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Article: Curt Schilling Pitches Red Sox Into ALCS
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- October 7, 2007
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - At his best on baseball's biggest stage, Curt Schilling pitched the Boston Red Sox to another sweep of the Angels. Schilling worked seven masterful innings, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez homered, and the Red Sox routed Los Angeles 9-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of their AL playoff series.
Boston joined the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies in sweeping a first-round series this October - this is the first time since the current format began in 1995 that it's happened.
The Red Sox earned themselves a long rest, too. They will open the AL championship series at Fenway Park on Friday night against either the Cleveland Indians or New York Yankees. ...