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On Sunday, May 12, the Red Sox' new 2013 starting pitcher, Ryan Dempster, fell to 2–4 in a game in which Boston relinquished 12 runs. Traveling to Tampa Bay, the Red Sox recovered by taking two of three games from the Rays from May 14–16. Boston scored three runs in the top of the 9th inning on May 16.
The 2013 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2013 postseason pitting the top-seeded Boston Red Sox against the third-seeded Detroit Tigers [1] for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox won the series 4 games to 2.
(1) Boston Red Sox (East Division champions) vs. (5) Tampa Bay Rays (Wild Card Game winner): Red Sox win series, 3–1. (2) Oakland Athletics (West Division champions) vs. (3) Detroit Tigers (Central Division champions): Tigers win series, 3–2. [1] This was the 2nd time the Rays and Red Sox have faced each other in the postseason.
The Cleveland Indians also wore the black armbands during the Red Sox's visit to Progressive Field on April 16, the Kansas City Royals wore the "B Strong" patch on April 20–21 (the first two games at Fenway Park after the bombing), and the San Francisco Giants wore the "B Strong" patch during the Red Sox's visit to AT&T Park on August 19.
The Red Sox evened the series with a 4–2 victory in Game 4, and took Game 5 thanks to solid pitching performance from Jon Lester to go up 3–2 in the series headed back to Boston. The Red Sox closed out the series with a 6–1 win in Game 6, winning their first home World Series since 1918.
In contrast, a 2008 AL Central division game between Detroit and the Chicago White Sox needed to be made up following the last day of the regular season because it played a part in the division race involving the White Sox and the Minnesota Twins. From 1953 to 1981, Harry Simmons was responsible for devising the Major League Baseball schedule ...
The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 season. [1] The 109th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox won, 4 games to 2 to win their eighth championship.
From 1912 to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. [1] The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the "BoSox", a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the "Crimson Hose", and "the Olde Towne Team". [2] Most fans simply refer to them as the Sox.