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Show SECTION 2mly?lcro,( THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 344 2555 2004 dhsportsheraldextra , com RED SOX 3, CARDINALS 0 ObCurse it's Over WORLD SERIES NUMBERS 4: 'S. 86 fe0(C iff . If I'M The number of pitches it took for Boston to take a lead it never relinquished in Game 4. Boston wins first Series since 1918 1 (1 Ben Walker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I - Number of years since Boston has won a Series. JT W ' 1 V S--U 1 f Number of teams I that had more vic- ""V-- . tories than the first crown since 1918. Johnny Damon homered on the fourth pitch of the game, Derek Lowe made it stand up and the Red Sox won Wednesday night. Edgar Renteria grounded out for the final out, wrapping up a Series in which the Red Sox never trailed. Chants of "Let's go, Red Sox!" bounced all around as they Busch Stadium, with Boston fans as rewed-uwere relievedOnly 10 nights earlier, the Red Sox were just three outs from getting swept by the New York Yankees in the AL championship series before becoming the first team in baseball postseason history to overcome a 0 deficit. It was Boston's sixth championship, but the first after 86 years of frustration and futility, after two world wars, the Great Depression, men on the moon, and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. After all that, on a night when the moon went dark in a World Series and also got swept. 3-- 0 J am ski I p 3-- See BOSTON, B3 .i Til -- " j Boston Red Sox players celebrate after Wednesday in St. Louis. A 1 mil V I ' ISAV I f. beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-- 0 t y .,.a.fi'.kj:rilrB( FINLEY, AL BEHRMAN A; i J tainly wishes no misfor- tune on the football pro- y X. Jared Lloyd PAIi V HiNAlO had stymied the run and pressured quarterback Stephen Covey. What play turned the game around? When a team struggles, it finds out who can step up and make the difference, and on Oct. 15 that player was senior wide receiver Luke Ashworth. "He makes plays that the normal high school player can't make," said T'Bird coach Chad Van Orden. "Sometimes Covey throws the ball into traffic, what would normally be a bad decision, but with Luke, he can get most of them." Such was the play that shifted the momentum for Timpview against the Bull- B6 d , HARMON Daily Herald senior Mike Hall shoots during media day Wednesday. Hall of the few returning players. is one dogs. Covey's pass down the right side of the .. WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COM Press BERHMAN Receivers Ashworth, Badger give Tinipview more options The football Cougars are 44 JEREMY AL Red Sox's Johnny Danjon m the eighth inning of Game 4. At left, Boston Red Sox pitcher Derek Lowe reacts after getting St Louis (.'ordinals' Yadier Molina (o ground out to short to end tlie jifth inning in Gume 4 ning," Cleveland said. BYU HUMPHREY. . o' Thun-derbir- What the previous two seasons' combined record of 5 did was P m The Timpview offease couldn't move the ball for two quarters. The Provo defease this year, surging after two consecutive wins for the first time since 2002. There are three games left and two wins would make the team eligible for the postseason for the first time in three years. ' MARK gram that controls the department's budget and, for all intents and purposes, its behavior. "People around campus just seem to be in a better mood when football's win MEN, " St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, f up. f hrows balance to force Host on Red Sox runner Bill Mueller out at the plute on u ground ball by . Team ready for excitement, attention for basketball r Associated Press on a throw by St. Louis' first baseman Albert Pujols, on a fielder's choice by Jason Veritek. At left, Boston Red Sox's Johnny Damon watches his solo home run off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jason Marquis to lead off Game 4. See A o after being tagged out by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. Ramirez was out at home From relatively unknown to totally beloved, BYU basketball players have seen excitement for their product grow as the football team has struggled in recent years. Basketball's Cougars don't see the source of their popularity as us- versus-them- . But it's clear with :Cougar Tipoff set for Friday that Borne fans are already geared up tor a winter srjent indoors. 'I ll go to the tootbau games, ana iple will want to talk aoout Dasthall " cniH spninr ffuard Mike tall. "They're already excited bout watching us play. That's a cod thing for us." IBYU coach Steve Cleveland cer- - tr I . JAMES HERALD il i' Number of games Boston won in a SUE OGROCKI Assoibihtl Press row to end its in Game 4 to sweep the World Series on Boston Red Sox's Manny Ramirez, top, fails to score DAILY v v K Number of batters Boslon pitcher Der rek Lowe retired in row at one point in Game 4. o $ JasqnFranchuk Car- dinals coming into ST. LOUIS The Boston Red Sox yes, the Boston Red Sox! are World Series champions at long, long v !ast. No more curse and no doubt about it. Ridiculed and reviled through decades of defeat, the Red Sox didn't just beat the St. Louis Cardinals, owners of the best record in baseball, they swept them for their CALL 375-51- TO SUBSCRIBE field headed into double coverage and was slightly underthrown. Two IVovo defenders and Ashworth reac hed for the wobbly pass, but it was the big receiver who snatched the ball away, then immediately broke away for the touchdown. Timpview, which trailed 0 at halftime. 35-went on to beat its city-riv"I like being the one who gets the ball." like being the one who Ashworth said. scores the big touchdowns for the team." Scoring touchdowns hasn't been a problem for the Timpview wideout this season. He has caught 51 passes for yards and ' has scored 14 times Although the stats aren't staggering. Van Orden said that's not because of any lac k of ability on d 3-- Ash-worth- 's ' part. ("With our offense, the ball gets spread around more, which ls gcxxl and bad," he ' See TIMPVIEW. B5 |
