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The 2013 World Series was the 109th edition of Major League Baseball's championship
series. The American League champions Boston Red Sox defeated the National
League champions St. Louis Cardinals in the best-of-seven playoff 4 games to 2. The
Red Sox had home field advantage for the series, based on the American League's win
in the All-Star Game at Citi Field in Queens, New York, on July 16. The Series started
on Wednesday, October 23, ending on Game 6 the following Wednesday, October 30,
2013.
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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.
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This was the fourth meeting of the Cardinals and the Red Sox in the World Series
(previously meeting in 1946, 1967, and 2004). Winning in six games, the Red Sox
clinched their first World Series championship at their home field of Fenway Park
since 1918, and the last such Series to date won by the home team. David Ortiz was
awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
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The 2013 Boston Red Sox season was the 113th in the team's history. The Red Sox
opened 2013 away from Fenway, playing against their arch-rival, the New York
Yankees on Monday, April 1. They closed the regular season on Sunday, September
29 away from Fenway against the Baltimore Orioles. A road series against the NL
West's Colorado Rockies was Boston's second-to-last series of the season. Major
League Baseball began conducting year-round interleague play (instead of having
interleague play confined to May and June) for the first time in 2013, due to the
relocation of the Houston Astros from the National League to the American League,
resulting in fifteen teams in each league.
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Finishing with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, 2013 marked the first season
since 2007 in which the Red Sox won the American League East and the first
season since 2009 in which they qualified for the postseason. Boston recovered
well from a disastrous 2012 campaign and won 28 more games in 2013 than in
2012. They defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the Division Series and defeated the
Detroit Tigers in the ALCS to advance to their first World Series since 2007 and
their third in nine years. The Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 6 games to win
the 2013 World Series. The 2013 Red Sox became the second team to win the
World Series one year after finishing last in their division; the first had been the
1991 Minnesota Twins.
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