2007 League Championship Series - Boston Red Sox over Cleveland Indians (4-3)

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

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

  Friday, October 12, 2007 at Fenway Park (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 - CC Sabathia
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Hafner
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,986

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Fenway Park (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

  Monday, October 15, 2007 at Jacobs Field (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

  Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Jacobs Field (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

  Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Jacobs Field (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 - CC Sabathia
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Youkilis
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,588

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Fenway Park (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  2
    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

  Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Fenway Park (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

Boston Red Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Josh Beckett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	11	1	2	0	1	0	.182	.455
Alex Cora	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	83	207	30	51	3	18	1	.246	.684
Coco Crisp	7	21	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.190	.333	1	0	145	526	85	141	6	60	28	.268	.712
Manny Delcarmen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.D. Drew	7	25	5	9	1	0	1	6	1	2	.360	.385	.520	.905	0	0	140	466	84	126	11	64	4	.270	.796
Jacoby Ellsbury	5	8	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	1	0	33	116	20	41	3	18	9	.353	.902
Eric Gagne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Hinske	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	84	186	25	38	6	21	3	.204	.714
Bobby Kielty	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	0	*33	87	10	19	1	12	0	.218	.574
Jon Lester	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javier Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lowell	7	27	3	9	2	0	1	8	2	3	.333	.375	.519	.894	0	0	154	589	79	191	21	120	3	.324	.879
Julio Lugo	7	25	3	5	2	0	0	2	1	5	.200	.231	.280	.511	0	0	147	570	71	135	8	73	33	.237	.643
Daisuke Matsuzaka	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Doug Mirabelli	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	48	114	9	23	5	16	0	.202	.637
Hideki Okajima	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Ortiz	7	24	7	7	3	0	1	3	6	5	.292	.424	.542	.966	0	0	149	549	116	182	35	117	3	.332	1.066
Jonathan Papelbon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	7	29	8	10	3	0	1	5	3	5	.345	.406	.552	.958	0	0	139	520	86	165	8	50	7	.317	.823
Manny Ramirez	7	22	5	9	1	0	2	10	9	5	.409	.563	.727	1.290	0	0	133	483	84	143	20	88	0	.296	.881
Curt Schilling	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Mike Timlin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	7	26	3	7	3	0	1	4	2	5	.269	.345	.500	.845	0	0	131	435	57	111	17	68	1	.255	.787
Tim Wakefield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Kevin Youkilis	7	28	10	14	1	1	3	7	5	3	.500	.576	.929	1.504	0	0	145	528	85	152	16	83	4	.288	.843
Totals	101	242	51	77	17	1	10	48	31	43	.318	.395	.521	.916	2	0	162	5589	867	1561	166		96	.279	.806

Cleveland Indians Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Josh Barfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	130	420	53	102	3	50	14	.243	.594
Rafael Betancourt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Casey Blake	7	26	4	9	2	0	1	2	1	7	.346	.370	.538	.909	0	0	156	588	81	159	18	78	4	.270	.776
Joe Borowski	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Byrd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Asdrubal Cabrera	7	29	2	7	0	0	0	4	1	8	.241	.258	.241	.499	0	0	45	159	30	45	3	22	0	.283	.775
Aaron Fultz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Garko	6	24	4	7	2	1	0	2	0	5	.292	.320	.458	.778	0	0	138	484	62	140	21	61	0	.289	.842
Chris Gomez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*92	222	21	66	1	21	1	.297	.699
Franklin Gutierrez	6	19	3	4	0	0	1	4	3	6	.211	.318	.368	.687	0	0	100	271	41	72	13	36	8	.266	.790
Travis Hafner	7	27	2	4	1	0	1	2	2	12	.148	.207	.296	.503	0	0	152	545	80	145	24	100	1	.266	.837
Roberto Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Aaron Laffey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jensen Lewis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Lofton	7	27	2	6	2	0	1	2	1	3	.222	.250	.407	.657	1	0	*136	490	86	145	7	38	23	.296	.781
Victor Martinez	7	27	4	8	1	0	1	3	3	5	.296	.367	.444	.811	0	0	147	562	78	169	25	114	0	.301	.879
Tom Mastny	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	105	267	43	72	7	39	3	.270	.721
Trot Nixon	3	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	0	0	99	307	30	77	3	31	0	.251	.677
Jhonny Peralta	7	27	4	7	2	0	2	8	1	8	.259	.276	.556	.831	0	0	152	574	87	155	21	72	4	.270	.771
Rafael Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
CC Sabathia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	3	0	2	0	0	0	.667	1.333
Kelly Shoppach	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	59	161	26	42	7	30	0	.261	.782
Grady Sizemore	7	27	6	6	2	0	1	2	4	5	.222	.313	.407	.720	1	0	162	628	118	174	24	78	33	.277	.852
Jake Westbrook	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	97	244	32	62	12	1	8	30	16	63	.254	.302	.410	.712	3	0	162	5604	811	1504	178		72	.268	.771

