| The Boston Red Sox are World Series bound for the fifth time in my 7 years of SOM replays, this time for a replay of the real life world series against the Colorado Rockies. Josh Beckett goes 7 innings for the win, allowing 6 hits, 2 runs and 0 walks while striking out 6. The Yankees briefly held the lead in the 2nd, scoring 2 runs on a Melky Cabrera triple following singles from Hideki Matsui and Robby Cano. Unfortunately for the Yanks, those would be the only 2 runs they would score in the game and the Sox would strike right back with 3 in the bottom of the inning. The Sox loaded the bases thanks to 2 HBP and a walk, then got singles from Coco Crisp and Julio Lugo and a walk from Big Papi to score 3 runs. They got another in the 4th on a Pedroia sac fly, then took a 4 run lead with 2 more runs in the 6th. Javier Lopez and Mike Timlin each contributed an inning of relief to preserve the win. The ALCS MVP is David Ortiz, who hit .417 and had 3 homers with 6 RBI. The World Series will start October 24th in Boston. Jeff Francis will get the call for the visitors, while veteran Curt Schilling takes the mound for the Sox. I've also decided to let fantasy imitate reality, replacing Tim Wakefield on the Sox roster with Jon Lester. Wake battled back troubles late in the real 2007 season and only started one game in the postseason, an ALCS start that did not go well. Considering his poor start in game 3 of my ALCS (2 IP, 7 R) I decided to assume that his injury problems extend to my replay and preclude him from playing in the World Series. Lester will start game 4, I'm still undecided whether Dice-K or Beckett will get the call in game 2. The Rockies also make a roster change, adding Aaron Cook to start game 4, as they did in real life. Cook was injured during the regular season and has not started since August. The Cook-Lester game 4 matchup will be the same as in real life, while the others are mixed up due to changes in my Sox rotation in the earlier series. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 New York (AL) Yankees At 2007 Boston Red Sox 10/20/2007
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
J.Damon LF 4 0 1 0 .186 J.Lugo SS 5 1 3 1 .300
D.Jeter SS 4 0 0 0 .400 D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 2 2 .273
B.Abreu RF 3 0 0 0 .111 D.Ortiz DH 3 1 1 1 .421
A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 .270 M.Ramirez LF 4 0 1 0 .341
J.Posada C 4 0 1 0 .297 M.Lowell 3B 5 0 2 1 .222
H.Matsui DH 4 1 1 0 .235 K.Youkilis 1B 3 1 0 0 .275
R.Cano 2B 3 1 1 0 .303 J.Varitek C 3 1 0 1 .222
M.Cabrera CF 3 0 1 2 .200 B.Kielty RF 3 1 1 0 .143
D.Mientkiewicz 1B 3 0 1 0 .350 A-E.Hinske PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B-J.Ellsbury RF 0 0 0 0 .333
C.Crisp CF 4 1 2 1 .289
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Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 35 7 12 7
A-Pinch Hit For Kielty In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Hinske In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Red Sox......... 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 - 7 12 0
Yankees (5-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Pettitte LOSS(0-2) 5 1/3 9 6 6 5 2 0 133 5.00
L.Vizcaino 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 23 6.35
K.Farnsworth 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 23 0.00
Totals 8 12 7 7 6 5 0
Red Sox (7-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett WIN(4-0) 7 6 2 2 0 6 0 106 1.80
J.Lopez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.86
M.Timlin 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,083 DATE- Saturday, October 20th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Chuck Meriwether, Al Marquez, Tim Timmons, Rick Reed
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Red Sox:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- D.Mientkiewicz(3rd), J.Lugo(7th), D.Pedroia(4th)
TRIPLES- M.Cabrera(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Pedroia
WALKS- B.Abreu, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez, K.Youkilis, J.Varitek-2
HIT BY PITCH- K.Youkilis, B.Kielty
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon, D.Jeter, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Posada, H.Matsui,
M.Cabrera, M.Ramirez, K.Youkilis, J.Varitek-2, E.Hinske
The Boston Red Sox cruised to a 7 to 2 victory over the New York (AL) Yankees
at Fenway Park.
Boston tallied 3 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning. That scoring would be
all that was needed. Boston finished with 12 hits while New York (AL) ended
up with 6.
Josh Beckett(4-0) went 7 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Andy
Pettitte(0-2) was given the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 9 hits and 5
walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.
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