Red Sox Cruise Behind Beckett

Smash Cleveland 10-3 to take 1-0 ALCS lead
By Lev Weinstein,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 13, 2007 12:53 AM CDT
Red Sox Cruise Behind Beckett
Cleveland Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia sits in the dugout after being knocked out of Game 1 of the American League Championship baseball series in the fifth inning Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, at Fenway Park in Boston. Sabathia gave up eight runs to the Boston Red Sox in 4-1/3 innings. (AP Photo/Charles...   (Associated Press)

Game 1 of the ALCS did not prove to be the pitching duel between Cy Young candidates that many had expected, as the Red Sox battered Cleveland starter C.C. Sabathia en-route to a 10-3 victory, the Providence Journal reports. Sabathia was rocked for eight runs in four and a third innings, while Josh Beckett coasted through six, giving up two runs on four hits.

"He didn't have it tonight...he never got in sync," said Indians manager Eric Wedge about his beleaguered starter. Wedge was more impressed with Beckett, saying, "He was on." The right hander was helped by an explosive Sox offense, including Manny Ramirez, who twice walked with the bases loaded and singled in another run, and David Ortiz, who like Ramirez reached base all five times he batted. (More Boston Red Sox stories.)

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