| 2013 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 23–30 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Fenway Park (Boston) Busch Stadium (St. Louis) | |||||||||
| MVP | David Ortiz (Boston) | |||||||||
| Umpires | John Hirschbeck (crew chief), Mark Wegner, Dana DeMuth, Paul Emmel, Bill Miller, Jim Joyce | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Red Sox: David Ortiz Cardinals: None | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews (Fox) Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN WEEI-FM (BOS) KMOX (STL) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser (ESPN) Joe Castiglione and Dave O'Brien (WEEI) Mike Shannon and John Rooney (KMOX) | |||||||||
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| ALCS | Boston Red Sox over Detroit Tigers (4–2) | |||||||||
| NLCS | St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers (4–2) | |||||||||
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The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 season.[1] The 109th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox won, 4 games to 2 to win their eighth championship. The Red Sox had home field advantage for the series, based on the AL's win in the 2013 MLB All-Star Game on July 16.[2] This was the first World Series since 1999 to feature both number one seeds from the AL and NL. The Series started on October 23, 2013, ending with Game 6 on October 30, 2013.
The Red Sox won the first game at Fenway Park on October 23, followed by the Cardinals winning the second game on October 24 to tie the series, 1–1. The series then moved to Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals won the third game on October 26 to gain a 2–1 lead. The Red Sox won the fourth game on October 27 to tie the series at 2–2, then won the last of three games at Busch Stadium on October 28 for a 3–2 lead. The series then moved back to Fenway Park, where the Red Sox decisively won the final game on October 30, becoming the World Series champions for 2013.
This was the fourth meeting of the Cardinals and the Red Sox in the World Series (previously meeting in 1946, 1967, and 2004).[3][4] It was also the first World Series since 1958 to feature two teams with identical regular season records. Winning in six games, the Red Sox clinched their third World Series championship since 1918.[5][6][7] David Ortiz was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.[8][9] He became the first non-Yankee to win three World Series titles with one team since Jim Palmer (Baltimore Orioles 1966, 1970, and 1983). This was last time a championship was clinched on a team's home field until 2022 (the designated home team clinched in 2020, but at a neutral site).
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- ^ Rymer, Zachary D. (July 16, 2013). "Is the All-Star Game awarding home-field advantage changing the World Series?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "World Series preview: Cardinals have just enough to beat Red Sox". Sports Illustrated. October 21, 2013. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ^ "Boston Red Sox: Can baseball side turn trauma into triumph?". BBC Sport. October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ "Red Sox get special win in their special ballpark". Los Angeles Times. October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Red Sox throttle Cardinals to win third World Series in 10 years". CBS Sports. October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Red Sox Rout Cardinals to Win World Series". The New York Times. October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "David Ortiz slugs way to MVP". ESPN. October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Most Valuable Papi: David Ortiz named 2013 World Series MVP". Sports Illustrated. October 31, 2013. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.