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World Series News: Josh Beckett Looks to Cool Off Rockies Bats as Boston Red Sox Host Colorado in Game 1.
Josh Beckett Faces Jeff Francis in World Series Game One
Josh Beckett will take the hill tonight for the Boston Red Sox and look to cool off the Colorado Rockies and one of baseball’s most remarkable runs. Game 1 is being billed as the immovable object v. the unstoppable force with the bats of
In his 23 innings of work during this year’s postseason Beckett has allowed three runs, good enough for a 1.17 ERA. As impressive as his 26 strikeouts over that period, it is the one walk that has given up that blows the mind. Not only does Beckett control the flow of the game when he’s on the mound, he seems to instill an added air of confidence in the Red Sox bats as the club has won all three games the righty has pitched this postseason by a combined 21-4 count.
Of course that’s not to say the
There are questions whether their lengthy eight-game layoff between games will some how cool their bats, especially against the arm of Beckett.
For the Red Sox, this trip to the World Series bears a few similarities to their last trip in 2004. While it hasn’t been 86-years since they won their last title (they swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the ’04 series) their path to the World Series took a similar route. Much like they did in 2004 the Red Sox breezed through their opening round series against the LA Angles and appeared ready to do the same against the Cleveland Indians after taking the first game of the ALCS. Three straight losses later the Red Sox were on the brink of elimination and needing to win in
Beckett tossed his second gem of the series to pull the Red Sox to 3-2 in the series and send the series back to
Lost in the legend of Beckett is the story of Jeff Francis, the Rockies ace who will take the mound on Wednesday night hoping to keep
The World Series will be broadcast on Fox beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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