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2007 AL Championship Series (4-3): Boston Red Sox (96-66) over Cleveland Indians (96-66)

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WS: BOS-COL / ALCS: BOS-CLE / NLCS: COL-ARI / Div. Series: BOS-LAA / CLE-NYY / ARI-CHC / COL-PHI
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 2007 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0     3  8  0
    Boston Red Sox               1  0  4    0  3  2    0  0  x    10 12  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Sabathia, Lewis (5), Fultz (6), Mastny (6), Borowski (8)
              BOS - Beckett, Timlin (7), Lopez (8), Gagne (9)

               WP - Josh Beckett
	       LP - C.C. Sabathia
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Hafner
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,986

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 2007 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    3  1  1    0  0  0    0  7    13 17  0
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  3    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0     6 10  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Carmona, Perez (5), Lewis (5), Betancourt (7), Mastny (10), Borowski (11)
              BOS - Schilling, Delcarmen (5), Okajima (6), Timlin (8), Papelbon (9), Gagne (11), Lopez (11), Lester (11)

               WP - Tom Mastny
	       LP - Eric Gagne
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Gutierrez, Peralta, Sizemore
              BOS - Lowell, Ramirez

  ATTENDANCE: 37,051

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 2007 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0     2  7  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  x     4  6  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Matsuzaka, Timlin (5), Okajima (7), Delcarmen (8)
              CLE - Westbrook, Lewis (7), Betancourt (8), Borowski (9)

               WP - Jake Westbrook
	       LP - Daisuke Matsuzaka
             SAVE - Joe Borowski

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Varitek
              CLE - Lofton

  ATTENDANCE: 44,402

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 2007 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0     3  8  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  7  0    0  0  x     7  9  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Wakefield, Delcarmen (5), Lester (6)
              CLE - Byrd, Lewis (6), Betancourt (8)

               WP - Paul Byrd
	       LP - Tim Wakefield
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Ortiz, Ramirez, Youkilis
              CLE - Blake, Peralta

  ATTENDANCE: 44,008

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 18, 2007 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               1  0  1    0  0  0    2  3  0     7 12  1
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  6  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Beckett, Papelbon (9)
              CLE - Sabathia, Betancourt (7), Perez (8), Mastny (8)

               WP - Josh Beckett
	       LP - C.C. Sabathia
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Youkilis
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,588

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 20, 2007 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     2  6  1
    Boston Red Sox               4  0  6    0  0  0    0  2  x    12 13  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Carmona, Perez (3), Laffey (3), Borowski (8)
              BOS - Schilling, Lopez (8), Gagne (9)

               WP - Curt Schilling
	       LP - Fausto Carmona
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Martinez
              BOS - Drew

  ATTENDANCE: 37,163

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 21, 2007 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0     2 10  1
    Boston Red Sox               1  1  1    0  0  0    2  6  x    11 15  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Westbrook, Betancourt (7), Lewis (8)
              BOS - Matsuzaka, Okajima (6), Papelbon (8)

               WP - Daisuke Matsuzaka
	       LP - Jake Westbrook
             SAVE - Jonathan Papelbon

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BOS - Pedroia, Youkilis

  ATTENDANCE: 37,165

Series MVP - Josh Beckett

Series Batting Stats

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Boston Red Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Alex Cora           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 207  51  3  .246  .684   1
#Coco Crisp          7  21  2  3  1  0  0   0  0  6  .143  .143  .190  1 | 526 141  6  .268  .712  28
*J.D. Drew           7  25  5  9  1  0  1   6  1  2  .360  .385  .520  0 | 466 126 11  .270  .796   4
*Jacoby Ellsbury     5   8  3  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  .250  .333  .250  1 | 116  41  3  .353  .903   9
*Eric Hinske         1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 186  38  6  .204  .715   3
#Bobby Kielty        2   5  1  2  0  0  0   2  1  2  .400  .500  .400  0 |+ 87  19  1  .218  .574   0
 Mike Lowell         7  27  3  9  2  0  1   8  2  3  .333  .375  .519  0 | 589 191 21  .324  .879   3
 Julio Lugo          7  25  3  5  2  0  0   2  1  5  .200  .231  .280  0 | 570 135  8  .237  .643  33
 Doug Mirabelli      1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 114  23  5  .202  .638   0
*David Ortiz         7  24  7  7  3  0  1   3  6  5  .292  .424  .542  0 | 549 182 35  .332 1.066   3
 Dustin Pedroia      7  29  8 10  3  0  1   5  3  5  .345  .406  .552  0 | 520 165  8  .317  .822   7
 Manny Ramirez       7  22  5  9  1  0  2  10  9  5  .409  .563  .727  0 | 483 143 20  .296  .881   0
#Jason Varitek       7  26  3  7  3  0  1   4  2  5  .269  .345  .500  0 | 435 111 17  .255  .788   1
 Kevin Youkilis      7  28 10 14  1  1  3   7  5  3  .500  .576  .929  0 | 528 152 16  .288  .843   4
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 242 51 77 17  1 10  48 31 43  .318  .395  .521  2 |        166  .279  .806  96

