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Article: Rockies hopes are vanishing in thin air Red Sox blast Colorado behind Matsuzaka
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- Oakland Tribune
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- October 28, 2007
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DENVER -- Mile high or sea level, these Boston Red Sox can't be
stopped.
The Red Sox made Coors Field their own pinball palace, spraying
balls to every part of the park and moving within one win of another
World Series sweep.
On a night when rookies ruled, Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia
sparked the Red Sox from the top of the order, Daisuke Matsuzaka
pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning and Boston beat Colorado
10-5 on Saturday for a 3-0 Series lead.
Still, the Red Sox weren't quite ready to celebrate.
"We don't want to eat the cake before your birthday," Manny
Ramirez said.
Ellsbury became the first rookie in 61 years with four hits in a
Series game, getting three of Boston's ...