13. 1970 Baltimore Orioles v. 116. 1958 New York Yankees
The '71 Orioles have advanced; two of the 50s Yankees squads have advanced; these two organizations battle here, both of these squads won the World Series.
Yankees-Casey Stengel
LF Siebern (24) 136 4.6
CF Mantle (26) 188 8.1
RF Slaughter (42) 133 1
C Berra (33) 119 3.4
3B Carey (26) 136 3.3
1B Throneberry (24) 106 0
2B McDougald (30) 98 2.6
SS Kubek (22) 72 2.8
P Ford (29) 177 5.5
Bench:
C Howard (29) 130 2.9
1B Skowron (27) 106 1
RF Bauer (35) 106 1.8
SP2: Turley (27) 119 3.4
SP3 Larsen (28) 116 2
3 platoons for Stengel; the game 1 lineup is against the right handed Palmer, when the Yankees face lefties, Howard/Skowron/Bauer will also slide in (that means no Yogi, yup). Ford's the only lefty going for New York.
Orioles-Earl Weaver
LF Rettenmund (27) 156 4.3
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
1B Powell (28) 163 5.1
CF Blair (26) 114 5.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Etchebarren (27) 82 .6
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
P Palmer (24) 134 6.3
Bench:
C Hendricks (29) 92 1.5
SS Salmon (29) 86 .1
LF Buford (33) 126 4.4
SP2 McNally (27) 113 4.7
SP3 Cuellar (33) 105 3.5
Buford and Hendricks will move into the game 2 lineup against a right handed starter; Salmon has a lot more bat than Belanger and would replace him if needed. Orioles have the seed advantage and the WAR advantage at 1B-2B-RF and each starting pitcher.
1st: 24 year old Jim Palmer was 20-10 with a 2.71 ERA; he stands on the Memorial Stadium mound, Norm Siebern opens the game with a base hit and he comes all the way around to score on a Mickey Mantle double. After an out, Yogi Berra doubles home the second Yankees run, Yankees 2 Orioles 0
1st: 29 year old lefty Whitey Ford was 14-7 with a 2.01 ERA; 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: Paul Blair doubles down the left field line; Brooks Robinson follows with a walk, 2 outs later Andy Etchebarren singles to put the Orioles on the board. Mark Belanger singles but the inning will end Yankees 2 Orioles 1
3rd: Mantle singles with one out, after the second out, Yogi walks - and then Andy Carey singles home New York's third run. Yankees 3 Orioles 1
3rd: Frank Robinson singles with one out, Boog Powell follows with a single, after the second out Brooks Robinson singles - the Orioles have the bases loaded with two away - but Ford slips it.
4th: Gil McDougald opened with a walk and Tony Kubek then singles - after an out, Siebern walks - and man, oh, man - Mantle's coming to the plate with the bases loaded -- Palmer walks him and it's 4-1. Slaughter hits a sac fly - now it's 5-1; and then Yogi hits his second double, it scores two, it's 7-1 New York and Palmer's out of the game. 26 year old lefty Marcelino Lopez enters and gets out of it. Yankees 7 Orioles 1
4th: 1-2-3
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Merv Rettenmund singles, that's all.
6th: Mantle singles with two out, he's reached all 4 times, Slaughter and Berra then walk back to back to load them up -- but that's all.
6th: Brooks Robinson singles and then Davey Johnson hits a two run homer; Baltimore cuts the lead to 7-3; Etchebarren doubles and then Belanger reaches on an error. Don Buford comes off the Orioles bench and walks. There's nobody out - and look what we've got the Orioles have loaded the bases and have a shot to get back into this one. Ford walks Rettenmund and it's 7-4 -- but Ford gets both Frank Robinson and Boog Powell and the threat stops there Yankees 7 Orioles 4
7th: 30 year old lefty Pete Richert gets the call for the Orioles, McDougald walks with one out, Kubek follows with a walk, and Moose Skowron walks when he hits for Ford -- loaded, only one out - Yankees looking to extend the lead; 29 year old right hander Eddie Watt comes on - Siebern hits a sac fly, but Watt gets Mantle, so the Orioles are still in this one Yankees 8 Orioles 4
7th: 29 year old right hander Art Ditmar gets the call, he gives up a single to Blair and then a double to Brooks Robinson - Blair comes all the way around and once again the Yankee lead is down to two runs, and out later Etchebarren singles, but that's all. Yankees 8 Orioles 5
8th: 29 year old right hander Dave Leonhard enters, Carey singles with two out but that's all.
