Over Red Sox Oct 13, 2004 Mariano Rivera showed up in time to save the New York Yankees, putting his grief aside just long enough to do what he does best. Rivera got Boston's Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's opener of the AL championship series.
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Astros Make NLCS With First Series Win Oct 12, 2004 It took 43 years, but the Houston Astros are finally postseason winners. Carlos Beltran hit two more homers and drove in five runs, while original Killer B's Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell chipped in during a five-run seventh inning that carried the Astros to a 12-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves on Monday night in the deciding Game 5 of their first-round NL playoff series. |
Ken Caminiti, 1996 NL MVP, Dies at 41 Oct 11, 2004 Ken Caminiti, the 1996 National League MVP who later admitted using steroids during his major league career, died Sunday. He was 41. Caminiti died of a heart attack in the Bronx, said his agent-lawyer Rick Licht. The city medical examiner's office said an autopsy would be performed Monday, spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said. |
Yankees Take Series; Dodgers, Astros Win Oct 10, 2004 A big home run by Ruben Sierra, a clutch 11th-inning hit by Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are headed right back where most people figured — playing the Boston Red Sox for the AL pennant — after beating the Minnesota Twins 6-5.
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