Final Score: New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game 7~~~ Live Thread)

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[Dog]

Game 7 will be a true classic..

Pedro vs Clemens!

Boston Red Sox	at	New York Yankees
Pedro Martinez	Vs.	Roger Clemens

 AVG  HR  RBI                            AVG  HR  RBI
Johnny Damon CF         .294   1    4   Alfonso Soriano 2B      .250   0    7
Todd Walker 2B          .368   5    6   Nick Johnson 1B         .200   1    5
Nomar Garciaparra SS    .273   0    1   Derek Jeter SS          .308   2    3
Manny Ramirez LF        .273   3    7   Bernie Williams CF      .250   0    4
David Ortiz DH          .167   1    7   Hideki Matsui LF        .278   1    7
Kevin Millar 1B         .222   0    2   Jorge Posada C          .256   1    4
Trot Nixon RF           .300   3    5   Jason Giambi DH         .216   1    3
Bill Mueller 3B         .171   0    0   Enrique Wilson 3B       .000   0    0
Jason Varitek C         .267   4    5   Karim Garcia RF         .231   0    3
Pedro Martinez RHP      (1-1, 4.29)     Roger Clemens RHP       (2-0, 2.08)
 

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Top 1st: J Damon grounded out to shortstop. T Walker singled to right center. N Garciaparra flied out to right, T Walker to second. M Ramirez flied out to right.

Bot 1st: A Soriano struck out swinging. N Johnson walked. D Jeter fouled out to first. B Williams singled to shallow left, N Johnson to second. H Matsui flied out to center.

Top 2nd: D Ortiz lined out to center. K Millar singled to right center. T Nixon homered to right, K Millar scored. B Mueller struck out swinging. J Varitek doubled to deep right. J Damon safe at second on throwing error by third baseman E Wilson, J Varitek scored. T Walker grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error)

Bot 2nd: J Posada flied out to center. J Giambi struck out swinging. E Wilson flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

Top 3rd: N Garciaparra fouled out to first. M Ramirez flied out to right. D Ortiz grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

Bot 3rd: K Garcia flied out to center. A Soriano struck out swinging. N Johnson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.

Top 4th: K Millar homered to left. T Nixon walked. B Mueller singled to center, T Nixon to third. M Mussina relieved R Clemens. J Varitek struck out swinging. J Damon grounded into double play, shortstop to first, B Mueller out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 0.

Bot 4th: D Jeter grounded out to third. B Williams struck out swinging. H Matsui doubled to deep center. J Posada grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 0.

Top 5th: T Walker flied out to left. N Garciaparra singled to left. M Ramirez singled to right, N Garciaparra to second. D Ortiz struck out swinging. K Millar grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 0.

Bot 5th: J Giambi homered to right center. E Wilson flied out to left. K Garcia struck out swinging. A Soriano struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1.

Top 6th: T Nixon struck out swinging. B Mueller grounded out to third. J Varitek grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1.

Bot 6th: N Johnson grounded out to first. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Williams flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1.

Top 7th: F Heredia relieved M Mussina. J Damon struck out swinging. T Walker fouled out to third. J Nelson relieved F Heredia. N Garciaparra struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1.

Bot 7th: H Matsui grounded out to second. J Posada lined out to center. J Giambi homered to right center. E Wilson reached on infield single to first. K Garcia singled to right, E Wilson to second. A Soriano struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 2.

Top 8th: M Ramirez grounded out to third. D Wells relieved J Nelson. D Ortiz homered to right. K Millar grounded out to shortstop. T Nixon popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, NY YANKEES 2.

Bot 8th: N Johnson popped out to shortstop. D Jeter doubled to deep right. B Williams singled to center, D Jeter scored. H Matsui hit a ground rule double to deep right, B Williams to third. J Posada doubled to center, B Williams and H Matsui scored. A Embree relieved P Martinez. J Giambi flied out to center. M Timlin relieved A Embree. R Sierra hit for E Wilson. R Sierra intentionally walked. A Boone ran for R Sierra. K Garcia walked, J Posada to third, A Boone to second. A Soriano grounded into fielder's choice to second, K Garcia out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, NY YANKEES 5.

Top 9th: A Boone at third base. M Rivera relieved D Wells. B Mueller grounded out to second. J Varitek singled to right. D Jackson ran for J Varitek. J Damon grounded out to third, D Jackson to second. T Walker lined out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, NY YANKEES 5.

Bot 9th: D Mirabelli catching. N Johnson popped out to shortstop. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Williams grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, NY YANKEES 5.

Top 10th: N Garciaparra struck out looking. M Ramirez grounded out to second. D Ortiz doubled to deep left. G Kapler ran for D Ortiz. K Millar popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, NY YANKEES 5.

