Boston Sets Up Sox-Rox World Series

Second-baseman Dustin Pedroia knew it was his day. He knew it was his time when he would go 3-5 with 5 RBI's. His 7th inning home-run pretty closed out the what would be a 11-2 win for the Boston Red Sox. Amazing win, especially considering the fact that ALCS MVP Josh Beckett was not needed to come out of the pen and sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez only combined to go 1-8. Kevin Youkilis also hit a towering shot in the 8th against reliever Jensen Lewis, rounding off his ALCS average to a cool .500. Once again, the Red Sox came back from a 3-1 deficit to return to the promise land and face off with the Colorado Rockies. Game 1 is set to go on Wednesday as Josh Beckett will face off with Jeff Francis.

Playoff Pointers

+ Red Sox prospect Jacoby Ellsbury will likely get the start in center-field for tonight's ALCS Game 6. The struggles of Coco Crisp have made it even more likely that he will be traded in the offseason.

+ Josh Beckett made it clear that if the Red Sox force a Game 7, he will be avaliable to come out of the bullpen in that game. Boston will most likely start Daisuke Matsuzaka, but will have a quick hook with Jon Lester, Tim Wakefield, and Josh Beckett in the pen.

+ The Red Sox were also interested in sitting Dustin Pedroia tonight in favor of Alex Cora, but this has been declined by the Red Sox.