New leadoff batter Jacoby Ellsbury was on second base all night. David Ortiz played flawless defense and drove in the first run. Mike Lowell hit a two-run single in Boston’s big inning. After all that fuss about his Game 3 lineup, Red Sox manager Terry Francona definitely made the right moves. Now, his team is one win from its second World Series sweep in four seasons.
New leadoff batter Jacoby Ellsbury was on second base all night. David Ortiz played flawless defense and drove in the first run. Mike Lowell hit a two-run single in Boston’s big inning. After all that fuss about his Game 3 lineup, Red Sox manager Terry Francona definitely made the right moves. Now, his team is one win from its second World Series sweep in four seasons.
The starting pitchers are getting shelled, the brilliant bullpen is a bust. The timely hits are nowhere to be found, manager Clint Hurdle’s moves are coming up short. Colorado’s collapse is almost complete. After a month in which most everything went right for the charmed Rockies, most everything has gone wrong in the World Series.
Always A Virgin took advantage of starting on the rail and went wire to wire to win the $725,480 Messenger Stakes at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night, its second win in the triple crown for pacers. Always A Virgin won the Cane Pace, the opening leg also run at Yonkers, and finished third to Tell All in the Little Brown Jug last month at Delaware, Ohio.
Get Funky edged Relato Del Gato by a neck Saturday in the $110,000 Morvich Handicap at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting. Ridden by backup Martin Garcia, Get Funky covered six furlongs on the downhill turf course in 1:13.23 and paid $6, $3.80 and $2.60 as the 2-1 wagering favorite. Garcia was subbing for regular rider Jose Valdivia Jr., who was in New Jersey for the Breeders’ Cup.
Barbaro’s owners endured more tragedy at the track when the colt they bred broke down Saturday in the Breeders’ Cup — the second year in a row thoroughbred racing’s big event was marred by a fatal accident. On a day when even casual fans tune in for the sport’s version of the Super Bowl, European star George Washington broke his leg in the stretch and was immediately euthanized.
Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense closed out his career Saturday with a disappointing fourth in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park. Jockey Calvin Borel had the colt perfectly positioned for a rail-skimming victory, just like his win last year in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Street Sense, the 5-2 favorite, had a wide opening in the lane but lacked a finishing kick.
Curlin has now beaten the Kentucky Derby winner twice, the leading older horse twice and avenged his most recent defeat. With one emphatic victory against his toughest rivals in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, Curlin likely ran away with Horse of the Year honors in a sensational championship season.
OCEANPORT, New Jersey (Ticker) – Wait a While, Slew’s Tiznow and After Market all were scratched Saturday morning prior to the second day of the Breeders’ Cup at Monmouth Park.
The Breeders’ Cup came to a thrilling but tragic end on Saturday.