8th: Rettenmund opens with a single, Boog Powell singles an out later -- Paul Blair is in the game primarily for his glove, but he gets his third hit, Rettenmund scores and it's 8-6, that's where it ends Yankees 8 Orioles 6
9th: 1-2-3...we head to the bottom of the 9th, can Baltimore find two runs?
9th: 29 year old right hander Ryne Duren had a strong year as Yankee closer, 19 saves and a 2.02 ERA, he walks Davey Johnson to put the tying run on - two outs later, Curt Motton, who had just 84 at bats on the season, gets the call to hit in the pitchers spot -- and he walks.
Rettenmund hits a hard line drive -- right at Kubek and it's over.
Yankees 8
Orioles 6
WP Ford
LP Palmer
The Orioles out hit the Yankees, 16-9, but the Yankees turned their 9 hits into 8 runs.
For the Yankees - Siebern reached twice, Mantle 4 times, Yogi 4 times with 2 doubles, Carey/McDougald/Kubek all twice
For the Orioles - Rettenmund reached 3 times, Powell twice, Blair 3 times, Brooks Robinson 4 times, Davey Johnson twice with a homer, Etchebarren 3 times
So - we go to Yankees Stadium, the Bombers looking to wrap this up:
LF Buford (33) 126 4.4
1B Powell (28) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
CF Rettenmund (27) 156 4.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) 92 1.5
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
SP McNally (27) 113 4.7
3B Carey (26) 136 3.3
CF Mantle (26) 188 8.1
C Howard (29) 130 2.9
LF Siebern (24) 136 4.6
RF Bauer (35) 106 1.8
1B Skowron (27) 106 1
2B McDougald (30) 98 2.6
SS Kubek (22) 72 2.8
SP: Turley (27) 119 3.4
1st: 27 year old right hander Bob Turley went 21-7 with a 2.97 ERA and he's here to advance the Yankees to the next round. 1-2-3
1st: 27 year old lefty Dave McNally needs to shut down the Yankees in the Bronx; 24-9 with a 3.22 ERA. 1-2-3
2nd: Rettenmund walks to open the frame, that's all.
2nd: With one out, Hank Bauer and Moose Skowron, neither of whom was in the game one lineup, single back to back - McDougald grounds out, but it scores a run Orioles 0 Yankees 1
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: Turley opens with a walk, two outs later, Mantle walks - that's all.
4th: 1-2-3
4th: Bauer singles with one out and after the second out, McDougald singles, but thats all.
5th: 1-2-3 - Bob Turley has yet to allow a hit.
5th: Mantle draws a two out walk, that's all. Pitchers duel here in the Bronx.
6th: Hendricks opens with a walk - and then Mark Belanger gets the Orioles first hit of the day, Baltimore's got two on and no one out. McNally bunts the runners over -- and then Don Buford hits a sac fly and the Orioles have tied the score. Boog Powell then singles -- that's going to give Baltimore their second run. Orioles 2 Yankees 1
6th: 1-2-3 -- now it's McNally on top in the pitchers duel.
7th: 1-2-3
7th: Kubek walks with one away, but that's all. Another tight one in this series.
8th: Turley's allowed just two hits but trails as we hit the 8th, Hendricks doubles to lead off, after an out, Weaver calls on Terry Crowley to hit for McNally - he walks. And then so does Buford -- bases loaded for the Orioles - Boog Powell grounds to first -- but Skowron boots it, and the run will score, that's all - but now it's Orioles 3 Yankees 1
8th: Pete Richert is on for Baltimore; 1-2-3
9th: Brooks Robinson singles with one out - but that's it. Really strong work by Turley but it may not be enough.
9th: Hank Bauer opens with a single -- that brings the tying run to the plate; Richert gets the next two and Weaver brings in Eddie Watt, he gives up a single to Kubek -- well, here we go, the tying run is on base - 42 year old Enos Slaughter is your pinch hitter -- Watt gets him to ground to third and it's done.
Orioles 3
Yankees 1
WP McNally
LP Turley
Sv Watt
Just ten combined hits in this one; McNally goes 7 for the win. Complete game 4 hit loss for Turley. Powell has now reached 3 times, Rettenmund 4, Brooks Robinson 5, Hendricks 2
For New York - Mantle's reached 6 times, Bauer 3, McDougald 3 and Kubek 4.
Back to Baltimore. Winner Take All.
