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Article: Red Sox have Rockies on run; It took Boston seven games to handle Cleveland, but the Red Sox have already put a stranglehold on this series after three games.(SPORTS)(Patrick Reusse)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 28, 2007
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Byline: Patrick Reusse; Staff Writer
Denver, Colo. -- The Boston Red Sox did not have control of Cleveland in the ALCS until they scored six runs in the eighth inning of Game 7.
The Red Sox took command of this World Series with a bit more haste. The Colorado Rockies hung right in there for one pitch from first-game starter Jeff Francis, and then Dustin Pedroia hit the second pitch off the top of the Green Monster, and the Rockies were on the run.
Pedroia's leadoff homer came on Wednesday night in Boston, starting a 13-1 victory. The final was 2-1 for the Red Sox on Thursday, and that's how the teams arrived at Coors Field on Saturday.
"They defended their ...