World Series Game 1

     The calendar says that it's late October. The weather says it's time for hockey and basketball, NOT World Series baseball. The thermometer said it was 48 degrees at the first pitch. As for the game itself...that said more Backyard Baseball than anything else. The Cardinals had Luanne Lui, Kimmy Eckman and Angela Delvecchio out in the field, on a day(night?) when none of their bats were working.
     In other words, the Red Nex (I mean, "Sox", starting the entire cast of Duck Dynasty) hammered St. Louis 8-1 in tonight's game at Playground Commons- er, Fenway Park.

     Matt Holliday got a base hit in the first inning, but then Boston pitcher John Lester shut them down after four hitters in the first frame, while Adam Wainwright walked Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedrioa singled, David Ortiz got on base by a very poor double-play attempt, as Pete Kozma didn't even catch the forceout properly. Though it was a wild flick in the first place. Anyway, Mike Napoli gets revenge on the Cards for beating his Rangers two years ago, ripping a three-run double into left. Finally, the inning ended.
      Two strikeouts and a grounder was all St. Louis could muster in the second, while things got even worse. Stephen Drew got on base due to a volleyball "You've got it!" mix-up between Wainwright and Yadier Molina, another base hit followed, another error was committed, RBI single came next, Carlos Beltran was injured getting a sacrifice out, and Boston led 5-0.
     Ground ball, fly to first and strikeout and it's Boston's turn again. Wainwright managed a fly ball, line-drive and strikeout to give his team a shot in the fourth. Jon Jay was walked, Allen Criag and Molina both singled, but then David Freese, to go on top of his earlier error, grounded into a double play to strand everybody. Wainwright then mows down the first two batters and the third flies to center.
     Three up, three down for St. Louis in the fifth. Boston gets two runners on base but fails to score. Nothing really else happens until the bottom of the seventh, Ortiz crushes a two-run homer. Matt Holliday would launch one left-center over the Green Monster in the top of the ninth, but it was too little, way too late. The Red Sox take Game 1 of the 2013 World Series by an 8-1 score.

      "As you can imagine, there's gonna be a lot to celebrate at the water park!"
      "For Vinnie the Gooch, this is Sunny Day, bidding you farewell!"
      "'Bidding you farewell?' You've been readin' those fancy novels again, haven't ya?"
      "Honestly, Vinnie...See ya next time, baseball fans!"

                                         R H E
STL    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1    1  7 3
BOS   3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 x    8  8 1
WP - John Lester
LP - Adam Wainwright
RBIs- STL - None
RBIs- BOS - Napoli(3), Ortiz(2), Bogaerts, Pedroia