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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.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The Red Sox closed out the series with a 6–1 win in Game 6, winning their first home World Series since 1918. With the win by Boston, the World Series history between these two teams is tied at two series wins each. To date, this is the last World Series appearance by the Cardinals.
The 19th-century competitions are, however, not officially recognized as part of World Series history by Major League Baseball, as it considers 19th-century baseball to be a prologue to the modern baseball era. [9] As late as approximately 1960, some sources treated the 19th-century Series on an equal basis with the post-19th-century series. [10]
The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC , following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009 .
Torre won 2,326 games and four World Series (1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000) with the New York Yankees; La Russa won 2,728 games and three World Series, in 1989 with the Oakland Athletics and in 2006 and 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals; Cox won 2,504 games and led the Atlanta Braves to 14 consecutive division titles and the 1995 World Series title ...
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.
Ortiz became he second player exclusive used as a designated hitter to be awarded the World Series MVP, following Hideki Matsui in 2009. This was the first World Series championship clinched at Fenway Park by the Boston Red Sox since the 1918 edition. The Red Sox had won their 2004 and 2007 titles on the road in four-game sweeps.