Boston Red Sox

Michael Wacha won again in October and the St. Louis Cardinals got just enough help from Boston, beating the Red Sox 4-2 Thursday night to tie the World Series at 1-all.

An easy toss on a sure out that skittered away. A routine popup that somehow dropped between Gold Glovers. And something even more startling — umpires reversing a key call.

The Boston Red Sox are going to the World Series for the third time in 10 seasons.

Boston's Ryan Dempster accepted his punishment without admitting any misdeed.

Jacoby Ellsbury and Johnny Gomes homered, and Felix Doubront outpitched Andy Pettitte on Friday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the depleted New York Yankees in the opener of their three-game series.

Last night's ESPN game featuring the Red Sox and Yankees only lasted five and a half innings, but it took painfully long to get to that point. After a 45 minute delay to start the game due to the threat of rain, followed by two more delays in the sixth inning, the powers that be decided to call the game.

CC Sabathia's fastball returned to the New York Yankees along with Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis.

David Ortiz and Jonny Gomes homered and Jacoby Ellsbury set a club record with five stolen bases as the Boston Red Sox routed the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 on Thursday night.

Domonic Brown hit a pair of homers, Erik Kratz and Ryan Howard also had solo shots to back Kyle Kendrick and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Wednesday night.

Cliff Lee pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and Jonathan Papelbon earned his first save at Fenway Park as a Red Sox opponent on Tuesday night, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-1 victory over Boston.