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{{Infobox LDS

| alds = yes

| image = 2004-ALDS.svg

| year = 2004

| champion1 = [[2004 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] (3)

| champion1_manager = [[Joe Torre]]

| champion1_games = 101–61, .623, GA: 3

| runnerup1 = [[2004 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] (1)

| runnerup1_manager = [[Ron Gardenhire]]

| runnerup1_games = 92–70, .568, GA: 9

| date1 = October 5 – 9

| television1 = [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]] (Games 1, 4)<br />[[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]] (Games 2–3)

| announcers1 = [[Joe Buck]]<!-- play-by-play -->, [[Tim McCarver]]<!-- color commentator --> (Game 1)<br />[[Jon Miller]]<!-- play-by-play -->, [[Joe Morgan]] and [[Gary Miller (sportscaster)|Gary Miller]] <!-- color commentator --> (Games 2–3)<br />[[Josh Lewin]]<!-- play-by-play -->, [[Steve Lyons (baseball)|Steve Lyons]]<!-- color commentator --> (Game 4)

| radio1 = [[Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio|ESPN]]

| radio_announcers1 = [[Dan Shulman]]<!-- play-by-play -->, [[Dave Campbell (infielder)|Dave Campbell]]<!-- color commentator -->

| umpires1 = [[Charlie Reliford]]<br>[[Mark Wegner]]<br>[[Brian Gorman]]<br>[[Mike Everitt (baseball)|Mike Everitt]]<br>[[Jerry Crawford]]<br>[[Paul Nauert]]

| champion2 = [[2004 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] (3)

| champion2_manager = [[Terry Francona]]

| champion2_games = 98–64, .605, GB: 3

| runnerup2 = [[2004 Anaheim Angels season|Anaheim Angels]] (0)

| runnerup2_manager = [[Mike Scioscia]]

| runnerup2_games = 92–70, .568, GA: 1

| date2 = October 5 – 8

| television2 = [[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]]

| announcers2 = [[Chris Berman]]<!-- play-by-play -->, [[Rick Sutcliffe]], [[Tony Gwynn]] and [[Kyle Peterson]]<!-- color commentator -->

| radio2 = [[Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio|ESPN]]

| radio_announcers2 = [[John Rooney (sportscaster)|John Rooney]]<!-- play-by-play -->, [[Buck Martinez]]<!-- color commentator -->

| umpires2 = [[Larry Young (umpire)|Larry Young]]<br>[[Jerry Meals]]<br>[[Brian Runge]]<br>[[Gary Cederstrom]]<br>[[Ed Montague (umpire)|Ed Montague]]<br>[[Kerwin Danley]]

}}

The '''2004 [[American League Division Series]]''' ('''ALDS'''), the opening round of the [[2004 Major League Baseball postseason|2004]] [[American League]] playoffs in [[Major League Baseball]]’s (MLB) 2004 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 5, and ended on Saturday, October 9, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

* (1) [[New York Yankees]] (Eastern Division champion, 101–61) vs. (3) [[Minnesota Twins]] (Central Division champion, 92–70): Yankees win series, 3–1.

* (2) [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]] (Western Division champion, 92–70) vs. (4) [[Boston Red Sox]] (Wild Card, 98–64): Red Sox win series, 3–0.

<ref>The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage. The Angels received home field advantage rather than the Twins due to their winning the season series 6–4 against Minnesota. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Yankees played the Twins, rather than the wild card Red Sox, because the Yankees and Red Sox are in the same division.</ref>

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox went on to meet in the [[2004 American League Championship Series|AL Championship Series]] (ALCS). The Red Sox became the American League champion, and defeated the [[2004 National League Championship Series|National League champion]] [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the [[2004 World Series]] for their first World Championship since [[1918 World Series|1918]].

The '''[[2004 in baseball|2004]] [[American League Division Series]]''' ('''ALDS'''), the opening round of the 2004 [[American League]] playoffs, began on Tuesday, [[October 5]], and ended on Saturday, [[October 9]], with the champions of the three AL divisions &ndash; along with a "wild card" team &ndash; participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

==Matchups==

*(1) [[New York Yankees]] (Eastern Division champion, 101-61) vs. (3) [[Minnesota Twins]] (Central Division champion, 92-70): Yankees win series, 3-1.

*(2) [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]] (Western Division champion, 92-70) vs. (4) [[Boston Red Sox]] (Wild Card, 98-64): Red Sox win series, 3-0.

