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 BOSTON (AP) - Brad Hawpe stayed focused on each pitch, not the star pitcher on the mound. Hawpe hit a three-run homer off ace Curt Schilling in the fifth inning, breaking open a close game and leading the Colorado Rockies to a 12-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
"I'm more worried about going up there looking for strikes and not worried about who you're facing," Hawpe said after giving Colorado a 6-2 lead with his ninth homer of the year.
Schilling (6-3) nearly escaped that jam when he retired two batters after allowing singles to Kaz Matsui and Matt Holliday. But he left a changeup high and Hawpe took advantage, hitting the ball into the wind and over the bullpen in right-center.
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