Walkoff wonders

October 17, 2008

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With last night's improbable comeback against the Rays, the Red Sox earned their seventh walkoff win in the postseason this decade and second this month.

Game 3, 2003 ALDS: Pinch hitter Trot Nixon hits a two-run homer in the 11th off Oakland's Rich Harden in a 3-1 win.

Game 3, 2004 ALDS: David Ortiz's two-run homer in the 10th off Jarrod Washburn completes and 8-6 win and the Sox' sweep of the Angels.

Game 4, 2004 ALCS: Ortiz hits a two-run homer to right off the Yankees' Paul Quantrill in the 12th in a 6-4 win.

Game 5, 2004 ALCS: Ortiz singles home Johnny Damon in the 14th for a 5-4 win over the Yankees.

Game 2, 2007 ALDS: Manny Ramírez hits a three-run homer over the Green Monster off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth for a 6-3 win over the Angels.

Game 4, 2008 ALDS: Jed Lowrie's two-out single off Scot Shields in the ninth scores Jason Bay to clinch the series with a 3-2 win over Anaheim.

Game 5, 2008 ALCS: After the Sox had rallied from a 7-0 deficit - the second-largest comeback in postseason history - J.D. Drew wins it in the ninth, 8-7, with a long single to right.