Red Sox Are Ruthless
LA TimesTimes Staff Writer History was theirs for the taking, and the Boston Red Sox didn’t merely seize it Wednesday night -- they grabbed it by the neck, put it in a headlock and wrestled it to the ground, much as they did to all those Yankee Stadium ghosts that have haunted them for so many years. Johnny Damon, who three days ago was having, by his own admission, “the worst series of my life,” hit a grand slam in the second inning and a two-run home run in the fourth, as the Red Sox throttled the New York Yankees, 10-3, in Game 7 of the American League championship series to become the first team in baseball history to erase a 3-0 deficit and win a seven-game series. Derek Lowe, starting on two days’ rest after throwing 88 pitches in Game 4 Sunday night, was outstanding Wednesday, giving up one run and one hit in six innings, as the Red Sox, who were three outs away from getting swept Sunday night, completed a stunning comeback to gain their first World Series berth since 1986 and avenge a heartbreaking, extra-inning Game 7 loss to the Yankees in the 2003 AL championship series. After the Yankees’ 22-hit barrage in Game 3, a Boston columnist wrote the Red Sox were “disgracing the game and embarrassing themselves,” and called their pitchers “dog meat.” But the Red Sox gained some dignity with a pulsating 6-4, 12-inning victory in Game 4, which ended with David Ortiz’s walk-off two-run homer, and gained some momentum with a 5-4, 14-inning win in Game 5, Ortiz, the ALCS most valuable player, providing another photo finish with a run-scoring single to win it. At this point, we’re having the last laugh.” * TALE OF THE TAPE: The franchises since the sale of Babe Ruth by the Red Sox to the Yankees, a year after Boston’s 1918 World Series victory: *--* Yankees Red Sox 26 World Series victories 0 39 AL pennants 5 45 Playoff appearances 11 *--* * 3-0 DEFICITS: Boston became the first baseball team to win a seven-game series after losing the first three games.
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