First a blowout, then a nail-biter. October ace Curt Schilling and Boston's stingy bullpen figured out another way to stop Colorado.
Relying more on guile than a dominant fastball, Schilling pitched the Red Sox to a 2-1 victory Thursday night and a 2-0 lead in the World Series over the suddenly stagnant Rockies.
Mike Lowell hit a tiebreaking double in the fifth and the Red 2 Sox got 3 /3 innings of shutout relief from Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon to win their sixth consecutive World Seriesgame, including a sweep of St. Louis in 2004.
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