September 27, 2004: Bronson Arroyo’s 10th win clinches playoff berth for Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox had just closed out the home-field portion…
September 26, 2004: Red Sox score early, beat Yankees by 7 runs for the second game in succession
After the 2003 season, which saw the Boston Red Sox and New York…
September 25, 2004: Red Sox beat Yankees with seven-run eighth inning
Through September 22, the Boston Red Sox had narrowed the New…
August 23, 2004: Arizona’s Shane Nance earns only big-league win
“We have a lot of players here who we thought would be up here…
September 22, 2004: Red Sox win second straight walk-off over Orioles, move closer to clinching wild-card spot
On Tuesday night, September 21, the Boston Red Sox won a thriller…
September 16, 2004: Curt Schilling wins his 20th game for Red Sox
In the 2003 season, when the Boston Red Sox fell just one win…
September 17, 2004: Mariano Rivera proves mortal, allowing Red Sox a come-from-behind win
It had been a tight and well-pitched game throughout, with the…
September 10, 2004: Ramírez homers twice, Ortiz once, and Schilling walks no one for fifth consecutive game
Before the Friday night game began at Seattle’s Safeco Field,…
September 6, 2004: Manny Ramírez and David Ortiz hit back-to-back home runs for the sixth time in season
This Labor Day evening game at Oakland’s Network Associates…
September 7, 2004: Johnny Damon hits his third leadoff home run of the year for Red Sox
It came on the second pitch of the game. Left-hander Mark Redman…
August 16, 2004: Keith Foulke earns 20th save as Red Sox begin summer surge
Keith Foulke signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox on…
August 8, 2004: Boston’s Tim Wakefield gives up six home runs to Tigers but wins game
On August 8, 2004, Boston Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield gave…
October 2, 2004: Alan Embree earns hold number 20, with Byun-Hyung Kim getting his second win
Starters for the next-to-last game of the 2004 season were Pedro…
September 3, 2004: Two solo homers help Red Sox run win streak to 10 in a row
Two solo home runs – and excellent pitching – helped the…
August 12, 2004: Pedro Martínez strikes out 10 Devil Rays batters in shutout
Throwing a complete game had become a remarkable event by 2004.…
October 3, 2004: First baseman Dave McCarty pitches for third time during magical Red Sox season
Dave McCarty entered the 2004 season at age 34, having played…
September 8, 2004: Red Sox win gets them as close to first place as they will get in the last four months of season
After May 31, the 2004 Boston Red Sox never got to first place…
October 1, 2004: Ichiro Suzuki breaks George Sisler’s single-season record with 258th hit
The major-league record for hits in a season has a long, and…
September 9, 2004: Everything, then nothing: Joe Randa becomes first AL player with 6 hits, 6 runs in same game
In the movie Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) tells…
August 31, 2004: Indians set AL shutout record with unexpected 22-0 rout of Yankees
The Cleveland Indians were still reeling from a wretched nine-game…
July 24, 2004: Red Sox fired up after walk-off win over Yankees at Fenway
“This may be the worst game I’ve ever seen … the best worst…
August 17, 2004: Rangers’ Mark Teixeira drives in 7 runs, hits for the cycle
On August 17, 2004, switch-hitter Mark Teixeira “returned to…
September 19, 2004: Twins’ Johan Santana strikes out 14 en route to first Cy Young Award
“It’s not hype,” Orioles right fielder B.J. Surhoff said…
July 29, 2004: Mets’ Eric Valent hits for the ground-rule cycle
Getting a rare start for the New York Mets, left fielder Eric…