With the Series all tied up at two games each, we go back to the Game 1 pitching match-up with Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals facing off with Texas’ CJ Wilson.
I know it’s a 7-game series, but it sure seems to me that the winner of this game becomes the heavy favorite to take home the hardware when it’s all over with. Josh Hamilton looked to me like he was getting better cuts at the ball Sunday night and if that’s indicative of him feeling healthier, I like the Rangers’ chances. Then again, I predicted the Rangers to win the Series in 7 games, so I could just be reaching for some kind of basis to ultimately prove me right.
It should be a good game, despite all efforts of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver to ruin it with their horsecrap announcing.
| CARDINALS |
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RANGERS |
| Furcal, SS | Kinsler, 2B | |
| Craig, RF | Andrus, SS | |
| Pujols 1B | Hamilton, CF | |
| Holliday, LF | Young, M, DH | |
| Berkman, DH | Beltre, A, 3B | |
| Freese, 3B | Cruz, N, RF | |
| Molina, Y, C | Murphy, Dv, LF | |
| Schumaker, CF | Napoli, C | |
| Punto, 2B | Moreland, 1B | |
| _Carpenter, P | _Wilson, C, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| St. Louis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | x | 4 | 9 | 2 |
And now we go back to St. Louis with the Cardinals needing to win both games there in order to dig themselves out of the hole they dug. I’m not sure who’s more to blame for the loss in game 5, the players who collectively went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position or their manager who seems intent on proving how smart he is… and failing miserably.