BOSTON – When the World Series moves to Denver for Games 3,4, and 5 (if necessary), Francona will have to decide how to platoon or play designated hitter David Ortiz, first baseman Kevin Youkilis, and third baseman Mike Lowell.All have been among the team’s top performers in the postseason.”It is difficult. It puts us at a disadvantage,” Francona said. “The team that we set up to play 154 of our games we don’t get to send out there. They haven’t set their rotation yet for those games. That may have something to do with it. Some of it also may have – how David’s knee feels. So we’re really not set. Youkilis, Lowell, Ortiz, two out of three play, and we always say it’ll be three out of three. We’ll get to that when we know more.”uNew faces: With just seven members left over from the 2004 World Series team, Francona recognizes the difficulties in trying to keep a veteran team together.”I think when you have veteran teams, you’re going to have some turnover,” he said. “If you have good veteran teams, there are going to be free agents. Other teams are going to want them. You can’t keep everybody. I think the struggle – not a struggle because I think Theo and ownership has done a great job of turning over our ballclub, not becoming old, and still being competitive every year. That’s not easy to do.”You know, I certainly understand we’re allowed a very healthy payroll here. Ownership gives us a lot to work with. But to not ever step back and rebuild, that also puts some people at a disadvantage in our front office, and I think they do a great job of getting around that and giving us a chance every year to have a chance.”uJ.D. and J.E.: Lefty Jeff Francis, who beat the Sox in June, handing Beckett his first loss of the season, faces off against the Sox ace again tonight. In five innings in his only Fenway appearance, Francis went five shutout innings, giving up two walks, striking out six.Francona is not shying away from left-handed matchups as J.D. Drew will start in right and Jacoby Ellsbury will start in center, in place of the switch-hitters Bobby Kielty and Coco Crisp.”Part of that is Coco banged himself pretty good the other night,” Francona said, referring to Crisp’s game- and ALCS-ending catch in center Sunday night. “He was actually unavailable for most of our workout today. He’s getting treatment. He came out and got in the box off of Lester just to see some pitches, but he’s not feeling real good. Not to the point where we’ll take him off the roster, but probably to the point where we – it made a very difficult decision maybe not quite as difficult.”Francona likes what he has seen of Ellsbury’s performance in the postseason, including two starts in the ALCS”What he brought was pretty much the same thing he brought the month of September, a speed factor, a much more mature attitude towards the game,” Francona said. “We’ve talked about it a little bit, talked in spring training with having survival skills, and I think what he meant by that is he’s not just here to be on the ride, or as you kind of alluded to, being at the party. He’s here to win. And for a young player, that’s kind of rare. For us to put him in Game Six after not playing, I think that shows the amount of confidence we do have in his ability to compete.”uOffensive Sox: The Sox tied or set a host of ALCS records in their series with the Indians, including: runs scored (51), team batting average (.318), and team slugging percentage (.521). Kevin Youkilis had 10 runs, an LCS record, and 14 hits, matching and LCS record. Five Sox starters hit better than .300, led by Youkilis (.500), Manny Ramirez (.409), Drew (.360), Dustin Pedroia (.345), and Mike Lowell (.333).