From the team's press release...

Angels Baseball announced Tuesday that Bill Stoneman, the club's Vice President & General Manager since Nov. 1999, will retire immediately and assume the responsibilities of Senior Advisor for the next three seasons.

Stoneman, 63, concluded his general manager responsibilities with the Angels as the longest tenured GM in franchise history. He became the ninth GM in Angels' history on Nov. 1, 1999 and was responsible for the overall baseball operations of the club, including player personnel, scouting and player development.

Tony Reagins, who has served as the club's Director of Player Development since 2002, has agreed to terms on a three-year contract to become General Manager, replacing Bill Stoneman.

Reagins, 40, has spent 16 seasons in the Angels organization, including the last six as the Angels' Director of Player Development. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing the club's minor league system, which features seven affiliates including a club and developmental academy in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic.

Matt Holliday homered and drove in 3 runs, and Seth Smith hit a 2-run pinch hit double as the Rockies erupted for 6 runs in the 4th inning and held on to beat the Diamondbacks, 6-4. Chris Snyder doubled, homered, and drove in 3 runs for Arizona who never quit. Colorado completes the improbable, sweeping both the NLDS and the NLCS. Is a World Series sweep in the cards too? Stay tuned! Rockies win the series 4-0.

	FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Diamondbacks  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 1 Rockies  0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 1
W: M. Herges (W, 1-0); L: M. Owings (L, 0-1); S: M. Corpas (S, 2)
HR: ARI: C. Snyder (1). COL: M. Holliday (2).

Game Notes

- Left fielder Matt Holliday was tabbed as this year’s NLCS Most Valuable Player...Matt is the first outfielder to take home MVP honors in the National League Championship Series since Los Angeles’ Mike Devereaux in 1995.

- For the series, Colorado’s starters posted a 1.66 ERA (21.2ip/4er).

- The National League will be represented by a different team for the 10th time in the last 11 years.

- The Diamondbacks went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position tonight and finished the series with 4 hits in 27 at bats with RISP in this year’s LCS.

- The Diamondbacks were held to just eight runs in this year’s LCS, the fewest amount of runs scored in a NLCS of at least four games since the Pittsburgh Pirates were held to 12 runs in seven games during the 1991 NLCS against the Atlanta Braves.

- The Rockies will have an eight day break before taking on the Cleveland Indians or Boston Red Sox in the first game of the World Series on Wednesday, October 24!

Recapping the Game in Quotes

Q. Can you just sum up how far you came this season? I'm sure there's disappointment, but just looking at where you are tonight?

BOB MELVIN: Once the sting of this subsides, I'll be able to reflect that we did have a great year, starting in spring training, getting to this point, obviously, you know, if you asked us at the beginning of spring training if we would end up here, you'd have to take it. But obviously the farther you go along in the season, the more confidence you gain, the more wins you accumulate. You know, it hurts.

Q. Coming into the series the Rockies starting pitching wasn't the big story line. What made them so effective all throughout the series?

BOB MELVIN: Their pitching got better as the series went along. The younger guys came up big for them, the bullpen was four to five as the season went along. Herges and Affeldt, they picked up during the season, they got deeper with the emergence of Corpas, and now they're playing a shorter game where in the past they weren't able to do that.

Notes and quotes courtesy of MLB

Jake Westbrook tossed 6 2/3 strong innings, the Cleveland bullpen was flawless, and Kenny Lofton provided the offensive punch with a 2-run homer as the Indians topped the Red Sox, 4-2. Daisuke Matsuzaka was roughed up for Boston. He yielded 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks over just 4 2/3 innings. Cleveland leads the series 2-1.

FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Red Sox  0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0  Indians  0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 6 1
W: J. Westbrook (W, 1-0); L: D. Matsuzaka (L, 0-1); S: J. Borowski (S, 1)
HR: BOS: J. Varitek (1). CLE: K. Lofton (1).

Game Notes

- Jason Varitek hit his 10th career postseason home run in the 7th inning, matching Johnny Bench and Javy Lopez for most career postseason home runs as a catcher.

- The Red Sox grounded into 3 double plays tonight, the second straight game the team has 3 GIDPs…In 3 games this series, the Red Sox have hit into 7 GIDPs, the most ever by one team in the first 3 games of an LCS of any length…The record for most GIDPs in a series was set by Baltimore with 10 in 1997.

Recapping the Game in Quotes

Q. Did you do anything unusual with your pitch mix? I mean, it seemed like early on especially you were using a lot of four-seamers that were hitting the mid-90s. Just wondering how you'd describe your pitch selection this evening?

JAKE WESTBROOK: I didn't throw any four-seamers, sorry (laughter). I'm a sinkerball guy, I'm a two-seam fastball guy. That's what I live and die by. I threw that all night and was able just to mix in my secondary pitches pretty well. But I think for me it was pitching to both sides of the plate, and I was able to do that tonight.

Q. Two-part question: Talk about Westbrook, 15 of his 20 outs ground balls, double plays, and then your bullpen seven up, seven down. You and Carl couldn't have scripted it any better really.

ERIC WEDGE: You always know you've got a good chance to have a good day with Jake putting the ball on the ground the way he was. I felt like he was aggressive. He worked ahead. He was consistent within his delivery. He slowed himself down when he needed to slow himself down, good rhythm and tempo when that time was appropriate. Obviously they've got an outstanding lineup over there, but Jake did a good job controlling the ballgame. He made some fantastic defensive plays, some big double plays. Whenever you have the ability to get two outs with one pitch, it goes a long way for you.