THE SERIES
Boston leads 3-0
Game 1: Boston 13-1
Game 2: Boston 2-1
Game 3: Boston 10-5
Game 4: Sunday, at Colorado, late
Game 5: Monday, at Colorado, 8 p.m.*
Game 6: Wednesday, at Boston, 8 p.m.*
Game 7: Thursday, at Boston, 8 p.m.*
*- if necessary
GAME-BY-GAME
BREAKDOWN
Game 1: Five Red Sox batters drove
in two runs each to lead Boston to a
series opening victory. Boston held a
comfortable 6-1 lead after four innings,
but scored seven in the fifth to blow the
game open. Starting pitcher Josh Beckett
gave up six hits and one run, and struck
out nine in seven innings of work to earn
the victory.
Game 2: Rockies first baseman Todd
Helton drove in a run on a ground out
in the first inning, but Red Sox relievers
Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon
combined for six strikeouts and only one
hit given up in 3.2 innings of work to
help Curt Schilling earn the win. Boston’s
bats didn’t make the same noise as in the
previous game, but Jason Varitek’s fourth
inning sacrifice fly and Mike Lowell’s RBI
double in the fifth was enough to give the
Red Sox another win.
Game 3: After two scoreless innings, the
Red Sox scored six runs in the third, which
included a 2-run hit by starting pitcher
Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Rockies clawed
back in the middle innings, scoring two
runs in the sixth and three in the seventh
thanks to a three-run homerun from Matt
Holliday. Boston answered with three runs
of their own in the eighth and another in
the ninth to take the win.