The Boston Red Sox win it all. Pitch after pitch, hit after hit, it came down to game 6 on Oct. 31, where the Red Sox captured their 8th championship title and their first title at Fenway Stadium.
Red Sox players and fan’s entered the stadium with one thing on their minds: “Win”.
“I’m a huge Red Sox Fan, and they’ve never won a title at home. With the bombing incident, I think it would be a triumphant win for them, said Omar Soltero of Lakewood.
There was a lot on the line for the Red Sox. One was winning their first championship at Fenway, the other was winning one for the ones who were effected by the Boston Bombing April 15.
Koji Uehara; photo by Keith Allison on Flickr, taken from Wikimedia Commons.
Red Sox came into game six with a 3-2 lead in the series. Cardinals started their 22-year old ace pitcher Michael Wacha who went up against John Lackey; who pitched as a rookie in 2002, to give the Los Angeles of Anaheim, Angels, their first World Series Title.
The two went head to head, pitching remarkably. Strikes were thrown, diving catches were made and there was no sign of giving up from either teams.
In the Bottom of the 3rd, with the bases loaded, veteran Shane Victorino, ripped a deep shot to left, hitting off the Green monster. That hit gave the Red Sox the lead, scoring 3 runs and earning Victorino a triple.
After Six innings, Red Sox managed to double the margin by scoring 3 more runs giving them a 6-1 lead into the ninth inning. Boston’s reliever, Koji Uehara was called up to pitch in the 9th inning, knowing it was up to him to close the game and the 2013 season for both teams. Uehara, faced single season hit leader, Matt Carpenter. After a tough battle at the plate, Uehara managed to strikes out Carpenter to give the Red Sox their first championship title at Fen-Way Stadium.
Fans were jumping, yelling, pushing and screaming, “Boston Strong” was indeed in full effect that moment.
At the end of the celebration, trophies were awarded, especially to the superstar David Ortiz who batted 11-16 (.688) and was named MVP of the World Series.
It is a special moment Red Sox fans will remember from this day on. Not only did the players win one for themselves but for the city “Boston Strong”.
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