Sox Win! Sox Win!! Sox Win!!!!

The Red Sox again, are WORLD SERIES Champs! It was a great series, all the games were close, even the ones with the lopsided scores were close until the very end. Everyone contributed in their own way. Whether it be Ellsbury getting hits in every game and not being phased by the pressure of the World Series, Wakefield admitting he was too hurt to play and letting Lester take his place on the roster, Lowell making the plays to prevent the Rockies from scoring or Youkilis not playing and helping Papi to be the best first baseman he could be. It was a great team and they deserved to win. There were so many great moments: Perdroia getting the home run, Lowell stealing third, Papelbon throwing many more innings in a row than he did in the regular season and getting that final out.

Box score:

Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Ellsbury, CF-LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .438 Pedroia, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Ortiz, 1B 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .333 1-Crisp, PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Ramirez, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Okajima, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Papelbon, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lowell, 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .400 Drew, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Varitek, C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 Lugo, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .385 Lester, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Delcarmen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Timlin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Kielty, PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Youkilis, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Totals 33 4 9 4 1 4 10 a-Homered for Timlin in the 8th. 1-Ran for Ortiz in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Ellsbury (4, Cook), Lowell (3, Cook). HR: Lowell (1, 7th inning off Cook, 0 on, 0 out), Kielty (1, 8th inning off Fuentes, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Ellsbury 3; Ortiz; Lowell 6; Varitek 2; Lugo; Kielty 4. RBI: Ortiz (4), Varitek (5), Lowell (4), Kielty (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ellsbury. GIDP: Ramirez; Lugo; Pedroia. Team LOB: 3. Colorado AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Matsui, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .294 Corpas, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Smith, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 Tulowitzki, SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .231 Holliday, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .294 Helton, 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 Atkins, 3B 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 .154 Spilborghs, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 Hawpe, RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Torrealba, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Cook, P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 Affeldt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Sullivan, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Fuentes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carroll, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 7 3 3 7 12 a-Singled for Affeldt in the 7th. b-Struck out for Corpas in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Helton (2, Lester), Matsui (1, Lester). HR: Hawpe (1, 7th inning off Delcarmen, 0 on, 0 out), Atkins (1, 8th inning off Okajima, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Matsui 2; Helton 3; Atkins 4; Hawpe 4; Cook; Sullivan. RBI: Hawpe (2), Atkins 2 (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Torrealba; Holliday. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING DP: 3 (Atkins-Matsui-Helton, Helton, Tulowitzki-Matsui-Helton). Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Lester (W, 1-0) 5.2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0.00 Delcarmen (H, 1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 6.75 Timlin (H, 2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.71 Okajima (H, 3) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 7.36 Papelbon (S, 3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Cook (L, 0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 0 2 1 4.50 Affeldt 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Fuentes 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.82 Corpas 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Cook pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Pitches-strikes: Lester 92-59, Delcarmen 19-10, Timlin 11-7, Okajima 15-10, Papelbon 23-18, Cook 70-47, Affeldt 12-9, Fuentes 17-8, Corpas 13-9. Ground outs-fly outs: Lester 5-9, Delcarmen 0-1, Timlin 0-0, Okajima 1-0, Papelbon 2-2, Cook 13-3, Affeldt 2-0, Fuentes 2-0, Corpas 2-1. Batters faced: Lester 23, Delcarmen 4, Timlin 2, Okajima 3, Papelbon 5, Cook 23, Affeldt 3, Fuentes 4, Corpas 4. Inherited runners-scored: Delcarmen 1-0, Timlin 1-0, Corpas 1-0. Umpires: HP: Chuck Meriwether. 1B: Mike Everitt. 2B: Mike Reilly. 3B: Ed Montague. LF: Laz Diaz. RF: Ted Barrett. Weather: 68 degrees, clear. Wind: 2 mph, Out to LF. T: 3:35. Att: 50,041. Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

Congrats boys, YOU DID IT!!!!!