The Colorado Rockies have taken their winning ways all the way into the World Series:
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are roaring into the World Series like no team before them.
More momentum. More rest, too.
With their 21st win in 22 games, the relentless Rockies beat the rattled Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 in Game 4 Monday night to sweep the NL championship series at chilly Coors Field.
Series MVP Matt Holliday hit a three-run homer into the pine-filled rock pile in center field that capped a six-run outburst in the fourth inning, and Colorado was on its way.
Born as an expansion team in 1993, the wild-card Rockies are headed to their first World Series.
“They always say baseball is about confidence and we have a lot right now,” outfielder Brad Hawpe said.
The Rockies have a record eight days off before opening the World Series at either Cleveland or Boston on Oct. 24. The Indians lead the ALCS 2-1.
And about those Indians:
CLEVELAND (AP) — As October’s curtain rose, they were unknown underdogs.
Nobody’s calling the Cleveland Indians anything close to that now.
“This club believes in itself,” third baseman Casey Blake said. “We know we’re here for a reason, and there’s no reason we can’t win this series — and go to the World Series.”
Jake Westbrook, often overlooked in Cleveland’s top-heavy starting rotation, kept Boston grounded for nearly seven innings Monday night, leading the Indians to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox and a 2-1 lead in the AL championship series.
With two more games at Jacobs Field, the Indians, who haven’t won it all since 1948, are in control of a best-of-seven series that seemed to belong to Boston after the opener. But as they did against the New York Yankees in the opening round, the Indians are showing they can swing with baseball’s big boys.
A Rockies-Indians World Series might not get the high ratings MLB would like, but it would be great to see a team that has never been in the World Series face up against one that’s been denied a victory for so long.