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cleveland Indians

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Josh Barfield       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    1 | 420 102  3  .243  .594  14
 Casey Blake         7  26  4  9  2  0  1   2  1  7  .346  .370  .538  0 | 588 159 18  .270  .776   4
#Asdrubal Cabrera    7  29  2  7  0  0  0   4  1  8  .241  .258  .241  0 | 159  45  3  .283  .775   0
 Ryan Garko          6  24  4  7  2  1  0   2  0  5  .292  .320  .458  0 | 484 140 21  .289  .842   0
 Chris Gomez         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+222  66  1  .297  .699   1
 Franklin Gutierrez  6  19  3  4  0  0  1   4  3  6  .211  .318  .368  0 | 271  72 13  .266  .790   8
*Travis Hafner       7  27  2  4  1  0  1   2  2 12  .148  .207  .296  0 | 545 145 24  .266  .836   1
*Kenny Lofton        7  27  2  6  2  0  1   2  1  3  .222  .250  .407  1 |+490 145  7  .296  .781  23
#Victor Martinez     7  27  4  8  1  0  1   3  3  5  .296  .367  .444  0 | 562 169 25  .301  .879   0
 Jason Michaels      1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 267  72  7  .270  .721   3
*Trot Nixon          3   7  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  .429  .429  .429  0 | 307  77  3  .251  .678   0
 Jhonny Peralta      7  27  4  7  2  0  2   8  1  8  .259  .276  .556  0 | 574 155 21  .270  .771   4
 Kelly Shoppach      1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .500  .333  0 | 161  42  7  .261  .782   0
*Grady Sizemore      7  27  6  6  2  0  1   2  4  5  .222  .313  .407  1 | 628 174 24  .277  .852  33
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 244 32 62 12  1  8  30 16 63  .254  .302  .410  3 |        178  .268  .771  72

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Boston Red Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Josh Beckett        2   1.93 2-0  0  0 14.0  9  3  1 18 | 20-7  201  3.27  1.14 194   
 Curt Schilling      2   5.40 1-0  0  0 11.7 15  7  0  8 |  9-8  151  3.87  1.25 101   
 Daisuke Matsuzaka   2   5.59 1-1  0  0  9.7 12  6  2  9 | 15-12 205  4.40  1.32 201   
*Hideki Okajima      3   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  4  0  2  3 |  3-2   69  2.22  0.97  63  5
 Jonathan Papelbon   3   0.00 0-0  1  0  5.0  3  0  2  3 |  1-3   58  1.85  0.77  84 37
 Tim Wakefield       1   9.64 0-1  0  0  4.7  5  5  2  7 | 17-12 189  4.76  1.35 110   
*Jon Lester          2   4.91 0-0  0  0  3.7  3  2  1  5 |  4-0   63  4.57  1.46  50   
 Mike Timlin         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  0  0  3 |  2-1   55  3.42  1.08  31  1
 Eric Gagne          3   7.71 0-1  0  0  2.3  3  2  2  4 |+ 4-2   52  3.81  1.35  51 16
*Javier Lopez        3  18.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  3  4  2  0 |  2-1   41  3.10  1.33  26   
 Manny Delcarmen     3  16.20 0-0  0  0  1.7  4  3  2  3 |  0-0   44  2.05  1.02  41  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.57 4-3  1  0 63.0 62 32 16 63 |            3.87 1.270   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cleveland Indians

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Jake Westbrook      2   3.55 1-1  0  0 12.7 16  5  4  7 |  6-9  152  4.32  1.41  93   
*C.C. Sabathia       2  10.45 0-2  0  0 10.3 17 12  7  9 | 19-7  241  3.21  1.14 209   
 Rafael Betancourt   5   6.75 0-0  0  0  8.0  6  6  1  6 |  5-1   79  1.47  0.76  80  3
 Fausto Carmona      2  16.50 0-1  0  0  6.0 10 11  9  7 | 19-8  215  3.06  1.21 137   
 Jensen Lewis        5   6.35 0-0  0  0  5.7  6  4  0  3 |  1-1   29  2.15  1.23  34   
 Paul Byrd           1   3.60 1-0  0  0  5.0  6  2  0  4 | 15-8  192  4.59  1.39  88   
*Aaron Laffey        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.7  1  0  1  3 |  4-2   49  4.56  1.34  25   
 Tom Mastny          3   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.7  2  0  2  3 |  7-2   58  4.68  1.65  52   
 Joe Borowski        4   4.50 0-0  1  0  4.0  6  2  3  1 |  4-5   66  5.07  1.43  58 45
*Rafael Perez        3  45.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  7  5  2  0 |  1-2   61  1.78  0.92  62  1
*Aaron Fultz         1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  0  2  0 |  4-3   37  2.92  1.32  28   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   6.82 3-4  1  0 62.0 77 47 31 43 |            4.05 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: BOS-COL / ALCS: BOS-CLE / NLCS: COL-ARI / Div. Series: BOS-LAA / CLE-NYY / ARI-CHC / COL-PHI

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