 The Yankees won the first three games of the series , including a 19 – 8 rout in Game 3 . No team in the history of baseball had ever won a best @-@ of @-@ seven series after being down three games to none . Entering the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 4 at Fenway Park , Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera was attempting to close out a 4 – 3 lead . But after issuing a leadoff walk to Kevin Millar , pinch @-@ runner Dave Roberts stole second and came around to score on an RBI single by Bill Mueller . Boston won the game in the bottom of the 12th inning on a home run by David Ortiz . Game 5 featured another extra @-@ inning Boston comeback , as the Red Sox tied the game in the 8th inning , and won it in the 14th on a single hit by Ortiz that drove in Damon from second to make it 4 @-@ 3 Red Sox . In Game 6 , Curt Schilling , who tore a tendon sheath in his right ankle during the American League Divisional Series against Anaheim , pitched seven innings of one @-@ run ball . 4 innings in and the Yankees had still yet to get a hit off Schilling . Schilling 's tendon was sutured to his ankle to relieve the discomfort and was given local anesthetic and painkillers for the game . During the game , his sock started to absorb the blood from his freshly sutured ankle , dubbed " the bloody sock " . During the game a controversial call was called on Alex Rodriguez when he knocked the ball out of Arroyo 's hand on his sprint to first . Boston won the contest , 4 – 2 . They then completed their historic comeback with a blowout win in Game 7 , by a score of 10 – 3 . New York Yankees blowing the 3 – 0 lead has been considered the biggest collapse in the history of the rivalry . 
