Red Sox Earn World Series Trip!

Call them the American League Champions, the Comeback Kids; The BoSox made magic yet again in Fenway Park in late October last night, and it is not a moment any Sox fan will forget anytime soon. The Red Sox staged a comeback winning the series after the Indians lead three games to one. Sox fans did not stop believing and apparently neither did the team winning definitively last night 11-2. Matsuzaka pitched for 5 innings allowing only two runs from six hits; "I thought he pitched his heart out. Those were some tough innings. He gave us what we needed," Francona said of Daisuke.

Rookie Dustin Pedroia was a big part of last night's win, "The season is almost over we were down 3-1, you get that sense of urgency, nobody wanted to go home, nobody wanted to say goodbye to each other. Once we got that win in Cleveland, we started to believe." Pedroia hit a homerun, his first of the postseason, and doubled with the bases loaded, arguably the most important hit of the night giving the sox a lead of 5-2. The Indians did have a chance to threaten, but Kenny Lofton was held at third by the third base coach Joel Skinner. Casey Blake then grounded into a double play that ended the inning.

An inning later it was again Pedroia who this time hit a three run double. Okajima, who pitched in the sixth and seventh inning also contributed in a big way getting six outs. Jonathan Papelbon then came on in the eighth with two on base and no outs and retired the next three batters; he also pitched the ninth inning to put the finishing touches on the game.

"It's a great feeling just to go out there and play so well. Just to win here at home....... was unbelieveable. A lot of people doubted us, but we didn't doubt ourselves," said first baseman Kevin Youkilis who batted .500 in the series and had three homeruns and seven RBIs.

Coco Crisp helped to officially clinch the ALCS for the Sox after he made a brilliant catch in the triangle area of right center field.

General Manager Theo Epstein said of the upcoming opponent, "The Rockies are on a magical run and we are going to have our hands full. We're going to try and represent the American League the best we can. We haven't grown up any since '04. That's part of what keeps these guys so good. It keeps us all loose and we never stop believing."