Game 6, which might of been the greatest world series of recent memory, started off as one of the ugliest baseball games ever seen. If not for the uniforms and Busch Stadium, a fan could of confused the game with a middle school game. Fundamentals were nowhere to be found as multiple pop ups were dropped and Matt Holliday found a way to get thrown out retreating to third base(and injure himself in the process). Off the field it wasn't any prettier as both Tony La Russa and Ron Washington made decisions that where not true to the book. Tony, who has not had a spectacular world series, replaced Jaime Garcia who was throwing a strong game through 3 innings. Ron was not to be outdone though, he decided to pitch Derek Holland in relief, who some considered a candidate to throw game 7. Later on in the game an odd situation came up where he brought in a pinch hitter who was not warming up in for Feldman, who Joe Buck thought was their best pitcher available.
After the game hit the 3 hour mark, the game became great but was still incredibly sloppy. David Freese's game tying triple of been a fly ball to right field which Neslon Cruz misplayed and Freese took advantage of a mistake pitch. Considering that the Rangers twice had the Cardinals down to their last strike, the Rangers should of won the World Series last night. David Freese again played the hero as his walk off home run won the game for the Cardinals and created a game 7.
In game 7 I am going to give the nod to the Rangers. I do believe that Carpenter is the better pitcher but the Rangers have shown the ability to get runs off the best pitcher in baseball (Justin Verlander) and I expect them to get to Carpenter. Harrison is no slouch and the Rangers have a deep bullpen that although got kicked around last night, I predict they are going to bounce back from an off night. Also hurting the Cardinals is Matt Holliday's injury so I'm going to go Rangers 5 to the Cardinals 3.
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