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Article: WORLD SERIES GAME 3; RED SOX 10 ROCKIES 5; Red Sox play rookie ball; Youngsters lead way for Boston
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2007
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Denver - Before Saturday night, no team had dared to put rookies
in the top two spots in the batting order in a World Series game.
The Boston Red Sox proved it's not so bad to let the kids lead
the way every now and then.
With Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia doing much of the damage
from atop the lineup, the Red Sox held off the Colorado Rockies, 10-
5, in a drawn-out Game 3 at Coors Field to move within a victory of
their second World Series sweep in four seasons.
Boston will look to yet another youngster, 23-year-old lefty Jon
Lester, tonight in Game 4, with Rockies right-hander Aaron Cook
attempting to avoid a whitewash.
Inserted in the leadoff spot in a reworked Red Sox lineup missing ...