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October 28, 2007
By JOE McDONALD
Journal Sports Writer
DENVER -- Jonathan Papelbon said last night's victory came down to one thing. It was the Red Sox' ability to respond when the Rockies began to chip away at Boston's six-run lead.
With Boston holding a 6-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Rockies scored two in that inning, and pushed three across in the bottom of the seventh to make things interesting.
But Boston responded with four runs over the last two innings en route to victory.
''In my opinion, the way our lineup showed up [in the eighth inning] when we were put through that little point of adversity was the turning point of the game,'' said Papelbon. ''Our bullpen had to battle tonight and we’re going to have to keep battling. Our lineup tonight did a special and great job of going back out there and setting the tone again, and keeping that momentum in our dugout.''
A victory on Sunday would give the Red Sox a World Series title, but the players aren't getting ahead of themselves.
''It feels good, obviously,'' said Papelbon. ''We’re not really thinking about that. We have to go out there and take care of business against one of the best lineups in baseball. We have to play them one at a time just like we’ve been doing.''
It might take only nine more innings.
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