===New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins===

''The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage. The Angels received home field advantage rather than the Twins due to their winning the season series 6-4 against Minnesota. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Yankees played the Twins, rather than the wild card Red Sox, because the Yankees and Red Sox are in the same division.''

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = New York

| score = 3–1

| score1 = '''Minnesota Twins''' – 2, New York Yankees – 0

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox went on to meet in the [[2004 American League Championship Series|AL Championship Series]] (ALCS). The Red Sox became the American League champion, and defeated the [[2004 National League Championship Series|National League champion]] [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the [[2004 World Series]] for their first World Championship since [[1918 World Series|1918]].

| date1 = October 5

| loc1 = [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium (I)]]

| time1 = 2:53

| att1 = 55,749

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| score2 = Minnesota Twins – 6, '''New York Yankees''' – 7 <small>(12)</small>

'''Managers:'''

| date2 = October 6

*[[Joe Torre]], New York; [[Ron Gardenhire]], Minnesota

| loc2 = Yankee Stadium (I)

*[[Terry Francona]], Boston; [[Mike Scioscia]], Anaheim

| time2 = 4:19

| att2 = 56,354

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| score3 = '''New York Yankees''' – 8, Minnesota Twins – 4

'''Umpires:''' [[Charlie Reliford]], [[Mark Wegner]], [[Brian Gorman]], [[Mike Everitt]], [[Jerry Crawford]], [[Paul Nauert]] (Yankees-Twins); [[Larry Young (umpire)|Larry Young]], [[Jerry Meals]], [[Brian Runge]], [[Gary Cederstrom]], [[Ed Montague (umpire)|Ed Montague]], [[Kerwin Danley]] (Angels-Red Sox)

| date3 = October 8

| loc3 = [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]]

| time3 = 3:02

| att3 = 54,803

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| score4 = '''New York Yankees''' – 6, Minnesota Twins – 5 <small>(11)</small>

'''Television:'''

| date4 = October 9

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| loc4 = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

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| time4 = 4:16

|'''Network(s)'''

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|'''[[Play-by-play]]'''

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|'''[[Color commentator|Color Commentator(s)]]'''

}}

|-

|[[Boston Red Sox]]/[[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]]

|[[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]]

|[[Chris Berman]]

|[[Rick Sutcliffe]] and [[Tony Gwynn]]

|-

|[[New York Yankees]]/[[Minnesota Twins]]

|[[MLB on FOX|Fox]] (Games 1, 4)<br>[[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]] (Games 2, 3)

|[[Joe Buck]] (Game 1)<br>[[Jon Miller]] (Games 2, 3)<br>[[Josh Lewin]] (Game 4)

|[[Tim McCarver]] (Game 1)<br>[[Joe Morgan]] (Games 2, 3)<br>[[Steve Lyons (baseball)|Steve Lyons]] (Game 4)

|}

===Anaheim Angels vs. Boston Red Sox===

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary =

| winner = Boston

| score = 3–0

| score1 = '''Boston Red Sox''' – 9, Anaheim Angels – 3

<br>

| date1 = October 5

==Matchups==

| loc1 = [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim]]

===[[New York Yankees]] vs. [[Minnesota Twins]]===

| time1 = 3:04

New York wins the series, 3-1

| att1 = 44,608

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| score2 = '''Boston Red Sox''' – 8, Anaheim Angels – 3

| date2 = October 6

| loc2 = Angel Stadium of Anaheim

| time2 = 3:48

| att2 = 45,118

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| score3 = Anaheim Angels – 6, '''Boston Red Sox''' – 8 <small>(10)</small>

| date3 = October 8

| loc3 = [[Fenway Park]]

| time3 = 4:11

| att3 = 35,547

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}}

==New York vs. Minnesota==

===Game 1===

[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium (I)]] in [[Bronx, New York]]

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Pitching dominated in Game 1 as [[Mike Mussina]] faced [[Johan Santana]]. The Twins got on the board first when [[Shannon Stewart (baseball)|Shannon Stewart]] singled home [[Michael Cuddyer]], who singled to leadoff and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Then in the sixth, [[Jacque Jones]] hit a solo home run to make it 2–0. The Yankees got nine hits and numerous walks, but never capitalized on Santana, [[Juan Rincón]], or closer [[Joe Nathan]], hitting into five double plays (including a strikeout-caught stealing play in the second and fly ball-out at home play in the third). This was the last postseason game won by the Twins until their win over Toronto in Game 1 of the [[2023 American League Wild Card Series]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2413554/2021/03/09/6000-days-of-winter-making-sense-of-the-twins-historic-playoff-losing-streak/ 6,000 Days of Winter: Making sense of the Twins’ historic playoff losing streak], The Athletic, March 9, 2021</ref>

