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October 19, 2007
FIRST PITCH: 8:23 p.m.
GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 69 degrees
TONIGHT’S ATTENDANCE: 44,588
TIME OF GAME: 3:46
BACK TO BOSTON: The Red Sox snapped a 3-game losing streak in this series to force Game 6 Saturday night at Fenway Park in Boston…First pitch is scheduled for 8:23 p.m. ET, with FAUSTO CARMONA starting for Cleveland
against CURT SCHILLING for the Red Sox…Boston is the first club to stave off elimination from a 3-1 deficit since St. Louis prolonged its 2005 NLCS series against the Astros with a 5-4 Game 5 win at Houston, before losing in 6.
FIRST PITCH TIMES: Game 6 and 7 (if necessary) will begin at 8:23 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
DOMINANT: JOSH BECKETT struck out 11 batters tonight, the 4th time a Red Sox pitcher has fanned 10 or more batters in a postseason game…The other 3 Red Sox pitchers to fan 10 or more batters in a postseason game: PEDRO
MARTINEZ, 12, Oct. 16, ’99 vs. NYY, Gm. 3 ALCS; BILL DINNEEN, 11, Oct. 2, 1903 vs. PIT, Gm. 2; JOE WOOD, 11, Oct. 8, 1912 vs. NYG, Gm. 1…Beckett was the last pitcher to strikeout 10 batters in the postseason, in Game 3 of the 2003 World Series against New York with Florida…He has now fanned 10 batters or more in a postseason game 3 times, striking out 11 Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the 2003 NLCS with Florida….Beckett was the last to fan 11 batters in a postseason game….Beckett walked FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ in the 2nd inning, his 1st (and only) walk allowed in this postseason…Beckett had not walked a batter in 16 innings this postseason.
TYING THE RECORD: MANNY RAMIREZ tied an LCS record with a hit in his 15th consecutive LCS game, tying PETE ROSE, who hit safely in
15 straight LCS games from 1973-’83…Ramirez’s streak began in Game 5 of the 2003 ALCS, on October 14 at Boston against New York…Ramirez has hit safely in all 8 games this postseason, matching teammate DAVID ORTIZ for the longest hitting streaks this postseason.
BASES LOADED WALKS: The Red Sox drew their 4th bases-loaded walk of this series, the most ever in any single postseason series…The 4 such walks ties a single postseason record, done twice previously, with the 1945 Tigers and the 1931 Athletics.
FIRST-INNING RUNS: For the 2nd time in this series, both teams scored in the 1st inning…It is the 1st time in ALCS history that both teams totaled 1st inning runs on multiple occasions…Two teams had not both scored in the 1st inning
since Game 5 of the 1998 ALCS (1011/98) by New York (3) at Cleveland (2).
ONGOING: DAVID ORTIZ extended his postseason hitting streak to 13 games, dating back to Game 3 of the 2004 World Series (10/26/04)…The career-best postseason hitting streak for Ortiz (he’s also had an 11-gamer) matches the 9th-longest in postseason history, joining 7 others, most recently BENNY AGBAYANI with the Mets in 1999 and 2000.
ANOHTER LOSS: C.C. SABATHIA recorded his 2nd straight defeat, allowing 10 hits, his most surrendered since giving up 11 on July 14 against Kansas City…His consecutive losses are his first since dropping back-to-back decisions July 24-29, 2007.
GIDPs TIE LCS RECORD: With 2 GIDPs tonight, the Red Sox have tied an LCS record for most GIDP in a series of any length with 10, matching Baltimore in 1997, done in 6 games…Boston has hit into at least one GIDP in each of the 5 games this series…The club has 16 GIDPs this postseason, one shy of the postseason record (17), set by St. Louis in 2006.
SHORTS: KEVIN YOUKILIS homered for the 2nd straight game, his 3rd of this postseason, in the 1st inning…The Red Sox scored 1st for the first time in 5 games of this series on Youkilis’ home run…ASDRUBAL CABRERA extended his
hitting streak to 7 straight games…JONATHAN PAPELBON pitched for the 2nd time in this series, his first appearance since Game 2 at Boston…TRAVIS HAFNER is hitless in his last 11 at-bats with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk…The Red Sox scored 7 runs, the team’s most since scoring 10 in Game One…Every Red Sox starter except COCO CRISP collected a base hit in tonight’s game.
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