3B Carey (26) 136 3.3
CF Mantle (26) 188 8.1
C Howard (29) 130 2.9
LF Siebern (24) 136 4.6
RF Berra (33) 119 3.4
1B Skowron (27) 106 1
2B McDougald (30) 98 2.6
SS Kubek (22) 72 2.8
SP Larsen (28) 116 2
LF Rettenmund (27) 156 4.3
1B Powell (28) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
CF Blair (26) 114 5.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) 92 1.5
SS Salmon (29) 86 .1
SP Cuellar (33) 105 3.5
1st: It all comes down to this - 33 year old Mike Cuellar, a lefty, on the hometown mound for the Orioles, 24-8 with a 3.48 ERA - with two out, he gives up a single to Elston Howard and a walk to Siebern - but that's all.
1st: 28 year old right hander Don Larsen was 9-6 for the Yankees with a 3.07 ERA; 1-2-3
2nd: McDougald draws a one out walk, that's all.
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Mantle singles with one out, but that's all.
3rd: Hendricks opens with a single - that's it. Scoreless through 3 in Baltimore.
4th: 1-2-3
4th: 1-2-3
5th: Larsen singles with one out, after a second out - Weaver decides to intentionally walk Mantle in a scoreless game 3 -- it doesn't work out, Elston Howard singles, and then Siebern follows with a single. Two runs score and we head to the bottom of the 5th Yankees 2 Orioles 0
5th: Davey Johnson singles with two out - but that's it. We go to the 6th. Another tight one in this series.
6th: Skowron opens with a base hit - that's it.
6th: 1-2-3 -- very similar to game 2, this one is a pitchers duel.
7th: With one out - Mantle hits an absolute nightmare to dead center and it's 3-0; Yankees 3 Orioles 0.
7th: 1-2-3 -- Don Larsen has shut this Oriole club down.
8th: Richert enters for the Orioles. McDougald hits a two out double, but that's all.
8th: Paul Blair opens with a single - do the Orioles have life? Davey Johnson singles - 2 on for the Birds. Larsen gets one - but then he walks Chico Salmon. Bases loaded and just one away - this is the shot for the Orioles. Don Buford comes up in the pitchers spot - he laces a single to left - the Orioles are on the board, still only one away and the bases are still loaded. Casey goes to the pen - it's Ryne Duren -- he strikes out Rettemund. That brings up Boog Powell. Tying runs in scoring position. How about this for a big spot? 3-2 count.....big pitch....Powell walks. That brings in the second run. Frank Robinson has had a desperately quiet series - but here he comes in the biggest spot of the series. Bases loaded. 2 out. Orioles still down a run. The tension is palpable -- Robinson singles to left -- that's going to score Salmon -- here comes Buford -- it's going to score Buford! The Orioles have scored 4 runs and take the lead. Yankees 3 Orioles 4
9th: Eddie Watt comes on to try to close this down. Andy Carey walks. So - now here's Mantle -- tying run on base. Mantle hits a bomb -- deep - deep -- to right center -- but Paul Blair makes a helluva play, tracking the ball down for the first out. Watt then strikes out Howard. Two away. Siebern singles to keep the Yankees alive. First and Second for Yogi - two out -- and Yogi hits a sinking line drive to left center - that's snared by Paul Blair and it's over.
Yankees 3
Orioles 4
WP Richert
LP Larsen
In every game of the series, the team that got more hits lost, the MVP -- it's Eddie Watt, pitches in all 3 games, scoreless - earned saves in games 2 and 3.
The Orioles advance. They'll take on the winner of this next matchup:
52. 2013 Boston Red Sox v. 77. 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers
World Champion Red Sox looking to become the first Boston team to advance; they meet the NL Champion Dodgers - there's not a Brooklyn team in the next round yet.
Dodgers-Leo Durocher
CF Reiser (22) 164 7.1
1B Camilli (34) 164 6.5
RF Walker (30) 132 4.9
LF Medwick (29) 141 4
3B Riggs (31) 131 1.5
DH Wasdell (27) 110 .8
2B Herman (31) 104 3.5
SS Reese (22) 68 2.7
C Franks (27) 52 .1
P Wyatt (33) 159 7.5
Bench:
C Owen (25) 62 .9
3B Lavagetto (28) 110 3.3
SP2: Davis (37) 125 2.9
SP3: Higbe (26) 118 2.9
Sox throwing a right hander in game one; Owen moves into the lineup in game 2 against a lefty, Lavagetto might as well; he's the regular at third, Riggs has the better bat.
