RED SOX Advance to the 2007 World Series
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon records the last 6 outs to earn his 1st post season save. Cleveland 2 runs 10 hits & 1 error Boston 11 runs 15 hits & 1 error W: Matsuzaka (1-1) L: Westbrook (1-2) S: Papelbon (1) Game MVP: Dustin Pedroia Series MVP: Josh Beckett
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In the 8th inning with the bases loaded with Red Sox, Pedroia hits a bases clearing double (RBI’s 3-4-5 on the night) knocking out RP Betancourt. New Indians pitcher is Jansen Lewis who was greeted by a Youkilis HR off the middle Coke bottle on the light tower high above the Green Monster. Red Sox […]
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Red Sox RP Okajima comes in & pitches 2 scoreless innings & is then relieved by closer Papelbon in the 8th to face the Indians 3-4-5 hitters.
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The Red Sox 7th belongs to the Rookies. Jacoby Ellsbury leads off by reaching second base on an error by Cleveland third baseman Casey Blake. Lugo then bunts Ellsbury to third when the other Sox Rookie, Dustin Pedroia homers over the Green Monster in left center. All of this coming off of the Indian’s best […]
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Indians Starting pitcher Jake Westbrook comes out after 6 innings giving up 3 ER on 9 hits.
Game 7 ALCS Notes
Red Sox pitcher Matsuzaka leaves after 5 innings with a 3 – 2 lead while allowing 6 hits.
ALCS Tied at 3!
Red Sox win 12 – 2 WP Curt Schilling (2-0) LP Fausto Carmona (0-1) GAME 7 Tomorrow Night at 8pm at Fenway Park What an emotional series this has been! The Colorado Rockies have to be glad to see this going 7 with their 8 days of rest going into the World Series!
Red Sox Score Again in the 8th!
With one out, Youkilis walked & went to third when Ortiz doubled. Eric Hinske pinch runs for Ortiz. Ramirez gets an RBI sacrifice fly to center scoring Youkilis. Then Hinske scores on a single by Lowell. Red Sox lead 12 – 2
Indians score
In the 7th, with a lead off triple by Garko off the wall in left, Peralta knocks him in with a sacrifice fly to right. Red Sox lead 10 – 2
More in the third
Rookie centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, “the human spark plug” knocked home Lowell with a hit followed by Lugo’s 1st two RBI’s with Ellsbury flying aronud the bases & scoring from first. Youkilis hits a single off the Green Monster scoring Lugo. Then Youkilis gets in a rundown at first & Cabrera hits him in the head […]
Carmona out of the game early!
Carmona is knocked out of the game after two walks and an RBI (5) single by Drew in the 3rd with no outs! Coming in to pitch for the Indians is Rafael Perez (L).
Fenway Park Sees it’s First Red Sox Grand Slam in Playoff History
J.D. Drew, with the bases loaded in the 1st inning & 2 outs became only the 3rd player in Red Sox history to hit a Grand Slam in the playoffs! The other two were Troy O’Leary (LF) in the 1999 ALDS (in Cleveland) & Johnny Damon (CF) in game 6 of the 2004 ALCS against […]
ALCS Pre-Game 6 Notes
Has Beckett’s win Thursday night shifted the Momentum in this Series? Will returning to Boston the game after Beckett pitches in another dominant performance be enough to carry the Sox to their second World Series in 4 years? Will Beckett’s performance in this post season give him the title of the new Mr. October? Will […]
ALCS Reader Shout Outs
Baseball Reflections Interactive: Leading up to game 6 of this ALCS, let’s hear your thoughts as to who should be playing in this game & who should be sitting & why… For the Red Sox in game 6: Who should be playing CF? Coco Crisp or the rookie spark plug Jacoby Ellsbury? […]
Brief Game 5 Comments
Boston Wins 7-1 after excellent pitching performance by Josh Beckett. Tribe leads series 3-2. Back to Boston we go! More after I get a good night’s sleep. . . be sure to check back!
Keys to Game 5 of the ALCS
By Peter Schiller Boston Red Sox Beckett needs to pitch like Mr. October (He’s done that so far in this post season) Need to get the human spark plug, Jacoby Ellsbury into the game to create some excitement like he did for most of September! He can steal bases, keeping them out of possible double plays […]
ALCS Game 4 Wrap Up
By Peter Schiller Indians go up 3 – 1, Win 7 – 3 This game was a pitcher’s duel outside of 2 halves of an inning. The Red Sox pitched well through 4 innings yet again, but gave up another 7-run inning, this time in the 5th. Wakefield pitched well until he deflected a liner […]
League Championship Series Update
By Peter Schiller American League Indians Go Up 2 – 1 The story of this game was Jake Westbrook (1 – 1)! His sinkerball had the Red Sox batters pounding the ground with the ball, causing them to hit into 3 double plays in his 6.2 innings. He was a completely different pitcher than we […]
LCS Game 3 Notes
By Peter Schiller NLCS Post Game 3 Notes Colorado Rockies Lead this Series 3 – 0 Last night’s National League Championship Series game added yet another Rox hero to the list. This time the heroics came from the bat of catcher Yorvit Torrealba, who just this year broke the 100 game mark after breaking into […]
Two Down In the LCS
National League The Rockies lead the series 2 – 0 So far, it looks as if the Rox are just bound and determined to represent the NL in the World Series. They dominated game 1, winning 5 to 1, beating the Diamondback’s Ace Brandon Webb (NL Cy Young candidate) while in the other dugout, Rox […]
2007 ALCS Preview
2007 ALCS Preview By Peter Schiller Players to watch in this series: Boston Red Sox Starting Pitchers: Josh Beckett: is a BIG time playoff pitcher and one of the top Cy Young Award Candidates this year! He’s coming off a complete game, 4 hit shutout with 8K’s in game 1 of the ALDS & will […]
2007 NLCS Preview
2007 NLCS Preview By Peter Schiller **Playoff Note: The Rockies, as a team, voted that a share of the money they generate from the playoffs will go to Mandy Coolbaugh, the wife of the late Mike Coolbaugh a minor league coach in the Rox organization who died after being struck in the head with a lined […]
AL 4 to 2 part 2
The Bronx Bombers Bombed! By Peter Schiller Once again, the highest payroll in baseball is eliminated in the first round! If I was Brian Cashman, and I was concerned with winning in the postseason, I would let A-Rod walk. His HR in game 4 of the ALDS was his first RBI in the post season […]
AL 4 to 2 part 1
What was LA’s Story? Red Sox Sweep! By Peter Schiller Let’s be real here, with the Angels injuries that they had going into this series to Colon, Matthews, Anderson (although he did play some, but was obviously hampered), Vlad had to carry this team & the Boston pitching & coaching staff knew it! They gave […]
NL 4 to 2
What Happened in Chicago & Philly? By Peter Schiller Chicago’s Downfall The NLDS between the Arizona Diamondbacks & the Chicago Cubs boiled down the no-frills youth movement of the Diamondbacks. The Cubs bats just fell asleep! They were out-hit in BA a mediocre .266 to a dreadful .194; they were out slugged .532 to a […]
