Jon Lester lead Lead Red Sox to Victory in Game 4
In his first career postseason start, lefty Jon Lester held the Rockies to three hits over five and two-thirds innings for the win. Lester who had been battling cancer less than a year ago had not started a game in over a month. Jonathan Papelbon completed the seven-hitter for his third save of the series. Papelbon retired all five Rockies he faced. He did not allow a run in 10 and two-thirds innings in the postseason.
For the second time in four years, the Boston Red Sox sit at the pinnacle of the baseball world. After going eighty six years without a World Series title, the Red Sox now have won two of the last four in most impressive fashion.
The Red Sox dominated Colorado, a team that came into the World Series having won 21 of 22 games. Boston outscored the Rockies 29-10 in the four-game sweep. Boston has seven World Series titles, which is fourth on the all-time list.
The Red Sox’ title continues a New England resurgence in sports. The Patriots are unbeaten in the NFL, Boston College is unbeaten and ranked second in college football and the Boston Celtics have high hopes after acquiring Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett for the upcoming NBA season.
World Series MVP Mike Lowell hit a seventh-inning home run to give Boston a 3-0 lead. Lowell batted .400 while scoring six runs and driving in four in the sweep.
Lowell had called himself “the throw-in” in the 2005 deal with Florida that brought ace Josh Beckett to Boston. Lowell also won a World Series while in Florida. He says he’s on “cloud nine” with his second World Series title.
Bobby Kielty added a pinch-hit homer in the eighth for the Red Sox’ winning margin. The Red Sox as a team batted .333 in the World Series, compared to a bad .218 for the Rockies.