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For two days I've heard people say things like, "You know the Rockies aren't out of this series yet. If they can catch Dice-K in the thin air of Denver and pile some runs on, they can get a win and make this thing close." And yeah, that seemed vaguely possible. But no one was mentioning the alternative which was, "Umm, guys, not to rain on your parade or anything, but Josh Fogg is pitching for the Rockies against the Red Sox lineup in Game 3." So, yeah, maybe people should've been more focused on that possible outcome.

Before Fogg or the Rockies knew what hit him, the Sox had hung a six spot on the scoreboard in the third inning (lead by a two-run single from Dice-K!) and things were just about over.. To the Rockies credit, however, they certainly didn't go down without a fight. They scored a couple of runs off of Daisuke Matsuzaka in the sixth and Franklin Morales was electric out of the pen to stem the Red Sox tide at six runs for a while. Matt Holliday added in a huge three-run jack in the seventh to pull the Rockies to 6-5, but Brian Fuentes couldn't hold the Red Sox back and they piled on four more runs to put the win away. They simply got everything they need to win. Dice-K was solid, the lineup (particularly Jacoby Ellsbury and his four hits) picked up the slack they lost without the DH, and the pen was good enough.

I'll be honest, this game and this series have kind of gone the way I'd expect a fight between David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia to go. The big guy laid a massive hurting on the little guy to open things up and since then he's had his hand on the little guy's head while his arms swing wildly around, desperately trying to land any kind of blow. The Rockies are certainly going down swinging in this series, but they're still going down and I don't think anything's going to change that at this point.
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