October 25, 2007 World Series Recap: Game 1 - Red Sox 13, Rockies 1
The Boston Massacre returns. Josh Beckett's mojo was still working as he tossed 7 strong innings, allowing just one run on 6 hits while striking out 9. Manny Ramirez was up to his old tricks going 3-for-4 with a walk, 3 runs scored, and 2 RBI as the the Red Sox knocked around the Rockies in game one of the World Series, 13-1. Red Sox lead the series 1-0.
| FINAL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Rockies |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
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| Red Sox |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
13 |
17 |
0 | |
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W: J. Beckett (W, 1-0); L: J. Francis (L, 0-1) |
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HR: BOS: D. Pedroia (1). |
Game Notes
- The Rockies lost for the first time in 11 games, snapping their postseason winning streak at 7 games.
- Josh Beckett recorded his fourth victory of this postseason, becoming the 9th pitcher to win four games in one postseason as a starting pitcher.
- The Red Sox 13 runs are the most ever in a World Series opening game, one more than the previous best of 12, by Atlanta, 12-1, over New York in 1996 and New York (AL) over Chicago NL), 12-6, in 1932.
- The Red Sox tied a World Series record with 8 doubles in this game, matching a feat done twice previously (Chicago (AL), Oct. 13, 1906 & Pit (NL), Oct. 15, 1925). The teams combined for 12 doubles, a World Series record, one more than Chicago (AL)/Chicago (NL), Oct. 13, 1906.
- Dustin Pedroia was the 1st rookie to hit a leadoff homer to start a World Series game.
Recapping the Game in Quotes
Q. Is it fair to say that your four postseason starts have had a striking similar quality to them?
JOSH BECKETT: I don't know, some of them -- some pitches have been the same, some pitches aren't. I had enough pitches today to survive. That's a good lineup over there. You can tell how hungry they are. Like I said, I made pitches when I needed to execute them and I did. They held them off just long enough, great defense again. Swinging the bats like they have recently and a lot during the season. We were patient when we needed to be patient, and we got our big hits.
Q. Francis threw fewer than half first pitch strikes. It's an advantage for any lineup, but for a lineup like this how big an advantage is it when a guy is not getting ahead?
TERRY FRANCONA: Some of it is us not leaving the zone. If you get good pitches to hit and don't swing at balls against any pitcher, it certainly enhances your chances. But I thought we did a real good job. A couple innings he got two quick outs and then Youkilis had a real good at-bat, David had a -- he was down to two strikes and we put a pretty good inning together after that.
Q. Can you talk about Beckett's night tonight?
TERRY FRANCONA: Yeah, he was good. Basically his two pitches, I don't think he used a change-up until the 7th. He threw Hawpe a change-up and I think he threw Tulowitzki two. Other than that I think it was fastball, breaking ball. As it got a couple innings into the ball he started getting comfortable with the breaking ball and that made him really effective.
Q. How much of an impact was the 8-day layoff or how much of a case was that Beckett?
CLINT HURDLE: I think you saw Beckett and I saw our inability to shut down innings. I think they scored all but two runs with two outs. You can ask me all series long, I'm not going to be able to give you an answer on that. We're a no-excuse ballclub, always have been, we're going to be. We got outplayed tonight.
Q. You mentioned being a no-excuse ballclub, but you've seen outings from Jeff Francis and Franklin Morales. Would you say they got kind of caught up in the moment at first?
CLINT HURDLE: No, I can't say that, and that's a good point, but that's somebody else's opinion. One thing I'm not going to do is let other people's opinion drip on me or carry them around. Francis has had some real good games, but he's had some games where he's gotten rocked early. His inability to make pitches with two strikes tonight, that hurt him. And obviously with Franklin, with two outs and one man on, what was it, six straight guys got on base. So we've got some things we can work on.