Red Sox-John Farrell
CF Ellsbury (29) 113 4.9
RF Victorino (32) 118 5.5
DH Ortiz (37) 159 4.7
LF Carp (27) 139 1.3
1B Napoli (31) 128 3.4
C Saltalamacchia (28) 118 3.1
SS Drew (30) 111 3.5
2B Pedroia (29) 115 5.6
3B Iglesias (23) 115 1.6
P Buchholz (28) 237 4
Bench:
LF Nava (30) 127 2.8
SP2 Lester (29) 110 3.3
SP3 Lackey (34) 117 3.4
Ortiz plays 1st in game 2; Nava/Carp will be a hot hand decision by Farrell and regular season starters Middlebrooks and Gomes have been benched. Dodgers have all right handed starters. Sox are seed favorites, they've got a WAR advantage at C-2B-SS-3B (unless Lavagetto plays) RF-DH-and games 2 and 3 at SP
1st: It takes 100 IP to start a tournament game; 28 year old RH Clay Buchholz had 108, that's good for the Sox, he comes in 12-1 with a 1.74 ERA; Pete Reiser opens with a single but is then gunned down trying to steal second - that means no one is on base when Dolph Camilli tripled off the Monster, and the Dodgers don't score.
1st: 33 year old RH Whit Wyatt gets the ball for the Dodgers, 22-10 with a 2.34 ERA, Shane Victorino singles with one away, David Ortiz follows with a base hit, but that's all.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: Saltalamacchia singles to open the inning, that's all.
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: Victorino gets hit with two out, but that's all.
4th: Camilli opens with his second hit, an out later Medwick walks - but that's all.
4th: Matt Carp got the start in LF today; with the Dodgers throwing all right handed starters, Farrell goes with the left handed hitting Carp, and he opens with a double. Two outs later Stephen Drew lines a single to right - Carp scores and the Sox are on the board. Dodgers 0 Sox 1
5th: Pee Wee Reese walks with one out and then swipes second - after a second out, Pete Reiser doubles him home, Camilli walks but that's all. Dodgers 1 Sox 1
5th: Victorino singles with two out - then steals second - and then scores on an Ortiz single - the Sox regain the lead Dodgers 1 Sox 2
6th: Lew Riggs got the start at third for Durocher facing the right handed Buchholz, he singles with one out, that's all.
6th: 1-2-3
7th: Reiser walks with two out, that's all.
7th: Pedroia reached on an error - but thats it. Tight one in Fenway.
8th: 32 year old lefty Craig Breslow was tremendous, a 1.81 ERA and he takes over for Boston, 1-2-3.
8th: Ortiz singles again, he's got 3 hits - two outs later Saltalamacchia walks, but Wyatt gets out of it. We're headed to the 9th.
9th: The Sox closer is 38 year old right hander Koji Uehara - and good god did he have a good year; 21 saves and a 1.09 ERA. He gives up a one out double to Billy Herman, the Dodgers have the tying run in scoring position -- but they can't push it across.
Dodgers 1
Red Sox 2
WP Buchholz
LP Wyatt
Combined 6 hitter for the Sox and Wyatt went the whole way for Brooklyn in the loss.
Two hits for Victorino, he reached 3 times; 3 for Ortiz, Saltalamacchia reached twice.
For Brooklyn - Reiser reached three times, so did Camilli, and he tripled.
We head to Ebbets, the Dodgers needing a win to stay alive.
CF Ellsbury (29) 113 4.9
RF Victorino (32) 118 5.5
1B Ortiz (37) 159 4.7
LF Nava (30) 127 2.8
C Saltalamacchia (28) 118 3.1
SS Drew (30) 111 3.5
2B Pedroia (29) 115 5.6
3B Iglesias (23) 115 1.6
P Lester (29) 110 3.3
3B Lavagetto (28) 110 3.3
2B Herman (31) 104 3.5
LF Medwick (29) 141 4
CF Reiser (22) 164 7.1
1B Camilli (34) 164 6.5
RF Walker (30) 132 4.9
SS Reese (22) 68 2.7
C Owen (25) 62 .9
SP: Davis (37) 125 2.9
1st: The Dodgers need 37 year old right hander Curt Davis to extend their tournament, 13-7, 2.97 ERA - he gives up a one out single to Victorino, but that's all.
