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BOS 3, STL 0
Red Sox win series, 4-0
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By Ian Browne / MLB.com
The Curse of the Bambino was finally exorcised by a Damon ... and a Trot and an improbable run to the World Series championship. Full story >
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 The Red Sox celebrate the final out of their World Series sweep over the Cardinals. (Al Behrman/AP)
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By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Despite 105 regular-season wins and a power-packed voyage to the NL pennant, the Cardinals couldn't come up with answers against the Red Sox, falling in four games in the Fall Classic. For the second straight night at home, the St. Louis bats were conspicuously quiet. Jason Marquis survived an erratic first three innings to turn in the best Cardinals start of the series, allowing three runs over six frames. Full story >
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| Boston | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Damon, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .286 |
| Cabrera, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .235 |
| Ramirez, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .412 |
| Ortiz, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| Mientkiewicz, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Varitek, C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .154 |
| Mueller, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .429 |
| Nixon, RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .357 |
| 1-Kapler, PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bellhorn, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| 2-Reese, PR-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Lowe, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| a-Millar, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 |
| Arroyo, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Embree, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Foulke, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
a-Struck out for Lowe in the 8th.
1-Ran for Nixon in the 8th. 2-Ran for Bellhorn in the 8th.
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BATTING
2B: Nixon 3 (3, Marquis, Marquis, Haren), Ortiz (1, Marquis).
3B: Damon (1, Marquis).
HR: Damon (1, 1st inning off Marquis, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Damon 7; Ramirez; Ortiz 2; Varitek; Mueller; Nixon 6.
RBI: Damon (2), Nixon 2 (3).
2-out RBI: Nixon 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Damon 2, Lowe 2, Nixon, Cabrera 3.
S: Lowe.
Team LOB: 12.
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| St. Louis | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Womack, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| c-Luna, PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Walker, RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .357 |
| Pujols, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Rolen, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Edmonds, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .067 |
| Renteria, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Mabry, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Isringhausen, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Molina, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| b-Cedeno, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Matheny, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Marquis, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Anderson, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Haren, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sanders, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
a-Bunted out for Marquis in the 6th. b-Popped out for Molina in the 8th. c-Struck out for Womack in the 8th.
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BATTING
2B: Renteria (3, Lowe).
TB: Womack; Pujols; Renteria 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rolen, Molina, Walker, Renteria.
S: Walker.
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING
SB: Sanders (1, 2nd base off Embree/Varitek).
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| Boston | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Lowe (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Arroyo (H, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Embree (H, 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Foulke (S, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
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Haren pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
WP: Lowe.
IBB: Bellhorn (by Marquis).
Pitches-strikes: Lowe 85-54, Arroyo 11-5, Embree 7-5, Foulke 14-11, Marquis 121-58, Haren 15-9, Isringhausen 32-20.
Ground outs-fly outs: Lowe 8-9, Arroyo 0-1, Embree 0-1, Foulke 1-1, Marquis 8-6, Haren 1-1, Isringhausen 3-1.
Batters faced: Lowe 25, Arroyo 2, Embree 2, Foulke 4, Marquis 29, Haren 5, Isringhausen 8.
Inherited runners-scored: Embree 1-0, Isringhausen 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Chuck Meriwether. 1B: Gerry Davis. 2B: Charlie Reliford. 3B: Ed Montague. LF: Dale Scott. RF: Brian Gorman.
Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:14.
Att: 52,037.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball and the Office of the Commissioner
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