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World Series 2007: What does Colorado need to avoid sweep?

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Posted: Sunday October 28, 2007 1:43PM; Updated: Sunday October 28, 2007 1:43PM

Aaron Cook, the Rockies' Game 4 starter, was 8-7 with a 4.12 ERA before he went on the DL in August with a strained left oblique muscle. AP

World Series Coverage   Saturday Red Sox down Rockies 10-5, take 3-0 lead John Donovan's Report Card for Game 3 Tom Verducci: The Sox are superior John Donovan: The Coors Field factor Jon Heyman: Four keys to Game 3 Friday Melissa Segura: Corpas gets his wish John Donovan: Rockies' lumber slumber Jon Heyman: How the Sox got Beckett Joe Sheehan: Electric night at Fenway Thursday Schilling, bullpen shut down Rockies 2-1 John Donovan's Report Card for Game 2 Tom Verducci's five cuts for Thursday Albert Chen on the Red Sox's bullpen John Donovan: Rockies turn to a rookie Joe Sheehan: Postseason drama lacking Tale of the Tape: Rockies vs. Red Sox Wednesday Beckett, Red Sox hammer Rockies 13-1 John Donovan:'s Report Card for Game 1 Tom Verducci 's five cuts for Wednesday Albert Chen: It felt like spring training Jack McCallum: Rockies are must-see TV Jon Heyman: World Series storylines Phil Taylor: Boston sports is on a roll Richard Deitsch: Red Sox a ratings driver Nate Silver: Rockies-Red Sox breakdown SI experts' World Series picks Celebrities' World Series picks Tuesday John Donovan: Rockies-Red Sox analysis Tom Verducci's five cuts for Tuesday John Donovan: Red Sox cursed no more Rick Reilly: Denver has suffered enough SI Flashback: Hurdle the Phenom Larry Keith: Hurdle then and now Greatest World Series moments World Series Fungoes Joe Lemire on Rockies-Red Sox Schedule/Box Scores Game 1: Red Sox 13, Rockies 1 Game 2: Red Sox 2, Rockies 1 Game 3: Red Sox 10, Rockies 5 Game 4: Red Sox at Rockies, Sun. 8:29 p.m. Game 5*: Red Sox at Rockies, 10/29 8:40 p.m. Game 6*: Rockies at Red Sox, 10/31 8:29 p.m. Game 7*: Rockies at Red Sox, 11/1 8:29 p.m.

DENVER -- This is how things turn sometimes in baseball, and how things have most decidedly flipped for the Rockies this postseason: Less than a week ago, the Rocks were the hottest team in the game, riding an historic winning streak into the first World Series in the franchise's 15-year history. Sunday night, in Game 4 of the Series, it'll take everything the Rockies can muster -- everything they've failed to summon in the first three games of this Series -- to avoid being summarily swept by the Red Sox.

In three games over the past four nights, the Rockies have gone from a scrappy and talented young team destined for greatness to a weak, punchless, overmatched National League team falling at the hands of the mighty American League champion Sox. The Rocks have been outpitched. They've been outhit. They've been outhustled. They've been outsmarted and outworked. The Rockies have been, in a word, outed. They clearly aren't what they appeared to be a week ago.