===Game 2===

[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium (I)]] in [[Bronx, New York]]

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[[Brad Radke]] of the Twins faced [[Jon Lieber]] of the Yankees in Game 2. In the top of the first, [[Justin Morneau]] doubled in Torii Hunter to give the Twins a 1–0 lead. In the bottom of the first, [[Derek Jeter]]'s leadoff home run tied the score. A single by [[Michael Cuddyer]] with two on and sacrifice fly by [[Henry Blanco]] made it 3–1 Twins, but [[Gary Sheffield]] tied the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the third. [[Alex Rodriguez]] gave the Yankees the lead in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run. He added in another run in the seventh by singling home [[Miguel Cairo]], who drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, to make it 5–3 Yankees. [[Jacque Jones]] reached first on a strike three wild pitch from [[Tom Gordon]], then Torii Hunter singled to put runners on first and second in the eighth. [[Mariano Rivera]] came in but, a single by Morneau and a ground-rule double by [[Corey Koskie]] scored a run each, tying the game, but with the go-ahead run at third, Rivera retired [[Jason Kubel]] and [[Cristian Guzmán]] to end the inning. The game went into extra innings and in the top of the 12th, [[Torii Hunter]] hit the go-ahead solo home run off [[Tanyon Sturtze]]. The Twins were on the verge of putting the Yankees down two games to none, heading home, but Twins manager [[Ron Gardenhire]] left closer Joe Nathan in for a third inning of work, despite having two solid relievers still yet to be used in the game. Nathan got the first out, but then walked Cairo and Jeter on four pitches each, after which Gardenhire still chose to leave Nathan in despite his clearly having nothing left and Alex Rodriguez coming up. Rodriguez promptly hit a ground-rule double that tied the game. Then, after Sheffield was intentionally walked, [[Hideki Matsui]] hit the game-winning [[sacrifice fly]] that scored Jeter off [[J.C. Romero]]. [[Paul Quantrill]] earned a win by retiring the last hitter of the top of the 11th as the Yankees tied the series heading to Minnesota.

===Game 3===

[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]

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Yankees starter [[Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher)|Kevin Brown]] faced Twins hurler [[Carlos Silva (baseball)|Carlos Silva]] in the crucial Game 3. The Twins grabbed the lead in the bottom of the first when [[Jacque Jones]] hit his second home run of the series, but with two outs in the second, five straight singles gave the Yankees a 3–1 lead. Then, as the night wore on, the Yanks blew the game open in the sixth. [[Bernie Williams]] hit a two-run homer after Matsui singled to lead off the inning. After a single, walk, sacrifice bunt and strikeout from [[J.C. Romero]], [[Derek Jeter]] added a two-run single off [[Jesse Crain]] to make it 7–1 Yankees. Brown hurled six innings, while [[Hideki Matsui]]'s home run in the seventh inning to make it 8–1 Yankees. The Twins, however, did not go quietly. Two consecutive hit-by-pitches to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning by [[Félix Heredia]] was followed by two singles off [[Tanyon Sturtze]], the second of which by [[Michael Cuddyer]] scored a run. [[Mariano Rivera]] relieved Sturtze and allowed a groundout by [[Jose Offerman]] and sacrifice fly by [[Shannon Stewart (baseball)|Shannon Stewart]] before Jones grounded out to end the game as the Yankees' 8–4 win gave them a 2–1 series lead.

