Editing 2004 American League Championship Series (section)

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===Game 1, [[October 12]]===
Game 1 pitted the Red Sox's star pitcher [[Curt Schilling]] against Yankees ace [[Mike Mussina]]. Schilling had a 6-1 postseason career record, but the expected pitchers' duel quickly became a one-sided exhibition. Schilling had suffered an ankle injury during the [[2004 American League Division Series]] and was thought to be OK, but he gave up six runs and lasted only three innings. Meanwhile, Mussina retired the first 19 Sox batters. The Yankees added two runs off of Boston knuckleballer [[Tim Wakefield]] in the sixth. [[Hideki Matsui]]'s single made the score 8-0 and gave him an ALCS record-tying 5 [[RBI]]s in the game.

However, the Red Sox shattered Mussina's bid for a [[perfect game]] with a rally of 5 runs in the seventh and added two more in the eighth, closing the gap to 8-7. With two outs and the tying run on third base, the Yankees called upon closer [[Mariano Rivera]], who got [[Kevin Millar]] to pop out. The Yankees, stunned to see their lead nearly gone, scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth on a double by [[Bernie Williams]]. The Sox got two singles in the top of the ninth, but [[Bill Mueller]] grounded into a game-ending double play.

It was the end of a long, emotional day for Mariano Rivera, who started in Panama attending a funeral after a family tragedy. He flew back and arrived to Yankee Stadium to a standing ovation in the second inning.

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|colspan=13|<small>'''W''': [[Mike Mussina]] (1-1)&nbsp;&nbsp;'''L''': [[Curt Schilling]] (1-1)&nbsp;&nbsp;'''S''': [[Mariano Rivera]] (1)</small>
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|colspan=13|<small>'''HRs''': '''BOS''' &ndash; [[Jason Varitek]] (1); '''NYY''' &ndash; [[Kenny Lofton]] (1)</small>
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