Saturday night’s 10-5 win for the most part was about the Red Sox rookies, Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and Daisuke Matsuzaka. Ellsbury and Pedroia led the way with 7 hits and 4 RBIs between while Dice-K gave the Red Sox 5 1/3 solid innings of work. He even chipped in with a 2-out 2 RBI single of his own in the 3rd inning to help his own cause.
The Rockies did end up battling back and making the game close at 6-5. But those pesky rookies, Ellsbury and Pedroia, got the Red Sox back up for good as Jonathan Papelbon finished the game off for the Red Sox.
Today’s starter features a battle of two survivors as Jon Lester was a cancer survivor and Aaron Cook overcame blood clots in his lungs. No matter who comes out on top between the two, both of them are winners in the game of life. The Red Sox can either set off the biggest celebration in Boston’s history with a Game 4 win or the new Mr. October can do it for them on Monday.
Either way, it will be great but I’d rather see the Red Sox finish this off tonight. So while we await the start of tonight’s World Series Game 4, let’s take a look at the headlines from the Boston area and Denver media as well as Kevin Youkilis on this Soxtober morning in Red Sox Nation.
Not getting ahead of ourselves [Yooooouuuuukkkkk]
First things first: Ortiz answered the call [Boston Globe]
Rox have choked in Series [Denver Post]
Tito’s moves pay off [Boston Herald]
Fogg fails to live up to his nickname [Rocky Mountain News]
Ellsbury Hits The Ignition Switch [Hartford Courant]
Sox took the Rockies’ best punch and stood tall [Pro Jo]
Fisk ready to start Game 6, if necessary [Boston Globe]
Holliday’s HR lights a brief spark [Denver Post]
Remarkable Ellsbury like nothing this club has seen [Boston Herald]
Rockies’ Game 3 was too little, too late [Rocky Mountain News]
Lester Not One To Pitch His Medical Story [Hartford Courant]
I can tell you, it really ain’t over ’til it’s over [Pro Jo]
For more headlines and stories, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News websites.
