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October 17, 2008
Red Sox 8, Rays 7Down by 7-0, Red Sox Force a Game 6By JACK CURRY
BOSTON — With each invigorating inning, the outlook grew more sublime for the Tampa Bay Rays. They are young, fearless and resilient, and they were about to bury the Boston Red Sox. Seven outs were all the Rays needed to reach their first World Series and end Boston’s season. Seven outs.
But the Rays could not get those unlucky seven outs. The Red Sox stunned the Rays by rebounding from a seven-run deficit in the seventh to win, 8-7, in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Seemingly dead, the Red Sox unfurled a miraculous rally in the last three innings and now trail three games to two in the best-of-seven series. It is still a vibrant series, a series in which the Red Sox have snatched the momentum.
J.D. Drew scorched a ball over the head of right fielder Gabe Gross for a two-out single that scored Kevin Youkilis from second base with the decisive run in the ninth. Youkilis reached on an infield single and went to second after third baseman Evan Longoria bounced a throw past first.
Some fans booed David Ortiz and some left Fenway Park early on Thursday night, but the Red Sox scored four runs in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth to put on a special show. The Red Sox fashioned the second greatest comeback in postseason history; only the 1929 Philadelphia A’s, who rallied from an 8-0 deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs, climbed a higher October mountain.
“Because of the situation we’re in, that was pretty magical,” Red Sox Manager Terry Francona said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/sports/baseball/17alcs.html?pagewanted=print