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Wainwright then got David Ortiz to ground to second base, but Matt Carpenter's flip was mishandled by shortstop Pete Kozma, ending the possibility of a double play. Initially, the Cardinals had been awarded a force-out at second base, but after conferring, the umpires ruled that Kozma never had control of the ball, and Pedroia was reinstated at second base. With the bases loaded and one out, Mike Napoli doubled to left-center, scoring Ellsbury, Pedroia and Ortiz, the latter after Shane Robinson misplayed a carom off the wall.
In the bottom of the second inning, Stephen Drew led off with a pop-up in front of the pitcher's mound. Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina both converged, but both let the ball drop for a leadoff single. David Ross then singled to center field, followed by a flyout by Ellsbury. Shane Victorino then hit a ground ball to deep short, but Kozma again mishandled it, his second error of the game, and once again the bases were loaded with one out.
Pedroia then singled under the glove of a diving David Freese to make the score 4—0. Ortiz then hit a deep fly to right field, but was robbed of a grand slam by Carlos Beltran. Ross did tag and score to give Boston a 5—0 lead - one that was never seriously challenged across all nine innings.
After three scoreless innings, Matt Holliday led off the fourth inning for the Cardinals with a triple to center field. The Red Sox threatened in the bottom half as the first two batters reached with Pedroia leading off with a double and David Ortiz drawing a walk.
Mike Napoli then grounded into a double play to partially kill the threat and Wacha got Jonny Gomes to pop out to Matt Carpenter to end the inning. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Red Sox finally got on the scoreboard as Pedroia walked with one out and Ortiz hit a two-run home run to left center field on a changeup to give the Red Sox a lead. In the seventh inning, the Red Sox' defense let them down. With one out and the bases loaded David Freese walked, Jon Jay singled, Daniel Descalso walked , Carpenter hit a fly ball to Gomes in left field for the second out.
With Pete Kozma, who pinch-ran for Freese, scoring on the throw, the ball got away from catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Jay and Descalso attempted to advance on the misplay and pitcher Craig Breslow, who was backing up on the play, tried to get Jay at third but his throw was wild and went into the stands.
Jay scored and Descalsco went to third as the Cardinals now led Carlos Beltran then singled to right to score Descalso and give the Cardinals a lead. Things got a little interesting in the bottom of the eighth. With Carlos Martinez on the mound for the Cardinals, the Red Sox had Jacoby Ellsbury reach on an error and after two strikeouts, Ortiz reached on a single. With two outs, Martinez jammed Napoli and he popped out to short to end the inning. In the bottom of the ninth with the lead, Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal entered the game and made quick work of the Red Sox by striking out Gomes, Saltalamacchia and pinch-hitter Daniel Nava on 11 pitches.
The Cardinals evened up the series at one game each as the series shifted to St. Louis for the next three games. It wasn't until the top of the fifth inning before the Red Sox got on the board themselves, when pinch hitter Mike Carp grounded into a fielder's choice off Cardinals starter Joe Kelly.
In the next inning, Boston tied the game at on a Daniel Nava single. But in the bottom of the seventh, Matt Holliday hit a line drive off of reliever Junichi Tazawa that just got past a diving Xander Bogaerts that drove in two, and Holliday advanced to third on the throw. Even though this happened with no outs, Holliday was stranded at third. Boston quickly responded in the top of the eighth by loading the bases off Carlos Martinez.
Trevor Rosenthal came in to pitch, and the first batter he faced, Daniel Nava, grounded in to a fielder's choice, after a great diving stop by rookie second baseman Kolten Wong.
The next batter, Xander Bogaerts, bounced a ball up the middle for an RBI single of his own, knotting the game at The Cards have added two championships to their trophy case since then, but that doesn't mean they've forgotten the heartbreak of Adam Wainwright , who has somehow never made a start in the World Series, will take the hill for the Cards in Game 1 on Wednesday and attempt to put a halt to another "Red Sox sweep" narrative right away.
Everything is as expected in the top half of the lineup, but John Farrell has played musical chairs some with the bottom third of the order. Rookie phenom Xander Bogaerts, who was 2-for-4 with three walks in his first two postseason starts, has been rewarded with a spot in the starting lineup for Game 1. The youngster was put in the nine hole for Game 5 of the ALCS, but has now leapfrogged his way up one slot in the order in his two subsequent starts.
If this trend continues, he could be rubbing shoulder with David Ortiz by the end of the series. Jonny Gomes gets the start in left with his platoon advantage against Wainwright. He'll likely hang on to left-field duties for the Sox -- even against the right-handed Wacha -- until the series moves to St. Louis, when Daniel Nava will be called on to patrol the larger outfield. In the other dugout, the Cardinals have added a new weapon to their already potent lineup to take on Lester:.
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