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Article: Beckett keeps it going; Red Sox 7, Indians 1; Red Sox' postseason powerhouse stays locked in, flusters Indians
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- October 19, 2007
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He blocked out everything: the screaming crowd, Kenny Lofton's
chirping, even his ex-girlfriend singing only a few feet away.
Josh Beckett, standing tall as ever on the mound, rose above it
all -- October's biggest star.
Beckett dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time, and
Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as
the Boston Red Sox stayed alive in the American League Championship
Series with a 7-1 win Thursday night in Game 5.
Back to Fenway Park they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox.
They have plenty of practice at these postseason comebacks.
"We weren't trying to win three games in one night," Kevin
Youkilis said. "We were just going out ...