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The Red Sox had experienced players such as Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, and Dwight Evans, and two sensational rookies – Fred Lynn and Jim Rice. Lynn took most of the headlines by playing a flawless center field , hitting .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBIs , and was the first major league player to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year ...
This was the first postseason meeting between the Red Sox and Athletics. The Red Sox shockingly swept the three-time defending World Series champion Athletics to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1967. Luis Tiant pitched a complete game for the Red Sox as they blew out the Athletics, 7–1, in Game 1. In Game 2, the Athletics ...
Rick Honeycutt helped keep the Red Sox offense at bay in Game 1 as the Athletics narrowly prevailed. The Athletics won by one run again in Game 2, as in the top of the ninth, singles by Ron Hassey, Tony Phillips, and Walt Weiss scored Hassey to break a 3–3 tie and put the A's up for good. When the series moved to Oakland, the Athletics ...
The 1988 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 1988 postseason that pitted the East Division champion Boston Red Sox against the West Division champion Oakland Athletics. It was the second meeting between the two in ALCS play.
Nick Pivetta combined with four relievers on Boston's second shutout of the series, Enmanuel Valdéz hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and the Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 ...
This was the third postseason meeting between the Red Sox and Athletics. The Athletics once again swept the Red Sox and advanced to the World Series for the third year in a row (in the process denying a rematch of the 1975 World Series between the Red Sox and Reds). The series was not close - the Red Sox were held to just one run in all four games.
Tanner Houck struck out 10 batters in six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox capitalized on five early errors by Oakland to beat the Athletics 9-0 on Monday night in front of an announced ...
(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.