===Game 4===

[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]

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[[Javier Vázquez (baseball)|Javier Vázquez]] of the Yankees went against [[Johan Santana]] of the Twins, who were on the board first with a sacrifice fly by [[Torii Hunter]] in the first after back-to-back singles. But the Yankees tied it in the third when [[Derek Jeter]] hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on an RBI single by [[Hideki Matsui]]. A walk and double in the fourth was followed by [[Corey Koskie]]'s sacrifice fly that put the Twins back in front 2–1. [[Henry Blanco]] led the bottom of the fifth off with a home run to make it 3–1 Twins. Two two-out singles and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases before a two-run double by [[Lew Ford]] extended the Twins' lead to 5–1. However, the Twins squandered the lead in the top of the eighth with Juan Rincón pitching in relief. Bernie Williams would single home Gary Sheffield after a single and wild pitch. With Matsui and Williams on base and one out, [[Rubén Sierra]] hit the game-tying three-run home run. [[Joe Nathan]] would come on in relief and get the next two outs. The game went into extra innings and Alex Rodriguez doubled, stole third, and scored on [[Kyle Lohse]]'s [[wild pitch]] in the top of the 11th to put the Yankees up 6–5. [[Mariano Rivera]] got the win with two shutout innings as he retired the Twins 1–2–3 to end the series in the bottom of the 11th.

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====GameComposite 1, [[October 5]]=box===

2004 ALDS '''(3–1): [[New York Yankees]]''' over [[Minnesota Twins]]

[[Yankee Stadium]], [[Bronx]], [[New York]] <br>

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Pitching dominated in Game 1 as Mike Mussina faced Johan Santana. The Twins got on the board first when Shannon Stewart singled home Michael Cuddyer. Then in the 6th, Jacque Jones hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0. The Yankees got nine hits and numerous walks but never capitalized on Johan Santana, Ricardo Rincon, or closer Joe Nathan.

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==Anaheim vs. Boston==

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====Game 2, [[October 6]]=1===

[[YankeeAngel Stadium of Anaheim]], in [[Bronx]]Anaheim, [[New YorkCalifornia]] <br>

{{Linescore|

Brad Radke faced Jon Lieber in a must-win game for the Yankees. It was arguably the best game of the series. In the top of the 1st, Justin Morneau doubled in Torii Hunter to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the 1st, Derek Jeter led off the game with a game-tying homerun to make it a 1-1 game. A single by Cuddyer and a sac fly by Henry Blanco made it 3-1 Twins. But Gary Sheffield would tie the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the 3rd. Alex Rodriguez gave the Yankees the lead in the bottom of the 5th with a solo homerun. He would also add in another run by singling home Miguel Cairo to make it 5-3 Yankees. A passed strike three ball allowed the Twins to tie the game. Torii Hunter would single to put runners on 1st and 2nd. Mariano Rivera came in but the Twins were still able to tie the game. A single by Morneau and a ground rule double by Corey Koskie would be the tying-run scorers. However, the ground rule double cost the Twins a run and would never be able to score that run as Jason Kubel and Cristian Guzman went down. The game went into extra innings and in the top of the 12th, Torii Hunter hit the go-ahead solo homerun. The Twins were on the verge of putting the Yankees down, despite being heavy underdogs. But two one-out walks to Miguel Cairo and Derek Jeter proved costly. Alex Rodriguez hit a ground rule double that tied the game. Then, after Gary Sheffield was intentionally walked, Hideki Matsui hit the game winning sacrifice fly that scored Derek Jeter.

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|colspan=16|<small>'''HRs''': '''MIN''' &ndash; [[Torii Hunter]] (1); '''NYY''' &ndash; [[Derek Jeter]] (1), [[Gary Sheffield]] (1), [[Alex Rodriguez]] (1)</small>

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Game 1 pitched [[Curt Schilling]] against [[Jarrod Washburn]]. The Red Sox struck first when [[David Ortiz]] singled home [[Manny Ramírez]], who doubled with two outs. In the fourth, the Red Sox blew the game open. After Ortiz walked to open the inning, [[Kevin Millar]] homered to make it 3–0. Then the Red Sox loaded the bases with one out. [[Johnny Damon]] would reach on an error by Chone Figgins that scored two unearned runs to make it 5–0. [[Scot Shields]] relieved Washburn and after [[Mark Bellhorn]] struck out, Manny Ramírez hit a three-run home run to make it 8–0 Red Sox. [[Troy Glaus]]' home run in the bottom of the inning put the Angels on the board. In the seventh, [[Darin Erstad]] homered off Schilling with one out. [[Garret Anderson]] reached on Schilling's throwing error before scoring on Glaus's double, but [[Alan Embree]] and [[Mike Timlin]] held them scoreless for the rest of the game while the Red Sox added run in the eighth on [[Doug Mientkiewicz]]'s RBI single with two on off [[Ramon Ortiz]].

