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POSTGAME: A winning offensive approach

BY STEVEN KRASNER
Journal Sports Writer

BOSTON -- The Red Sox had their way with the Rockies' pitching staff, to the tune of 17 hits, 9 of which were for extra bases. They featured especially good approaches against Colorado starter Jeff Francis, said Boston manager Terry Francona.

''I think that offensively the whole night we did a good job taking what he gave us, laying off pitches out of the zone,'' said Francona.

''And even a couple of innings when he got a couple outs, we didn't let him off the hook and have quick innings. We prolonged innings with two strikes and two outs. We took our walks and when the ball was in the zone we took some pretty good swings,'' he said.

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