Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ime egwuregwu ọzọ nke ALDS nke afọ gara aga, ndị na-amalite Jon Lester na John Lackey dị nkọ na mbido, onye ọ bụla na-atụgharị di na nwunye na-enweghị isi. Ndị mmụọ ozi mechara banye na bọọdụ ahụ na nke atọ, mgbe Torii Hunter kụrụ Garret Anderson aka iji tinye ndị mmụọ ozi 1 <unk> 0. Lackey mere ka ndị Red Sox ghara inwe ihe mgbaru ọsọ ruo oge nke isii, mgbe onye na-agbapụ aka ekpe ọhụrụ bụ Jason Bay gbara ọsọ abụọ wee tinye Sox 2<unk>1. Ọ ga-anọ 2 na 1 ruo mgbe nke itoolu. Ndị Sox nwetara ọsọ abụọ, Jacoby Ellsbury na David Ortiz onye ọbụla na-agba ọsọ n'ụlọ. Jonathan Papelbon kụrụ ndị otu ahụ n'ala ala nke itoolu maka nzọpụta nke ise ya na postseason. Nke a bụ akara nke 10 nke ndị mmụọ ozi na-agbapụ na Red Sox (na-alaghachi na Egwuregwu 5 nke 1986 American League Championship Series), yana nke asatọ ha na-agbapụ n'egwuregwu egwuregwu (na-alaghachi na Egwuregwu 2 nke 1986 American League Championship Series).
2005 ALCS).