====Game 3, [[October 8]]====

[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]], [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br>

Yankees starter Kevin Brown faced Twins hurler Carlos Silva in the crucial Game 3. The Twins grabbed the lead in the bottom of the 1st when Jacque Jones hit his second homerun of the series. But it would be the last time the Twins would lead in this game. With 2 outs in the 2nd, 5 straight singles gave the Yankees a 3-run rally to put themselves ahead 3-1. Then, as the night wore on, the Yanks would blow the game wide open in the 6th. Bernie Williams hit a 2-run homer after Matsui singled to lead off the inning. Then Derek Jeter added a two-run single to make it 7-1 Yankees. Matsui would homer the next inning to make it 8-1 going into the 9th. The Twins, however, would not go quietly. Two consecutive hit-by-pitches to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning by Felix Heredia gave the Twins some life. Then, Tanyon Sturtze came on in relief and gave up two consecutive hits to make it 8-2. An RBI-groundout and a sac fly made it 8-4, but the game was too far out of reach as the Yanks won.

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====Game 4, [[October 9]]=2===

[[HubertAngel H.Stadium Humphreyof MetrodomeAnaheim]], in [[MinneapolisAnaheim, MinnesotaCalifornia]]

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[[Pedro Martínez]] of the Red Sox faced [[Bartolo Colón]] of the Angels. A [[bases-loaded]] walk to [[Manny Ramirez]] for the Red Sox in the second put them ahead 1–0. However, the Angels would tie it in the bottom half with an RBI single by [[Dallas McPherson]] after a leadoff walk and single. The Angels would take their only lead in the series when [[Vladimir Guerrero]], the eventual MVP, singled home [[José Molina (baseball)|Jose Molina]] and [[David Eckstein]] with the bases loaded. The Red Sox immediately responded when [[Jason Varitek]] hit a two-out, two-run homer to tie the game in the sixth. The Sox would take the lead on a sacrifice fly by Manny Ramírez in the seventh off [[Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)|Francisco Rodriguez]], then padded their lead in the ninth off [[Brendan Donnelly]]. Ramirez doubled with one out and after an intentional walk, scored on [[Trot Nixon]]'s single. After a two-out intentional walk loaded the bases, [[Orlando Cabrera]] cleared them with a double. [[Keith Foulke]] retired the Angels in order in the bottom of the inning as the Red Sox's 8–3 win gave them a 2–0 series lead.

===[[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]] vs. [[Boston Red Sox]]===

Boston wins the series, 3-0

===Game 3===

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[[Kelvim Escobar]] of the Angels and [[Bronson Arroyo]] of the Red Sox faced off in the clincher. The Red Sox once again struck first with runners on second and third when [[Trot Nixon]]'s single and [[Kevin Millar]]'s groundout made it 2–0 in the third. The Angels cut the lead in half when [[Troy Glaus]] hit a home run in the fourth. In the bottom of the inning, a single, error and walk loaded the bases before [[Manny Ramirez]]'s sacrifice fly made it 3–1 Red Sox. [[Scot Shields]] relieved Escobar and allowed an RBI double to [[David Ortiz]]. After an intentional walk loaded the bases, another Angel error allowed [[Mark Bellhorn]] to score to make it 5–1 Red Sox. Ramirez's RBI single with two on next inning increased the lead to 6–1. It appeared as if the Angels were down and out, but they loaded the bases in the top of the seventh thanks to two walks and a single. After Chone Figgins struck out, [[Darin Erstad]] walked to force in a run that made it 6–2. [[Mike Timlin]] then threw to Vladimir Guerrero, who hit a grand slam to right that evened the score at 6–6 and stunned the Fenway crowd. The game went to extra innings and, in the bottom of the tenth, Johnny Damon led off with a single. After [[Pokey Reese]] forced him and Ramirez struck out, [[Jarrod Washburn]] relieved [[Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)|Francisco Rodríguez]] and [[David Ortiz]] hit the series-winning two-run home run over the [[Green Monster]] to send the Red Sox to the ALCS for the second straight year.

====Game 1, [[October 5]]====

[[Angel Stadium of Anaheim|Edison International Field]], [[Anaheim, California]]

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==Notes==

====Game 3, [[October 8]]====

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[[Fenway Park]], [[Boston, Massachusetts]]

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==External links==

* [httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2004_ALDS2.shtml NYY vs. MIN at Baseball-Reference]

* [httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2004_ALDS1.shtml BOS vs. ANA at Baseball-Reference]

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