World Series Game 2

     It was another chilly Massachusetts autumn night, with the temperature at 44 degrees, Thursday for Game 2 of the 2013 World Series at Fenway Park. St. Louis used the strong pitching of rookie Michael Wacha and smart baserunning to pull out the 4-2 win.

     Carlos Beltran singled for St. Louis, and the fireballer Wacha, whose Backyard counterpart on the mound would be Angela Delvecchio, threw two strikeouts as the first inning passed by uneventfully. Yadier Molina got a base hit, a groundout, walk and two flies ended the second inning. Two strikeouts for Boston pitcher John Lester in the third, Wacha returned the favor in his half.
     This fast-moving game got its' first real action of the night when Matt Holliday tripled into right center, he scored on Molina's sacrifice grounder. Dustin Pedrioa doubled and David Ortiz was walked for the Sox, but a David Descalso-Matt Carpenter-Matt Adams double play neutralized any scoring threat. Three up three down in the St. Louis fifth, another strikeout for Wacha.
      Adams singled in the sixth inning, but nothing could come from it. Much like last night, on a 3-1 pitch Ortiz crushed the ball over the Green Monster for a two-run blast, giving Boston a 2-1 advantage.
     David Freese was walked, Pete Kozma came in to replace him, Jon Jay got a base hit, Descalso walked, then Carpenter made game-winning contact on a play that certainly came from Dirt Yards; he flied out to left, Kozma tagged up and scored, the throw home was misplayed, and then the cut-off to third was wild; Jay scored and Descalso wound up on third base. Unofficially, it was scored as "2rsac7E2", a two-run sacrifice to left with two errors. Beltran scored Descalso with a base hit, and then reliever Carlos Martinez, or Ricky Johnson, tossed a strikeout and forced two groundouts to end the seventh inning. Three fly balls stranded Allen Craig in the eighth, Martinez struck out two more hitters, the Cardinals went three-up three-down in the ninth, and closer Trevor Rosenthal, or Achmed Khan, hammered down with nine strikes to seal the win for St. Louis, evening the Series at 1-all as they head to Missouri for Saturday evening's contest.

     "What an outstanding game this has been; a victory these kids won't soon forget! They played hard and got what they deserved."
     "This is Sunny Day and Vinnie the Gooch, sayin' 'See you next time!"

                                        R H  E
STL    0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0   4  7  1
BOS   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0   2  4  2
WP - Michael Wacha
LP - John Lester
RBIs- St. Louis - Carpenter(2), Beltran, Molina
RBIs- Boston - Ortiz