Boston Red Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Josh Beckett	2	2	1.93	2	0	0	0	14.0	9	3	1	18	0.714	30	30	3.27	20	7	0	200.2	189	40	194	1.141
Manny Delcarmen	3	0	16.20	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	2	3	3.600	44	0	2.05	0	0	1	44.0	28	17	41	1.023
Eric Gagne	3	0	7.71	0	1	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	4	2.143	*54	0	3.81	4	2	16	52.0	49	21	51	1.346
Jon Lester	2	0	4.91	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	1	5	1.091	12	11	4.57	4	0	0	63.0	61	31	50	1.460
Javier Lopez	3	0	18.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	4	2	0	2.500	61	0	3.10	2	1	0	40.2	36	18	26	1.328
Daisuke Matsuzaka	2	2	5.59	1	1	0	0	9.2	12	6	2	9	1.448	32	32	4.40	15	12	0	204.2	191	80	201	1.324
Hideki Okajima	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	2	3	1.200	66	0	2.22	3	2	5	69.0	50	17	63	0.971
Jonathan Papelbon	3	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	5.0	3	0	2	3	1.000	59	0	1.85	1	3	37	58.1	30	15	84	0.771
Curt Schilling	2	2	5.40	1	0	0	0	11.2	15	7	0	8	1.286	24	24	3.87	9	8	0	151.0	165	23	101	1.245
Mike Timlin	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	1	0	0	3	0.300	50	0	3.42	2	1	1	55.1	46	14	31	1.084
Tim Wakefield	1	1	9.64	0	1	0	0	4.2	5	5	2	7	1.500	31	31	4.76	17	12	0	189.0	191	64	110	1.349
Totals	27	7	4.57	4	3	1	0	63.0	62	32	16	63	1.238	162	162	3.866	96	66		1438.2	1350	482	1149	1.273

Cleveland Indians Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rafael Betancourt	5	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	6	1	6	0.875	68	0	1.47	5	1	3	79.1	51	9	80	0.756
Joe Borowski	4	0	4.50	0	0	1	0	4.0	6	2	3	1	2.250	69	0	5.07	4	5	45	65.2	77	17	58	1.431
Paul Byrd	1	1	3.60	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	0	4	1.200	31	31	4.59	15	8	0	192.1	239	28	88	1.388
Aaron Fultz	1	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0		49	0	2.92	4	3	0	37.0	31	18	28	1.324
Roberto Hernandez	2	2	16.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	10	11	9	7	3.167	32	32	3.06	19	8	0	215.0	199	61	137	1.209
Aaron Laffey	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	0	1	3	0.429	9	9	4.56	4	2	0	49.1	54	12	25	1.338
Jensen Lewis	5	0	6.35	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	4	0	3	1.059	26	0	2.15	1	1	0	29.1	26	10	34	1.227
Tom Mastny	3	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	2	3	0.857	51	0	4.68	7	2	0	57.2	63	32	52	1.647
Rafael Perez	3	0	45.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	5	2	0	9.000	44	0	1.78	1	2	1	60.2	41	15	62	0.923
CC Sabathia	2	2	10.45	0	2	0	0	10.1	17	12	7	9	2.323	34	34	3.21	19	7	0	241.0	238	37	209	1.141
Jake Westbrook	2	2	3.55	1	1	0	0	12.2	16	5	4	7	1.579	25	25	4.32	6	9	0	152.0	159	55	93	1.408
Totals	29	7	6.82	3	4	1	0	62.0	77	47	31	43	1.742	162	162	4.049	96	66		1462.2	1519	410	1047	1.319

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