Sox 1 Away From Series Sweep

$103M pitcher goes 5 innings and slaps an RBI single as Sox win 10-5

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 28, 2007 6:10 AM CDT

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Sox 1 Away From Series Sweep — Colorado Rockies' Matt Holliday hits a three-run home run during the seventh inning of Game 3 of the baseball World Series against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Associated Press)

The Red Sox are one win away from another World Series title, thanks to the heart of their lineup—the 9, 1 and 2 spots—of Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia. Matsuzaka pitched 5 1/3 solid innings, and together the three scored and drove in nine runs in Boston's 10-5 victory, reports the Boston Herald.

Josh Fogg took the loss, giving up six runs on 10 hits in his third and final inning. Ellsbury had two doubles in the third, and followed with another in the eighth to neutralize a comeback threat by the Rockies. A Sox win tonight would sweep the Series, but as left fielder Manny Ramierez cautions: “We don’t want to eat the cake before your birthday.” (More MLB stories.)

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