October 28, 2007: Red Sox 12 Rockies 9 (Red Sox lead series, 3-1)

Posted by spooky at 10:12 PM




The Red Sox are one win away from history after a 12-9 win over the Rockies. The Sox made it easy for Jon Lester in this one, scoring 6 runs in the first inning before Lester even took the hill. The first 7 Red Sox batters all reached base (6 singles and a walk) before an out was recorded on a Julio Lugo force play ground out. The next batter was Lester, who laid down a bunt and beat it out for another single! This brought out the hook for Rockies starter Aaron Cook, then the Sox got one more single (from Jacoby Ellsbury, his 2nd of the inning) before Latroy Hawkins retired the next 2 hitters to end the inning. The Sox would lead by 10 runs before the Rockies even got on the board, and Lester would go on to throw 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 earned runs.

However, the Rockies weren't done. Kyle Snyder took the hill for the 7th, and the Rockies gave him pretty much the same treatment that the Sox gave Aaron Cook in the first. Snyder gave up a single and 2 walks to load the bases, then a single, fly out, double and single before getting yanked for Javier Lopez. Lopez would give up an RBI double to Todd Helton that enabled the Rockies to pull within 3, but that would be as close as they would get. Jonathan Papelbon gets the save, his 8th of the postseason and his 3rd of this World Series.

The game 1 starters will once again face off in game 5, Jeff Francis vs. Curt Schilling.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Colorado Rockies             10/28/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rockies            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF,LF    6  2  4  2 .353     K.Matsui 2B         5  0  1  1 .255  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  1  1  0 .317     T.Tulowitzki SS     5  2  3  2 .304  
  D.Ortiz 1B          4  2  3  1 .462     M.Holliday LF       5  2  2  2 .390  
C-C.Crisp PR,CF       1  0  0  0 .244     T.Helton 1B         4  0  1  1 .339  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  2  1  2 .328     G.Atkins 3B         5  0  1  0 .423  
D-D.Mirabelli C       1  0  0  0 .000     R.Spilborghs CF,RF  3  1  1  1 .370  
  M.Lowell 3B         5  1  2  1 .233     B.Hawpe RF          3  1  0  0 .244  
  J.Drew RF           4  2  2  0 .289     J.Affeldt P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  2  2 .255     Y.Torrealba C       2  2  0  0 .224  
E-K.Youkilis 1B       1  0  0  0 .250     A.Cook P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Lugo SS           5  1  1  2 .268     L.Hawkins P         1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Lester P          2  0  1  1 .500     B.Fuentes P         0  0  0  0 ----  
B-E.Hinske PH         1  1  1  0 .250     M.Herges P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  K.Snyder P          0  0  0  0 ----   A-W.Taveras PH        1  0  0  0 .300  
  J.Lopez P           0  0  0  0 ----     T.Buchholz P        0  0  0  01.000  
  H.Okajima P         0  0  0  0 ----   F-S.Smith PH,RF       1  1  1  2 .500  
H-B.Kielty PH         1  0  1  0 .222   G-C.Sullivan PH,CF    0  0  0  0 .250  
  J.Papelbon P        0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      44 12 19 11                 Totals      35  9 10  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Herges In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lester In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ramirez In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Varitek In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Buchholz In 7th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Smith In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Okajima In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 6 0 1  3 1 0  1 0 0  - 12 19  1
Rockies......... 0 0 0  2 1 0  6 0 0  -  9 10  1
 
Red Sox (10-4)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester WIN(1-0)         6       4   3   2   2   4   1  88   3.00
K.Snyder                  0 1/3   4   6   6   2   0   0  21  24.30
J.Lopez                   0 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  15   2.84
H.Okajima HOLD(3rd)       1       1   0   0   1   1   0  22   0.93
J.Papelbon SAVE(8th)      1       0   0   0   0   2   0   9   0.00
Totals                    9      10   9   8   6   8   1
 
Rockies (8-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Cook LOSS(0-1)          0 1/3   7   6   6   1   0   0  34 162.00
L.Hawkins                 2 2/3   4   2   2   0   2   0  45   6.43
B.Fuentes                 1       1   2   1   2   1   0  16  12.00
M.Herges                  1       2   1   1   0   0   1  16   5.06
T.Buchholz                2       2   1   1   0   2   0  32   2.13
J.Affeldt                 2       3   0   0   0   2   0  39   2.25
Totals                    9      19  12  11   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,223 DATE- Sunday, October 28th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Angel Hernandez, Ted Barrett, Mark Carlson, Larry Young
T- 4:06
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10  Rockies: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Rockies: 1
ERRORS- J.Lugo, B.Fuentes
DOUBLES- D.Ortiz-2(9th), J.Drew(4th), E.Hinske(1st), T.Tulowitzki(2nd),
         T.Helton(6th)
HOME RUNS- J.Ellsbury(2nd), T.Tulowitzki(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Holliday(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lester
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Spilborghs
WALKS- D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, T.Helton, R.Spilborghs, B.Hawpe,
       Y.Torrealba-2, C.Sullivan
HIT BY PITCH- D.Pedroia
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, D.Mirabelli, J.Varitek, K.Youkilis,
             J.Lester, M.Holliday-2, G.Atkins-2, R.Spilborghs, B.Hawpe-2,
             L.Hawkins
GIDP- T.Tulowitzki, R.Spilborghs
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester
 
Jacoby Ellsbury had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox topped the Colorado
Rockies by a score of 12 to 9 at Coors Field.
 
Boston took the lead off Aaron Cook in the first inning scoring 6 runners on 8
hits.  The key offensive moment was provided by Manny Ramirez who helped
quiet the crowd when he delivered a base-hit plating two runs.  Jonathan
Papelbon was perfect in the ninth giving him his 8th save on the season.
 
The win was credited to Jon Lester(1-0) who went 6 innings allowing 3 runs.
Cook(0-1) was tagged with the loss.








 

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