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Carter later wrote. "It was a sad, bewildered look, as though he were thinking, `I can't believe this is happening.- The four-run lead was plenty for Hurst, who threw a complete game to beat the Mets 4-2. Boston Red Sox became champions in 2004. Now things were looking good for Boston Red Sox Facts, as they had Clemens ready to pitch Game 6 on five days' rest needing just one more victory. Clemens pitched seven innings and left with a 3-2 lead after popping a blis¬ter on his non-pitching hand, but his replace¬ment, Calvin Schiraldi, made a key error that allowed the Mets to tie it in the eighth, and the game went into extra innings. Boston Red Sox Facts and History Dave Henderson untied it with a homer in the top of the tenth, and Wade Boggs and Marty Barrett followed with hits to provide an insurance run. The Red Sox now led 5-3 as they took the field for the bottom of the tenth. Dave Stapleton had entered as a defensive replacement for first baseman Bill Buckner seven times in the playoffs when the Red Sox led in the late innings. Buckner, playing with arthritic ankles and an injured Achilles tendon, had to soak his sore feet in ice for an hour before and after each game just to be able to play. But this time manager John McNamara, perhaps giving in to senti¬ment, decided he wanted Buckner on the field for the Series-ending celebration.

Schiraldi got two quick outs. The score-board operator mistakenly flashed a message reading "Congratulations Red Sox." But there was one more out to go. Carter was the next batter and he singled. Then, rookie Kevin Mitchell-who had to be called out of the dubhouse to pinch hit, having already chanaerl into his street rinthes-sinaled to short center to drive in Carter and make the score 5-4. McNamara had seen enough. He replaced Schiraldi with native New Englander Bob Stanley, the veteran right-hander who had saved 123 games for the Red Sox 2004 over the past decade. Stanley worked the count to 2-2 on William "Mookie" Wilson. The Red Sox were one strike away from winning their first World Series since 1918. Stanley's next pitch was far inside-it would have hit Wilson on the kneecap if he hadn't moved out of the way. Catcher Rich Gedman stabbed at the ball, but missed. Mitchell sprinted home from third with the tying run.

Knight was now standing on second base. Stanley made his tenth pitch of the at-bat to Wilson, and Mookie hit a slow roller down the first base line. Buckner stood right in the ball's path, watched it bounce once, twice, and then bent down to get it. Only he didn't bend far enough. The ball rolled under his glove and through his legs while Knight danced home with the winning run. Impossibly, the Mets had won the game. The Red Sox tickets trudged off the field with their heads down as stadium workers hustled to remove all the Champaign anti television cameras from the Boston clubhouse.