Willie Mays 2nd HR in 2 Games Rallies NY Giants after Ortiz 3-run HR

David Ortiz's 3-run homer gave 2007 Boston Red Sox a 4-1 lead and chance for a sweep of the 2-game series, but the 1954 New York Giants rallied for three in the fifth and then Willie Mays hit his 2nd homer in two games, a 7th inning game-winner to make it 5-4. The two teams start 1-1 in our 16-team all-time Boston-New York Division. We have four other all-time divisions, the East, Midwest, West and East, but so much of the history of baseball occurred in New York and Boston that we have one entire division of great teams from just those two cities. The Boston Red Sox 1946 team with Ted Williams is in 1st due to a 2-0 record and the best run differential, while Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 are also 2-0. Six other teams in the set of all-time cards in the division and four teams still to be created later. Here is the box score from the game, followed by the standings of all great Boston and New York teams.

 

Game 1 (HR 11-38)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2007 Boston Red Sox	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	7	2
1954 New York Giants	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Game 2 (HR 11-58)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1954 New York Giants	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	11	0
2007 Boston Red Sox	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	3

Pos	New York Giants 1954	AB	R	H	BI	Other
LF	Monte Irvin	8	0	1	0	bb
3B	Hank Thompson*	8	2	0	0
CF	Willie Mays	9	3	4	3	2-HR
RF	Don Mueller*	8	2	3	2	2b,w
C	Ray Katt	9	0	2	2
DH-ben	Dusty Rhodes*	4	0	0	0
SS	Al Dark	7	0	1	0
1B	Whitey Lockman*	7	0	2	0
2B	Davey Williams	6	0	0	0	bb
P	Pitchers at bat	0	0	0	0	2-sac
PH	Bobby Hofman	1	0	0	0
	Totals	67	7	13	7	0.194
Pos	Boston Red Sox 2007	AB	R	H	BI	Other
CF	Coco Crisp#	9	1	1	0
3B	Mike Lowell	8	1	1	0	sf
DH-1B	David Ortiz*	9	1	3	3	HR
LF	Manny Ramirez	8	2	2	0
1B-ben	Kevin Youkilis	4	0	2	0
2B	Dustin Pedroia	8	2	2	1	2-2b,bb
C	Jason Varitek#	7	1	2	0
RF	J.D. Drew*	8	0	2	2	2b
SS	Julio Lugo	6	0	1	0	2-sb,bb
P	Pitchers at bat	3	0	1	1
PH	Jacoby Ellsbury*	2	1	0	0	sb
	Totals	72	9	17	7	0.236

     

New York Giants 1954	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	Dec
Johnny Antonelli (G1)	4.7	7	4	4	2	4	L
Hoyt Wilhelm	3.3	0	0	0	2	4
Windy McCall	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sal Maglie (G2)	4	10	4	4	0	3
Marv Grissom	3	0	0	0	0	2	W
Jim Hearn	2	0	0	0	0	1	S
Totals	18	17	9	8	4	14
Boston Red Sox 2007	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	Dec
Clay Buchholz (G1)	7	2	2	1	0	7	W
Jonathan Papelbon	1	0	0	0	1	1	H
Hideki Okajima	1	0	0	0	1	1	S
Curt Schilling (G2)	4.7	8	4	4	1	5
Javier Lopez	1.3	0	0	0	1	1
Brendan Donnelly	1	2	1	1	0	1	L
Manny Delcarmen	2	1	0	0	0	1
Total	18	13	7	6	4	17

Here are the standings in the division so far.
 

Team	Year	W	L	Score	Allow	Stars (top 100 players of all time)
Boston Red Sox	1946	2	0	17	5	5. Ted Williams, Tex Hughson
Brooklyn Dodgers	1955	2	0	22	11	38. Jackie Robinson, 83. Roy Campanella, 95. Duke Snider
Boston Red Sox	2007	1	1	9	7	63. David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon
New York Giants	1954	1	1	7	9	2. Willie Mays, Johnny Antonelli
New York Yankees	1927	0	2	11	22	1. Babe Ruth & 6. Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees	1961	0	2	5	17	7. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, 60. Whitey Ford
Yet to Play	Year	W	L	Score	Allow
Boston Braves	1914	0	0	0	0	Johnny Evers*, Bill James
New York Mets	1969	0	0	0	0	22. Tom Seaver, 42. Nolan Ryan
New York Mets	1986	0	0	0	0	Darryl Strawberry*, Dwight Gooden
New York Yankees	1939	0	0	0	0	16. Joe DiMaggio, Marius Russo
New York Yankees	1998	0	0	0	0	28. Derek Jeter, 31. Mariano Rivera
New York Yankees	2022	0	0	0	0	Aaron Judge, Nestor Cortes
Future Teams	Year	W	L	Score	Allow
Boston Red Sox	1903	0	0	0	0	21. Cy Young, Jimmy Collins
Boston Red Sox	1915	0	0	0	0	36 Tris Speaker, 1 Babe Ruth
Boston Red Sox	1986	0	0	0	0	Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens
New York Giants	1905	0	0	0	0	25. Christy Mathewson, Mike Donlin*

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