Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia combined to go 7-for-10 with 4 doubles, 3 runs scored, and 4 RBI to spark the Red Sox to a 10-5 win over the struggling Rockies. Boston pounded out 15 hits, and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 5+ solid innings to bring the Red Sox to the brink of the 2007 World Championship. Red Sox lead the series 3-0.
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W: D. Matsuzaka (W, 1-0); L: J. Fogg (L, 0-1); S: J. Papelbon (S, 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Game Notes
- In World Series play, 22 teams have taken a 3-0 lead, with all 22 winning the series. Of the 22, 19 have been victorious in four games.
- The two teams established a World Series record by using 12 pitchers in a 9-inning game, one more than the previous mark, done on six occasions, last by St. Louis-Boston on Oct. 23, 2004.
- With 25 runs in this series, the Red Sox have matched the 2nd-highest total for runs scored in the first 3 games of a World Series. In 1911, Philadelphia scored 25 runs in 3 games, while the 1960 Yankees scored 30 runs, most ever in 3 games.
Recapping the Game in Quotes
Q. Can you talk about the job that you and Dustin did at the top of the order to set the table? And really it seemed just to get you guys going all night long on offense?
JACOBY ELLSBURY: The thing is with our lineup I feel like I just have to get on base, and with Dustin behind me, he's been playing so great. He's going to do the job, he's going to move runners, and with David and Manny behind, and Mike Lowell as well, you've got to like your chances when you get on.
Q. Pedroia and Ellsbury are obviously rookies, but the way they carry themselves, the way they play, do they even look like rookies to you sometimes?
TERRY FRANCONA: No, and I know they are, but they're not. Pedroia has been with us all year. He's a veteran. Ellsbury, we brought him in in a situation that was kind of difficult, starting him in Game 6, Game 5, whatever it was, against Cleveland. He plays with a lot of confidence, and there's a reason. He's a good player and he's aware of the situations around him. He prepares. So it's not just false bravado or acting like he's confident. He should be confident. He's a good player and he knows how to play the game.
Q. How much different do you think this game maybe looks if a couple of those real, real close calls go your way? There were so many balls that a foot makes a huge difference.
CLINT HURDLE: That's why you play the game. That's one of the interesting aspects of any big-time sport, when you go back and you look it over, would have, could have, should have, ifs and butts, they're always out there. But there comes a point in time you've got to find ways to score runs, you've got to find ways to get out and you've got to find ways to make pitches and they've been able to do that a little more consistently than we have.
