Curt Schilling, Hideki Okajima, and Jonathan Papelbon combined to allow just one run on 5 hits, and the Boston offense played the patience game once again as the Red Sox nipped the Rockies, 2-1. Colorado's offense was nowhere to be found. Of the 5 hits the Rockies picked up on this evening, Matt Holliday collected 4 of them. Unfortunately, he also got picked off in the 8th inning when he represented the tying run. Red Sox lead the series 2-0.

FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Rockies  1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0  Red Sox  0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2 6 1
W: C. Schilling (W, 1-0); L: U. Jimenez (L, 0-1); S: J. Papelbon (S, 1)
HR: None.

Editorial Note...Is anyone else sick of seeing Papelbon pump his fists and jump all over the place?? He's lucky he doesn't have to come to bat in the National League.

Game Notes

- Fifty teams have jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series, with 39 of those going on to win the championship (78%).

- Ubaldo Jimenez is the fifth pitcher ever to start a World Series game with fewer than 90 regular-season innings of major league experience.

- Jacoby Ellsbury stole the first base of this World Series in the 4th inning. As a result of his stolen base, everyone in America gets a free Beef Crunchy Taco from Taco Bell through the “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” promotion, by visiting any Taco Bell restaurant on October 30 between the hours of 2-5 p.m.

Recapping the Game in Quotes

Q. How discouraging is it for your staff, the number of walks they've given up in these first two games? You haven't had that problem in a while.

CLINT HURDLE: Well, it's disappointing. It puts you in positions you don't want to get into. That being said, we've got to find a way to correct it. Walks -- and tonight again in the fifth inning, you get two outs, nobody on. Two outs, nobody on, they scratched out a run. We haven't helped ourselves when we've been able to. We've made enough mistakes that we've cost us a little bit, and we've put ourselves in a hole down two games. We've got a tough challenge ahead of us, but the reality is we get to go home now and play some baseball.

Q. How much do you expect the dynamics of the games to change, one, going to your park, and two, taking whoever it may be, a big part of your lineup out of the lineup in the NL games?

CLINT HURDLE: We'll see how it plays out. Obviously they built their ballclub for a DH, for 150-some games, they're going to have a big ham on the bat swinging it. They'll have to make an adjustment. They're a good ballclub. It'll still come down to pitching. Our hometown crowd is probably looking forward to this as much as anything in a long time. I think they'll be very responsive. We can use the support, and it should be exciting when we get back.