A Red Sox Postseason Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

The Yankees won the AL East, and the Red Sox were the AL Wildcard winners. The Yankees won 101 games and lost 61 throughout the regular season. The Red Sox won 98 games and lost 64. The Red Sox ended up only 3 games behind the Yankees when earlier in the season they had been 10.5 games back.

Answer: Anaheim Angels

The Red Sox started off the postseason against the AL West winners, the Angels. The Angels won 92 games during the regular season. While the Red Sox played the Angels, the Yankees beat the Twins also in the AL. In the NL the Astros beat the Braves and the Cardinals beat the Dodgers.

Answer: False

The Red Sox swept the Angels in three games to win the AL Division Series. They won the first game 9-3, the second game 8-3, and the third game 8-6.

Answer: David Ortiz

David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 3 of the ALDS.

Answer: David Ortiz

Ortiz went 12-for-31 in the series including three home runs and 11 RBIs as the Yankees were defeated four games to three.

Answer: Hideki Matsui

Hideki Matsui helped lead the Yankees to a 10-7 victory.

Answer: Pedro Martinez

Yankees fans shouted this to Pedro Martinez. It was in regards to a quote he had made earlier in the season. He lost to the Yankees and then said in a press conference that the Yankees were his daddy. Pedro pitched well enough, but he didn't have any run support from the offence. The Red Sox lost their second game 3-1.

Answer: 37

This was also the longest game in postseason history at 4 hours and 20 minutes. The Yankees beat the Red Sox 19-8.

Answer: False

Kevin Brown did start the game and the Yankees did win, however he was not the winning pitcher. He only lasted two innings in which he allowed five hits and four runs. He was lucky that the offense was on fire and Javier Vazquez came in to pitch the Yankees to a 19-8 victory over the Red Sox. After this game the Red Sox were 3 games down.

Answer: 0

No team in baseball history had ever come back to win a series after being down 0-3.

Answer: David Ortiz

David Ortiz, also known as "Big Papi", came through again and lead the Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees.

Answer: Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts came in the game for Kevin Millar after he was walked by Yankee closer Mariano Rivera. He ended up scoring the tying run for the Red Sox, which eventually sent them into extra innings. David Ortiz came through again, and got a hit to score Johnny Damon in the bottom of the 14th inning, and led the Red Sox to a 5-4 victory.

Answer: Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling made a courageous performance to help lead the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Yankess. Nobody will forget seeing his blood soaked sock as he stood on the mound and pitched for 7 innings, only allowing 1 run.

Answer: Johnny Damon

Johnny Damon had a rough start in the ALCS, but he came back big in game 7. Besides his grand slam he hit a two-run homer off of Vasquez at his next at bat. The Red Sox won 10-3 and accomplished what can be called the greatest comeback in baseball history. This also gave them their first pennant win since 1986.

Answer: David Ortiz

Noboby was surprised that Ortiz was named MVP. He had huge hits throughout the series and was a clutch player. He came through when his team needed him.

Answer: False

The Cardinals did have the best record in baseball with 105 wins. However, the American League won the All Star game, which gave the Red Sox home field advantage.

Answer: Mark Bellhorn

The Red Sox and Cardinals had a very back and forth game. However the Cardinals were never able to take a lead. Mark Bellhorn's 2 run homer in the 8th inning sealed the 11-9 victory for the Red Sox.

Answer: 4

The Red Sox commited 4 errors but were able to overcome them and come up with a Game 1 victory. Manny Ramirez committed two errors, while Bronson Arroyo and Kevin Millar each had one.

Answer: False

The Red Sox committed 4 more errors in Game 2, but were again able to win. In this game, Bill Mueller commited three errors and Mark Bellhorn committed one.

Answer: Curt Schilling

Schilling won with the Phillies in 1993 and the Diamondbacks in 2001. Then he won this game 4-2.

Answer: True

Every game up until this point at Bush Stadium had been won by the Cardinals. They lost this game 4-1.

Answer: Johnny Damon

Johnny Damon set the tone for the night with a lead off homerun. He helped lead the Red Sox to a 3-0 win against the Cardinals. The Red Sox never lost in the postseason when they scored first. The Red Sox swept the Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series. They never even allowed the Cardinals to have a lead in the entire series. Manny Ramirez was named MVP.

Answer: Derek Lowe

Derek Lowe began the postseason in the bullpen because of his performance thoroughout the end of the regular season. He ended up winning Game 3 against Anaheim in relief. He then started Game 7 against the Yankees and Game 4 against the Cardinals, winning both for the Red Sox.

Answer: 8

The previous record was 7 games and it was held by three teams. The Yankees won 7 games in a row in 1998, the Braves in 1995, and the Reds in 1976. After the Red Sox lost Game 3 to the Yankees 19-8, they did not lose again. They also ended the postseason with a record of 11-3, which is tied for the 5th best record since divisional play began in 1995.

Answer: 1918

I think every Red Sox fan is happy that they don't have to hear 1918 anymore. It took 86 years for the Red Sox to win again, but they made it a truly historic postseason.
Their first win was in 1903 (as the Boston Pilgrims), followed by 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918.