BOSTON (UPI) -- Dustin Pedroia homered, drove in five runs and scored three times Sunday night, as the Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland, 11-2, in Game 7 of the ALCS.
Pedroia's two-run homer in the seventh cracked open a one-run game at Fenway Park, as the Sox went on to score six runs in the inning on the way to their third straight win over the Indians. After coming back from being down 3-1 in the ALCS, Boston earned its second trip to the World Series in four years, and will take on the National League champion Colorado Rockies in Game 1 Wednesday. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004. Kevin Youkilis had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Boston starter Daisuke Matsuzaka earned the victory, giving up just two runs on six hits in five innings, with three strikeouts and no walks.
After Hideki Okajima pitched two-plus innings of relief, Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon posted the first six-out save of his career. Grady Sizemore and Ryan Garko each drove in a run for the Indians. Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook took the loss, despite holding Boston to three runs on nine hits in six innings, with five strikeouts and one walk.
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