Podsednik had gone homerless in the regular season and this was his first home run since September 30, 2004. After two walks, Willie Harris's RBI single capped the scoring at 14–2 Chicago. News.
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In Game 2, the starters were John Lackey for the Angels and Chien-Ming Wang for the Yankees. Johnson ran into trouble early, giving up a three-run home run to Garret Anderson in the first after back-to-back two-out singles and a two-run homer to Bengie Molina in the third to give the Angels a 5–0 lead.
First, Hideki Matsui homered to put the Yanks on the board 5–1.
Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The Angels received home field advantage rather than the Yankees due to their winning the season series 6–4 against New York. In the fourth, they loaded the bases on a single, double and intentional walk before Jason Varitek's single and Trot Nixon's groundout scored a run each. This was the White Sox' first postseason home win since Game 1 of the 1959 World Series.
Contreras went 7 2⁄3 innings, giving up eight hits. Jeter's home run in the seventh off Santana cut the lead to two. One out later, a single by Uribe scored a run, then Scott Podsednik's three-run home run made it 12–2 Chicago.
In the bottom of the fourth, Juan Uribe's two-run home run extended Chicago's lead to 8–2 and forced Clement out of the game. Game 2 looked like it might go the Astros' way as Houston carried a 4-2 lead into the seventh inning. The Yankees cut the lead to one in the bottom of the inning when Alex Rodriguez walked, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Gary Sheffield's single off Angels starting pitcher John Lackey. He would move to second on Vladimir Guerrero's ground out and score on Bengie Molina's single, tying the game at two. Schedule.
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The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the inning. After a walk, Brendan Donnelly relieved Byrd and Jason Giambi's single scored Jeter and cut the Angels' lead to one. The victorious White Sox advanced to defeat the National League champion Houston Astros and win the 2005 World Series. The Yankees were able to get to AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colón early. Scot Shields relieved Donnelly and gave up a sacrifice fly to Bernie Williams that scored Canó, giving the Yankees a 6–5 lead, but in the sixth Reliever Aaron Small allowed a one-out double to Juan Rivera before Darin Erstad's RBI single tied the game. Konerko's home run in the third made it 6–0 White Sox. Pitching. 2005 ALDS (3–2): Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New York Yankees, "2005 ALDS - Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox - Game 1", "2005 ALDS - Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox - Game 2", "2005 ALDS - Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox - Game 3", "2005 ALDS - New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Game 1", "2005 ALDS - New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Game 2", "2005 ALDS - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New York Yankees - Game 3", "2005 ALDS - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New York Yankees - Game 4", "2005 ALDS - New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Game 5". The two right-handers exchanged zeros through the first seven innings, following a formula that had worked so well as the White Sox won 99 games in the regular season. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Houston claimed a 4-0 lead by the fourth inning of Game 3, but the five-hour, 41-minute affair was far from over. Podsednik moved to second on a groundout, then after another hit-by-pitch, stole third and scored on Paul Konerko's force out at second. Pierzynski hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Juan Uribe's fielder's choice.
In Game 3, it was Randy Johnson pitching for the Yankees while Paul Byrd pitched for the Angels. But Paul Konerko stepped up in a big way, blasting a grand slam off reliever Chad Qualls to give the White Sox a two-run lead. The Red Sox struck first in Game 2 on Manny Ramirez's two-run single off of Mark Buehrle with runners on second and third. After getting two outs, Mussina walked Steve Finley before Adam Kennedy hit the ball to right center. In this section Probable Pitchers Prospect Rankings ... 2020 Regular Season Standings 2020 Postseason Seedings 2020 Spring Training Standings 2019 Regular Season Standings Advanced Standings. The double would clear the bases, giving the Yankees a 3–0 lead. In the next inning, Wang's throwing error would allow Jeff DaVanon and Steve Finley to reach third and second, respectively. After stealing second, Guerrero scored on Darin Erstad's single, but Rivera retired the next two batters to give the Yankees a 1–0 series lead. The 2005 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2005 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Monday, October 10, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series.