Bot 10th: Hideki Matsui: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Matsui grounded out to first. Jorge Posada: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Posada flied out to center. Jason Giambi: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Giambi flied out to left. End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

Top 11th: Trot Nixon: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Nixon struck out looking. Bill Mueller: Mueller grounded out to second. Doug Mirabelli: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Mirabelli struck out swinging. End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

Bot 11th: Aaron Boone: Boone homered to deep left

AL  FINAL 11
 1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9
 -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -
BOSTON              0  3  0   1  0  0   0  1  0
NY YANKEES          0  0  0   0  1  0   1  3  0
 10 11                            R  H  E
 -- --                            -  -  -
BOSTON              0  0                            5 11  0
NY YANKEES          0  1                            6 11  1         (FINAL 11)
BATTERIES: BOS - PEDRO MARTINEZ, ALAN EMBREE (8TH), MIKE TIMLIN (8TH), TIM
 WAKEFIELD (10TH) AND JASON VARITEK, DOUG MIRABELLI (9TH)
 NYY - ROGER CLEMENS, MIKE MUSSINA (4TH), FELIX HEREDIA
 (7TH), JEFF NELSON (7TH), DAVID WELLS (8TH), MARIANO RIVERA
 (9TH) AND JORGE POSADA
 WP - MARIANO RIVERA (1-0)
 LP - TIM WAKEFIELD (2-2)
 SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: BOS - TROT NIXON (4) OFF ROGER CLEMENS IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
 KEVIN MILLAR (1) OFF ROGER CLEMENS IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
 DAVID ORTIZ (2) OFF DAVID WELLS IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
 NYY - JASON GIAMBI (2) OFF PEDRO MARTINEZ IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
 JASON GIAMBI (3) OFF PEDRO MARTINEZ IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
 AARON BOONE (1) OFF TIM WAKEFIELD IN THE 11TH, 0 ON

[CurlyBill]

Baseball is boring about 95% of the time.

This isn't, but that has a lot to do with the "curse" and the crap surrounding it. If the Yankees win, the ratings will drop off for the WS.

[finnman69]

The Yankees are pulling a Reggie Miller on Spike Lee moment.

[woodyinscc]

Sorianno could do some major damage here!

[HitmanLV]

What's that in the Red Sox throat?

Ahrmmmm.....arhmmmm.....ahrmmmmm.....

[Azzurri]

If the Yanks get that 6th run in this inning, it's Soyanara Red Sox. Rivera will strike out the side in the 9th.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

All he needs is a solid single.

[Dan from Michigan]

$%*$% Ben Affleck. He's a girly man crying in his beer.

[SamAdams76]

These teams have played 19 times in the regular season. New York won 10 and Boston won 9. They are tied 3-3 in this series. This is about as evenly matched as two teams can get.

Both the Red Sox and Yankees have exactly 29 runs in this series. I think that whoever gets the 30th run gets to the World Series.

[William McKinley]

Post of the night:

To: All

I can see Babe Ruth, up in heaven right now, talking to a billy goat, saying, "Oh yeah, watch this."

1,227 posted on 10/16/2003 10:41 PM EDT by Pylon

That was after the 7th.

[Prodigal Son]

Even more ironic would be if he managed to draw a walk...

[Cosmo]

WHAT A CATCH!

[handhfan]

YES!! They retired it!! Whew. We NEED to get insurance runs! NO EXTRA INNINGS!!

[demlosers]

Soriano unlucky makes the out!!

[doug from upland]

the Legend of the Curse

In 1918 the Red Sox won their 5th World Series, the most by any club at that time. One of the stars of the Boston championship franchise was a young pitcher by the name of George Herman Ruth, aka The Babe or The Bambino.

In 1920, however, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee needed money to finance his girlfriend's play, so he sold Babe Ruth's contract to Colonel Jacob Ruppert's New York Yankees for $100,000 (plus a loan collateralized by Fenway Park).

Since then, the Yankees, who had never won a World Championship before acquiring Ruth, have gone on to win 26, and are arguably one of the greatest success stories in the history of sport.

Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox have appeared in only four World Series since 1918, losing each one in game seven. Many consider Boston's performance after the departure of Babe Ruth to be attributable to "The Curse of the Bambino."

[hoagy62]

Tied going into the 9th! Good Gosh Almighty!!!

[Semper911]

A very nice play to escape the inning.

Now for some ninth inning drama...

[Cboldt]

I REALLY REALLY hope the Sox know what they are doing.... Grrr....

Letting Pedro stay in was a mistake. Yanks strand a few -- fair trade.

C'mon SOX! Here's a drink to your health .....

[GETMAIN]

amen.

[F16Fighter]

DRAT!!!