1st: Boston calls on 29 year old lefty Jon Lester, 15-8, 3.75 ERA - He gives up a double to Cookie Lavagetto, back in the lineup for Durocher - and then a single to Billy Herman, and just like that, the Dodgers have a lead. Ducky Medwick then singles - but Lester limits the damage, Sox 0 Dodgers 1
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: With one out, Herman walks, and then Medwick gets his second hit - a Reiser groundout scores a run - and then Dolph Camilli doubles - that plates another. Lester walks Dixie Walker, and this inning will end Sox 0 Dodgers 3
4th: Ortiz draws a one out walk, but that's it. Davis has only given up one hit.
4th: Mickey Owen gets the start today, he singles - two outs later it's Billy Herman again, he doubles and Owen's going to score - its a happy Ebbets crowd, Sox 0 Dodgers 4
5th: Iglesias singles with one out - that's it.
5th: Reiser singles - and he comes all the way around on a second Camilli double; Walker walks again, after an out - Owen drives both men home with his second hit -- this one sure looks to be over; 32 year old right hander Jake Peavy gets the ball and ends the inning, Sox 0 Dodgers 7.
6th: Ellsbury opens with a single and after an out, Ortiz flies out to the deepest part of the yard - that's it for Davis, despite the big lead, Durocher goes to the pen for 26 year old right hander Newt Kimball - Davis gets a huge Brooklyn roar as he exits - this inning ends Sox 0 Dodgers 7
6th: Lavagetto reaches on an error; two outs later, he scores on a Reiser double. Dolph Camilli ends the game with a 2 run bomb -- we are headed to Fenway for game 3 - Sox 0 Dodgers 10
7th: With two out, Pedroia and Iglesias single, that's all.
7th: 30 year old right hander Alfredo Aceves enters, he gives up a one out single to Owen, the Dodgers hit for the pitcher, Durocher calling on 28 year old Alex Kampouris - he only had 51 at bats during the season, but was scalding hot with a 183 OPS+, he walks and so does Lavagetto to load the bases, Herman walks, that's 11 runs, the 12th scores on a Medwick groundout and the 13th on a walk to Reiser. Sox 0 Dodgers 13
8th: 36 year old right hander Johnny Allen had an excellent year in the Dodger pen with a 2.51 ERA. He gives up a one out Victorino single, but that's it.
8th: Reese walks with one out, that's all.
9th: Saltalamacchia doubles with one out, that's all.
Red Sox 0
Dodgers 13
WP Davis
LP Lester
Game 1 was 2-1 and this was not that. Brooklyn forces the showdown game with a blowout.
Lavagetto reaches twice, you'll see him in the game 3 lineup, Herman reached 4 times with 3 RBI; Medwick reaches twice, Reiser had 3 RBI and has now reached 6 times - Camilli's also reached six times and in this one he homered, doubled twice, had 4 RBI. And Mickey Owen guaranteed he'll stay behind the Game 3 plate with 3 hits.
For the Sox, Victorino's now reached 5 times, Ortiz 4, Salty 3, and Iglesias had two hits today.
Lets go to Fenway for Game 3. Winner advances to face the '70 Orioles.
CF Reiser (22) 164 7.1
1B Camilli (34) 164 6.5
RF Walker (30) 132 4.9
LF Medwick (29) 141 4
DH Riggs (31) 131 1.5
3B Lavagetto (28) 110 3.3
2B Herman (31) 104 3.5
SS Reese (22) 68 2.7
C Owen (25) 62 .9
SP: Higbe (26) 118 2.9
CF Ellsbury (29) 113 4.9
RF Victorino (32) 118 5.5
DH Ortiz (37) 159 4.7
LF Carp (27) 139 1.3
1B Napoli (31) 128 3.4
C Saltalamacchia (28) 118 3.1
SS Drew (30) 111 3.5
2B Pedroia (29) 115 5.6
3B Iglesias (23) 115 1.6
SP Lackey (34) 117 3.4
1st: We've almost completed the top half of the bracket in the greatest MLB tournament ever and there isn't a Red Sox team yet moving forward. 34 year old right hander John Lackey stands on the Fenway mount hoping to change that. Below .500 on the season 10-13, with a 3.52 ERA. He gives up a one out walk to Dolph Camilli, but that's all.
1st: 26 year old Kirby Higbe went 22-9 for the Dodgers with a 3.14 ERA - he walks Ellsbury and then gives up a double to Victorino, that scores Ellsbury - and then gives up doubles to Ortiz and Carp. It's 3-0 Sox with nobody out. Higbe's able to stop it there - but this Fenway crowd is lit up tonight, they're ready to move this team forward. Dodgers 0 Sox 3
2nd: Lew Riggs is the Dodger DH, he singles, but that's all.
