Just three years after breaking their curse, the Red Sox did it again and they finished up a four game sweep over the Rockies to win the 2007 World Series. The Red Sox scored their runs one inning at a time and while, like Saturday, the Rockies got close but never had the lead. David Ortiz put the Red Sox on the board in the first with an RBI single and then they added a second run in the fifth on Jason Varitek’s one run single. Mike Lowell made it 3-0 with a solo homer in the seventh before the Rockies scored on a solo homer by Brad Hawpe. Bobby Kielty made it 4-1 with a solo homerun and the Rockies scored two in the eighth to make it a one run game but that’s as close as they’d get.
Jon Lester was awesome and his start made a good story by itself. He gave up three hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings. Francona dipped into the Okajima well once too often and he was the pitcher to give up those final two Rockies runs. Papelbon got the final five batters out though and he picked up his third save of the series.
Mike Lowell was named the series MVP but man did the Red Sox get some production across the board. And with two World Series in the past four seasons, Red Sox fans definitely have some things to be happy about. Now we have the offseason where hopefully the Red Sox can keep everything together.
