Boston 4, Colorado 3
Preview - Box Score - Recap - Series Breakdown

(96-66)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 9 0
Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 0
WP: J. Lester (1-0) S: J. Papelbon (3)
LP: A. Cook (0-1)
(90-73)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- D. Ortiz singled to right, J. Ellsbury scored
Top 5th: Boston
- J. Varitek singled to deep right, M. Lowell scored
Top 7th: Boston
- M. Lowell homered to deep left
Bot 7th: Colorado
- B. Hawpe homered to deep right
Top 8th: Boston
- B. Kielty homered to deep left
Bot 8th: Colorado
- G. Atkins homered to deep left, T. Helton scored
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
J. Ellsbury cf-lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .438
D. Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
D. Ortiz 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .333
    C. Crisp pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
M. Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
    H. Okajima p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Papelbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Lowell 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .400
J.D. Drew rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333
J. Varitek c 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333
J. Lugo ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .385
J. Lester p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
    M. Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Timlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    B. Kielty ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
    K. Youkilis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
 Totals 33 4 9 4 1 4 9  
 Batting
2B - J Ellsbury (4, A Cook); M Lowell (3, A Cook).
HR - M Lowell (1, 7th inning off A Cook 0 on, 0 Out), B Kielty (1, 8th inning off B Fuentes 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - D Ortiz (4), J Varitek (5), M Lowell (4), B Kielty (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Ellsbury 1.
GIDP - M Ramirez, J Lugo, D Pedroia.
Team LOB - 3.
 Colorado
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
K. Matsui 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .294
    M. Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    S. Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500
T. Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .231
M. Holliday lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .294
T. Helton 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333
G. Atkins 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 .154
R. Spilborghs cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000
B. Hawpe rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .250
Y. Torrealba c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143
A. Cook p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
    J. Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    C. Sullivan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
    B. Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Carroll 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 34 3 7 3 3 7 11  
 Batting
2B - T Helton (2, J Lester); K Matsui (1, J Lester).
HR - B Hawpe (1, 7th inning off M Delcarmen 0 on, 0 Out), G Atkins (1, 8th inning off H Okajima 1 on, 1 Out).
RBI - B Hawpe (2), G Atkins 2 (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Y Torrealba 1, M Holliday 1.
Team LOB - 7.
 Fielding
DP - 3 (G Atkins-K Matsui-T Helton, T Helton, T Tulowitzki-K Matsui-T Helton).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
J. Lester (W, 1-0) 5.2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0.00
M. Delcarmen (H, 1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 6.75
M. Timlin (H, 2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.71
H. Okajima (H, 3) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 7.36
J. Papelbon (S, 3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
 Colorado
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
A. Cook (L, 0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 0 2 1 4.50
J. Affeldt 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
B. Fuentes 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.82
M. Corpas 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Pitches-strikes - J Lester 92-59; M Delcarmen 19-10; M Timlin 11-7; H Okajima 15-10; J Papelbon 23-18; A Cook 70-47; J Affeldt 12-9; B Fuentes 17-8; M Corpas 13-9.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Lester 5-9; M Delcarmen 0-1; M Timlin 0-0; H Okajima 1-0; J Papelbon 2-2; A Cook 13-3; J Affeldt 2-0; B Fuentes 2-0; M Corpas 2-1.
Batters faced - J Lester 23; M Delcarmen 4; M Timlin 2; H Okajima 3; J Papelbon 5; A Cook 23; J Affeldt 3; B Fuentes 4; M Corpas 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Ed Montague. LF--Laz Diaz. RF--Ted Barrett.
Time: 3:35.
Attendance: 50,041.
Weather: 68 degrees, clear.
Wind: 2 mph, out to left.

Updated on Monday, Oct 29, 2007 12:10 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
M. Lowell M. Lowell
2-4, 1 HR
1 RBI
 Colorado
G. Atkins G. Atkins
1-3, 1 HR
2 RBI