Oct 18, 2004 Bedlam for BoSox By STEVE WILSTEIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON -- High over the Boston skyline, the message in lights on the towering Prudential Building read: "Go Sox." That should soon be changed to: "Sox Gone." No major league baseball team has ever come out of a three-games-to-none hole in a postseason series, and the battered, bruised and embarrassed Boston Red Sox surely don't seem ready to do it against the torrid New York Yankees. The Yankees circled the bases Saturday night as if they were cartoon figures in a video game, one man after the other driving balls off the Green Monster and way over it, into gaps, down the lines. It was like Little League, softball in the park, football, the Yankees winning 19-8 in 4 hours, 20 minutes of a Boston tee-off party -- the longest nine-inning postseason game in history. The only score that could have been more demoralizing for cursed Red Sox fans would have been 19-18, a mocking reminder of the last time the team won the World Series. Now as the Yankees stood one victory away from their 40th American League pennant and seventh World Series appearance since 1996, the Red Sox were reduced to playing only for pride Sunday night in an effort to prevent the dreaded sweep. Beaten twice in Yankee Stadium and once miserably at home, the Red Sox pinned their dim hopes on the fragile psyche and suspect control of Derek Lowe in Game 4 instead of injured Cy Young candidate Curt Schilling, winner of a major league-leading 21 games this year. The Red Sox couldn't expect much from their bullpen, not after the way the whole staff was clobbered for 22 hits in Game 3. Batting practice pitchers have had better days. Hideki Matsui put on his Godzilla show, homering twice, doubling twice, singling once, hitting to all fields. Gary Sheffield homered once, doubled once and singled twice. Bernie Williams had four hits. Alex Rodriguez launched a moon shot over the Green Monster in left and out of the ballpark. "We had a night tonight where none of our pitchers located," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I mean, none of them. We walked guys, we hit some guys, we got men on base, we gave up a lot of extra-base hits. That's a bad combination." "We're not done!" Francona declared emphatically, though he sounded like a man in denial. "It's not over yet because they are certainly capable of winning ball games," Yankees manager Joe Torre said, trying to be diplomatic. "But to be up 3-0, yeah, I think we're surprised by the fact that we've done that." If the Yankees were surprised, the Red Sox and their fans were shocked. They thought they had the team to win this year, a team that would take the World Series for the first time in 86 years. Now they were looking out for brooms and a fat lady. Schilling looks good throwing on the side BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox ace Curt Schilling threw on the side Sunday, prompting an upbeat report from General Manager Theo Epstein before Game 4 of the ALCS against the New York Yankees. "It's going fairly well right now for Curt, considering the circumstances," Epstein said. "He looked good, considering the circumstances." Schilling led the major leagues with 21 wins during the regular season but allowed six runs in three innings when Boston lost the opener 10-7. It was his poorest postseason performance since 1993. He had been scheduled to start Game 5. Epstein said manager Terry Francona would announce the rotation for future games as they are needed. New York led the best-of-seven series 3-0 going into Sunday night. 0 1