Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-10-12

October 12, 1986: Trailing three-games-to-one in the ALCS, and down 5-2 in the top of the ninth, the Red Sox stage one of their greatest postseason comebacks of all-time to defeat the Angels 7-6 in 11 innings; this game is considered a postseason classic and Dave Henderson earns a place in Red Sox history with a ninth inning home and a game-winning sac fly.

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