the red sox last won the world series in 2018.
when did the red sox last win the world series?
2018
bullet::::- october 28 – led by steve pearce and david price, the boston red sox ended the world series in five games with a 5–1 victory over the los angeles dodgers at dodger stadium. winners of a franchise-record 108 games during the season, the red sox buried the al east division across six months and claimed 11 more victories in the playoffs, knocking off the 100-win new york yankees in the alds, the defending world series champion houston astros in the alcs, and the two-time nl champion dodgers in the fall classic, while losing just one game in each round. pearce hit a two-run home run off clayton kershaw in the top of the first inning, and the red sox took a lead they would never give back. solo homers by mookie betts in the sixth inning and j. d. martinez in the seventh quieted the dodger stadium crowd, while pearce struck again with a solo shot off pedro báez to make it 5–1 in the eighth. those homers came just a day after pearce crushed a tying home run in the eighth inning of game 4, followed by a three-run double that broke the game open in the ninth. price limited the dodgers to a solo homer by david freese on his first pitch and otherwise shut them down over seven-plus innings, allowing just two more hits, striking out five and walking two, while retiring 14 in a row before giving a leadoff walk in the eighth inning. price was followed by joe kelly, who struck out three straight pinch hitters, and chris sale, who was originally scheduled to start an eventual game 5. but sale finished off the dodgers in style, striking out the side in the ninth and manny machado swinging to end it. pierce earned world series mvp honors by collecting four hits— three homers and a double in 12 at bats – along with eight rbi and five runs scored. boston manager alex cora became the first puerto rican to lead a team to the world series, as well as the second latino manager to do it in the series. the venezuelan ozzie guillén became the first when he led the chicago white sox to the title in 2005. with their victory in the world series, the red sox secured their ninth championship title, tying the philadelphia/oakland athletics franchise for the third most in mlb history behind the new york yankees (27) and st. louis cardinals (11). but the red sox have come on strong in recent years, winning four titles in a span of 15 seasons from 2004 through 2018. as a result, they are the first mlb club to win four world series titles in the 21st century.
2018 in baseball
the red sox faced the st. louis cardinals in the 2004 world series. the cardinals had posted the best record in the major leagues that season, and had previously defeated the red sox in the and series, with both series going seven games. the third time would be the charm, however, as the momentum and confidence boston had built up in the alcs would overwhelm st. louis. the red sox began the series with an 11–9 win, marked by mark bellhorn's game-winning home run off pesky's pole. he later on said that he "just did what he needed to do." it was the highest scoring world series opening game ever (breaking the previous record set in ). the red sox would go on to win game 2 in boston (thanks to another sensational performance by the bloody-socked schilling). the red sox won both these games despite making 4 errors in each game. in game 3, pedro martínez shut out the cardinals for seven innings. the cardinals only made one real threat — in the third inning when they put runners on second and third with no outs. however, the cardinals' rally was killed by pitcher jeff suppan's baserunning gaffe. with no outs, suppan should have scored easily from third on a larry walker ground ball to second baseman bellhorn, who was playing back, conceding the run. but as bellhorn threw out walker at first base, suppan inexplicably froze after taking several steps toward home and was thrown out by sox first baseman david ortiz as he scrambled back to third. the double play was devastating for st. louis. the red sox needed one more game to win their first championship since the 1918 world series. in game four the red sox did not allow a run, and the game ended as édgar rentería (who would become the 2005 red sox starting ss) hit the ball back to keith foulke. (this was the second time that rentería had ended a series, as he had won it for the marlins seven years prior in the 1997 world series.) after foulke lobbed the ball to doug mientkiewicz, the sox had won their first world championship in 86 years. the sox held the cardinals' offense (the best in the nl in 2004) to only three runs in the last three games, never trailing in the series. manny ramírez was named world series mvp. the red sox won game four of the series on october 27, eighteen years to the day from when they lost to the new york mets in the 1986 world series. in fact, it came 18 years to the day they lost their last world series game, as they would sweep the 2004 series.
2004 boston red sox season