Red Sox ace Beckett expects Rockies will be ready
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Red Sox ace Josh Beckett expects the best from Colorado's batters despite an eight-day layoff for the National League champions that threatens to cool off the red-hot Rockies for the World Series starting on Wednesday.
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The Sporting News - Rockies hitters. Daisuke Matsuzaka will run up a high pitch count if the Rockies let him. If they swing early in the count, that means they're pressing. The temptation to do too much will be there since they've been struggling -- and since this will be the first World Series game at Coors Field.
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The Colorado Rockies return home for Game Three on Saturday fully aware of the challenge the lies ahead but confident they can come back against the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-seven World Series.
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Embarrassment? No, Todd Helton wouldn't go that far in describing the Rockies' 13-1 pratfall against the Red Sox in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night at Fenway Park. Still, it wasn't quite the showing the Rockies, coming off an eight-day layoff, had in mind for the first World Series contest in franchise history.
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Whether the Houston Astros are still in contention for the Wild Card spot when the Colorado Rockies roll into town this weekend is anyone&#39;s guess, as is which starting
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After being splattered all over Fenway Park one night and flummoxed with splendid pitching the next, the Colorado Rockies are confident that they will have an advantage at Coors Field.
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The Colorado Rockies are playing the Boston Red Sox in Game Two of the World Series.
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Boston's Tim Wakefield allows four hits over eight innings as the Red Sox edge the Rockies, 2-1, on Tuesday.
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Josh Beckett could start next week in San Francisco. Kelvim Escobar won't be there, even though he too looks like an All-Star.
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Count Bronson Arroyo among those who can&#39;t wait for this weekend&#39;s Red Sox-Yankees showdown in the Bronx to start. That&#39;s a good thing, since he&#39;s the one who will actually
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Garrett Atkins's grand slam home run helped the Colorado Rockies beat the Boston Red Sox 7-1 on Thursday, handing pitcher Josh Beckett his first loss of the season.
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Reliever Mike Timlin will make two more appearances with Triple A Pawtucket, then join the Red Sox next weekend in Arizona. That was the tentative plan outlined yesterday by manager Terry Francona , who watched Timlin pitch for the PawSox the night before.
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The New York Yankees couldn't wait to get back to Coors Field after scoring a record 41 times on their first trip to the Colorado Rockies' ballpark five years ago.
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Colorado's visit to Fenway Park earlier this season will help the National League champions when they take on Boston in the World Series starting on Wednesday, Rockies veteran Todd Helton told reporters.
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Josh Beckett continued his postseason dominance as the Boston Red Sox overwhelmed the Colorado Rockies.
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When the Diamondbacks signed Russ Ortiz to a four-year deal as the Winter Meetings officially opened for business Friday, they added a bulldog of a right-hander they hope will be a core veteran on a team on the rise in 2005.
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Garrett Atkins goes 3-for-5 with a grand slam and Josh Beckett loses for the first time of 2007 as the Colorado Rockies beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-1.