Game 1: No tacos and no chance for Colorado

Make it 21 out of 23 for the Rockies. But the good news for Rockies fans: It's only one game.

"Not sure what the final score was," Colorado's Todd Helton told the Associated Press, "but we were a little rusty."

That's the mentality Colorado has to take as the Red Sox picked up where they left off from the ALCS, belting the Rockies 13-1 in the first game of the World Series on Wednesday night in the most lopsided Game 1 in World Series history.

And it was never really close. Red Sox rookie Dustin Pedroia led off with a home run in a three-run first inning as Boston won its fourth postseason game in a row. Pedroia's homer was the 18th leadoff homer in World Series history, and the first by a rookie.

Did the long layoff affect the Rockies? It certainly looks like it.

Boston hit eight doubles in the game - the most in a World Series game since 1925 - breaking open the game with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Boston has averaged 10.75 runs per game in this four-game span, and it's not like they've been facing minor-league teams in that stretch. It was the Indians' top three starters and the Rockies' ace.

Boston's Josh Beckett was solid, as always, in Game 1, improving to 4-0 in the 2003 playoffs and 6-2 in his career. Even slumping reliever Eric Gagne threw a scoreless ninth.

The bad news for the Rockies: The winner of the opener has gone on to win nine of the last 10 World Series and 62 of 102 overall. But the Rockies can hang their hats on this: It was the most lopsided World Series opener ever, but the previous two teams that won by 11 runs each lost the series (1959 White Sox and 1996 Braves).

Big pressure on Ubaldo Jimenez in Game 2 on Thursday night, and you can bet that the Red Sox will be patient and wait for mistakes, which was how they beat the Indians' C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona, who have similar stuff, last week. Curt Schilling, who is 10-2 in the playoffs in his career and pitched well in Game 6 vs. Cleveland, will pitch for Boston.

And fans of fast-food tacos are still waiting for a stolen base. There weren't any in Game 1 – if any player steals a base in Game 2, everybody in America can get a free taco from Taco Bell on Monday, Oct. 30 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Buena suerte in Game 2, Rockies.

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