Remembering the beginning of the two year Anniversary of a magic Red Sox run.

9/3-913 2013. 11 Days. 10 Games. An 8-2 record with all 8 wins coming in spectacular fashion. There is something special about the day to day machinations of baseball that make it different than any other sport. When your team plays every single day it can turn a string of games into one long magical ride, compared to others sports where games are spread out more making each game its own unique identity completely independent of one another. When a baseball team goes on a five game winning streak, it goes so fast it feels like all the games blended together and it adds an extra dose of fun to it. When a hockey team goes on a five game winning streak its spread out over a 10-14 day course, and when a football team goes on a five game winning streak its spread out over more than a month. The point is baseball is different, and two years ago, over an 11 day span the Red Sox played a ten game stretch that will likely never be duplicated. Harry Potter himself couldnt produce as many magical moments as the Sox produced over those 11 days.

The run started September 3rd, two years ago today. The Sox came into the game with a small 3.5 game division lead over Tampa, still very much a tight race. That night the Sox were going up against Max Scherzer, who touted a historic 21-1 record so far on the season. Will Middlebrooks laced a two run single in the sixth inning of a great pitchers duel and the Sox handed Scherzer just his second  loss of the season in a 2-1 win. The run began

Night Two: An offensive barrage rarely ever seen occurred in which the Sox scored 20 runs and belted out 8 home runs, including David Ortiz's 2000th career hit.

Night Three: Ninth inning magic as Mike Napoli tied the game for the Sox with two outs in the 9th inning against the great Mariano Rivera, and Shane Victorino gave the Sox the lead in the 10th inning in a wild 10-9 victory. 10 runs gave the Sox 32 runs scored in two games.

Night Four: Trailing 6-0 the Sox came storming back including a grand slam from Mike Napoli that literally went over the fence by an inch. The Sox would end up winning 12-8, making it 44 runs in 3 games

Night Five: Just another offensive barrage, including the first career home run from future superstar Xander Bogaerts in a 13-9 win against the Yankees. This gave the Sox 57 runs in 4 games, and 37 in 3 games against the Yankees, an all time record for the Sox in a 3 game stretch against the Yankees, a history that includes over 2,000 games!

Night Six and Seven: Night Six was one of the two losses during this run, a walk off win for the Yankees. Day Seven was the lone off day.

Night Eight: Resume the magic. Facing another nearly unbeatable ace in David Price the Sox grinded through another pitchers duel in a heartstopping 2-1 win.

Night Nine: With a tie game in the 10th inning Mike Carp belted a two out grand slam to give the Sox another incredible late inning victory.

Night Ten: The second loss in this stretch.

Night Eleven: With a tie game in the 8th inning, yet another Sox grand slam, this time from Jarrod Saltalamacchia, to defeat the Yankees.

The Sox would end up winning the next two night as well, but they way they won was mundane compared to this stretch of thrilling games. By the end of this run the Red Sox lead in the division had swelled to 8.5 games, insurmountable, and of course propelled them to a world Series victory.