2nd: Ellsbury doubles with two out, that's 4 Sox doubles, but that's all.
3rd: Reiser doubles with one away, after the second out Dixie Walker singles him home - and then Ducky Medwick ties the game with a homer over the Green Monster. 3-3 -- and on the next pitch Riggs joins him. Back to Back for the Dodgers and look out now, Dodgers 4 Sox 3
3rd: 1-2-3
4th: Mickey Owen walks with one out, thats all.
4th: Iglesias singles with 2 out, Ellsbury follows with a single -- 2 on, 2 out - tying run on base for the Sox - but that's it.
5th: After an out, Dixie Walker hits the Dodgers third homer, Medwick follows with a single and after the second out Lavagetto singles. Lackey really needs to get out of this - he does, Dodgers 5 Sox 3
5th: 1-2-3
6th: 1-2-3
6th: Salty opens with a single - can Boston get something going; they can't.
7th: With two away, Medwick and Riggs single back to back, 3 hits today for Medwick, and then Lavagetto doubles both of them home --- well now it's 6-3 Dodgers and this Fenway crowd can barely believe what they're seeing. The lefty Craig Breslow enters, he gives up a Herman double and this one might be out of reach Dodgers 8 Sox 3
7th: Iglesias walks, two outs later Ortiz walks - but that's all.
8th: 1-2-3
8th: Pedroia walks with 2 away, Iglesias follows with a single - and then Ellsbury singles. So, bases loaded and two out - Sox need to hit the ball loudly. Victorino singles -- that's going to score two runs. Now it's 8-5 -- Durocher isn't turning to the pen -- David Ortiz to the plate. And David Ortiz hits a 3 run homer to left center! Fenway explodes - the Sox have scored 5 in the 8th; Big Papi crosses the plate and the Sox dugout has emptied out - Durocher turns to the pen as the huge celebration takes place. 32 year old right hander Mace Brown enters - all of this has happened with 2 away; he gives up a double to Carp --- and then a double to Napoli -- Carp comes around to score the go ahead run. The Sox have scored 6 and now it's Dodgers 8 Red Sox 9
9th: Uehara is on the close this series out. He gets an 0-2 count on Dixie Walker - but Walker doubles off the wall. Medwick then hits a shot - deep into left field -- but Carp makes a nice running grab. Walker advances and he stands at third base with one out. Uehara strikes out Riggs. Now there are two away and Farrell decides to put Lavagetto on base. Do you put the potential go ahead run on base? Billy Herman runs the count full - and then loops a base hit just out of Drew's reach - it is 9-9; that's where it ends. Dodgers 9 Sox 9
9th: Hugh Casey enters for Brooklyn, 1-2-3.
We're going to extra innings in this winner take all game.
10th: 27 year old right hander Junichi Tazawa takes the ball for the Sox; he gives up a two out double to Camilli - Dixie Walker is a triple short of the cycle and Farrell decides to put him on base. Ducky Medwick comes to the plate - go ahead run at second; two away - Medwick also has 3 hits today - everyone is gripping their seat tight -- Tazawa strikes him out. Huge roar and we go to the bottom of the 10th.
10th: Casey hits Ellsbury with the first pitch of the inning - and the potential clinching run is on base. On the next pitch, Casey hits Victorino -- Casey bends over at the waist - two pitches, two hit batsmen - and the winning run is in scoring position with no one away. Ortiz flies deep to right - Ellsbury advances to third. The clinching run is 90 feet away. Matt Carp comes to the plate. AND HE HITS A 3 RUN HOMER. Matt Carp has hit the first walk off homer in the tournament - and its a walk off homer to win the series. Jubilation! Jubilation at Fenway Park - the Red Sox will move on.
Dodgers 9
Red Sox 12
WP Tazawa
LP Casey
Big game for Ellsbury, he reached 5 times. Big series for Victorino - he reached 8 times with 3 RBI today. How about Ortiz? Hit that 3 run homer in the 8th? Also doubled - he reached base 7 times in the series. Iglesias reached 5 times in the last two games.
But the MVP is Matt Carp - a utilityman for this Sox team; their 5th OF - two doubles today and a walk off 3 run homer to clinch the series. We're going to co-MVP this with Ortiz, given his tying homer in the 8th.
The 1970 Orioles will meet the 2013 Red Sox.
Two series left to finish the top half of the bracket.
