The Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions!

Posted by spooky at 8:30 AM




October 29, 2007: The Red Sox win their 2nd World Series of my replay era with a 5-1 win over the Rockies in game 5. The Red Sox also won in 2002, beating the Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox join the Houston Astros as two-time replay World Champions.

Curt Schilling pitched masterfully, much as he had done in game 1. He pitched 6 shutout innings and only allowed a run after tiring in the 7th. Fortunately, his teammates had already given him a 5 run lead to work with and the 5-1 score would hold thanks to an inning each out of fellow veterans Julian Tavarez and Mike Timlin.

The Sox got a big inning in the 2nd off Rockies starter Jeff Francis, scoring 3 runs when Manny Ramirez led off the inning with a double and Mike Lowell singled to score him, followed by a Jason Varitek 2-run home run. The Sox would add a run in the 3rd on a Manny single following a critical error from Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, then would add another in the 5th on back-to-back-to-back singles from Lugo, Pedroia and Youkilis.

A lot of gaudy offensive numbers in this series make it hard to pick an MVP. Manny Ramirez hit .333 with a homer and 5 RBI, Jason Varitek was a pleasant surprise at .368 with a homer and 4 RBI, Dustin Pedroia hit .421 and David Ortiz hit an otherworldly .533 with 2 homers and 5 RBI. However, my World Series MVP is Curt Schilling, who turned back the clock with a 1.26 ERA over 2 starts, both wins. In both starts, Schill pitched shutout ball for the most of the game and only gave up a run in the late innings when he was tired and his team had a lead.

This is the first time in my replay history that the real world champion has won in my replay as well. This is also the first time that both teams were the same as in real life, meaning the loser also matched for the first time ever.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Colorado Rockies             10/29/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rockies            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Lugo SS           4  1  1  0 .267     K.Matsui 2B         5  0  1  1 .250  
  D.Pedroia 2B        3  1  1  0 .317     T.Tulowitzki SS     5  0  1  0 .295  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  1  1 .250     M.Holliday LF       3  0  2  0 .403  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  1  2  1 .339     T.Helton 1B         3  0  0  0 .323  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  1 .234     G.Atkins 3B         4  0  1  0 .411  
  J.Varitek C         4  1  2  2 .273     B.Hawpe RF          1  1  0  0 .239  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .229     Y.Torrealba C       4  0  1  0 .226  
  B.Kielty RF         2  0  1  0 .273     C.Sullivan CF       3  0  1  0 .257  
B-D.Ortiz PH          1  0  0  0 .453   D-W.Taveras PH        0  0  0  0 .300  
  M.Timlin P          0  0  0  0 ----     J.Francis P         2  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Schilling P       3  0  0  0 .000   A-S.Smith PH          1  0  0  0 .455  
  J.Tavarez P         0  0  0  0 ----     B.Fuentes P         0  0  0  0 ----  
C-J.Drew RF           0  0  0  0 .289   E-R.Spilborghs PH     1  0  0  0 .357  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  5  9  5                 Totals      32  1  7  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Francis In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kielty In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Tavarez In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Fuentes In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 3 1  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  5  9  0
Rockies......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  7  1
 
Red Sox (11-4)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Schilling WIN(3-0)      7       6   1   1   4   1   0 104   2.57
J.Tavarez                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0  24   6.35
M.Timlin                  1       0   0   0   1   1   0  15   1.42
Totals                    9       7   1   1   6   2   0
 
Rockies (8-7)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Francis LOSS(1-2)       7       8   5   4   3   4   1 105   3.24
B.Fuentes                 2       1   0   0   0   2   0  18   7.20
Totals                    9       9   5   4   3   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 49,731 DATE- Monday, October 29th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Laz Diaz, Bill Welke, John Hirschbeck, Wally Bell
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 3  Rockies:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Rockies: 4
ERRORS- T.Tulowitzki
DOUBLES- M.Ramirez(5th), M.Holliday(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Varitek(2nd)
WALKS- D.Pedroia, C.Crisp, B.Kielty, M.Holliday, T.Helton, B.Hawpe-3, W.Taveras
STRIKE OUTS- J.Lugo, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, J.Varitek, D.Ortiz, C.Schilling,
             K.Matsui, Y.Torrealba
GIDP- M.Lowell, C.Crisp, B.Kielty, M.Holliday
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Jason Varitek blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
The Boston Red Sox toppled the Colorado Rockies by a 5 to 1 score at Coors
Field.
 
Curt Schilling(3-0) had a solid outing for Boston.  He went 7 innings
surrendering 6 hits and 4 walks reducing his ERA from 3.21 to 2.57.  Boston
rapped out 9 hits for the night.  
 
Jeff Francis(1-2) was given the loss.  He pitched 7 innings giving up 8 hits
and 3 walks.








 

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