"You better beat us tonight!" Kevin Millar to Derek Jeter, Oct. 17, 2004, before ALCS Game 4
Going into the bottom of the 7th, behind 7-0, the Red Sox were dead in the water, deader than Julius Caesar, deader than any doornail you ever saw. The Rays had scored early and added on. And added on. And still, at the end of the game, the scoreboard at Fenway read: Red Sox 8, Rays 7.
They cowboyed up like 2003. They played those last two-and-a-half innings like idiots from 2004. Tito went crazy and brought Pap into the game in the top of the 7th! Papi homered! Drew came through. Twice! Petey singled to knock one in and Youk busted his tail, taking nothing for granted, as always! Masterson got Pena (who doesn't hit into double plays) to hit into a fabulous 4-6-3 double play with the lead run on second and only one out!
Four in the seventh. Three in the eighth. One more beautiful run in the ninth. Game!
Joe Castiglione's signature call was never more appropriate: "Can you believe it?"
Deja vu all over again? We'll have to wait two more games to see. But there will be a Game 6 Saturday night in Florida. And Josh Beckett can't be that bad three times in a row, can he?
You shoulda beat us tonight!
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