Postseason – Page 23 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 5, 2004: Red Sox break Game 1 open with 7 runs in fourth inning to beat Angels

October 6, 2004: Red Sox again run up the score in Game 2 against Angels

October 8, 2004: David Ortiz clinches ALDS sweep in extra innings for Red Sox

José Lima (Trading Card Database)

October 9, 2004: José Lima’s shutout gives Dodgers a long-awaited playoff victory at Dodger Stadium

Mariano Rivera (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 12, 2004: Late Red Sox rally falls short in ALCS Game 1

Derek Jeter (Courtesy of Trading Card Database)

October 13, 2004: Yankees win something of a pitching duel in the Bronx

Hideki Matsui (TRADING CARD DB)

October 16, 2004: Yankees obliterate Red Sox, 19-8, to take commanding lead in ALCS

Dave Roberts (TRADING CARD DB)

October 17, 2004: ‘Don’t Let Us Win Tonight!’ Red Sox begin ALCS comeback in Game 4

David Ortiz (TRADING CARD DB)

October 18, 2004: David Ortiz’s walk-off single in 14th lifts Red Sox in Game 5

Curt Schilling's bloody sock, Game 6, 2004 ALCS (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 19, 2004: Curt Schilling keeps Red Sox alive in ‘Bloody Sock Game’

Johnny Damon (TRADING CARD DB)

October 20, 2004: ‘Hell freezes over’; Red Sox complete historic ALCS comeback over Yankees in Game 7

October 20, 2004: Cardinals extend NLCS on Edmonds’ homer in Game 6

October 21, 2004: Cardinals beat Astros, Clemens to win National League pennant

October 23, 2004: Red Sox continue momentum with Game 1 win in World Series

October 24, 2004: Stitched up again, Boston’s Curt Schilling sticks it to St. Louis in Game 2

October 26, 2004: Red Sox win Game 3 as Cardinals blunder on the basepaths

Keith Foulke (Trading Card Database)

October 27, 2004: ‘Now I Can Die in Peace’: Red Sox sweep World Series to win for first time in 86 years

Paul Konerko (Trading Card Database)

October 7, 2005: White Sox complete AL Division Series sweep of Red Sox

October 11, 2005: Exhausted Angels outlast White Sox in Game 1 of ALCS

October 12, 2005: A.J. Pierzynski’s heads-up baserunning leads to Joe Crede’s game-winning hit to even ALCS

José Contreras (Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

October 16, 2005: José Contreras fires Chicago’s fourth straight complete game to send White Sox to World Series

October 22, 2005: Joe Crede sparks White Sox on offense and defense in World Series opener

October 23, 2005: Scott Podsednik powers White Sox with walk-off home run in Game 2

October 25, 2005: Geoff Blum, White Sox beat Astros in 14-inning Game 3 thriller