Score game 7 world series 2011

But then the rains came, and everybody got an extra day off, which gave Tony La Russa another Game 7 option: ace Chris Carpenter on short rest. And of course that's what La Russa chose. One could reasonably question La Russa's judgment, considering what happened the first and last time Carpenter started on short rest: He lasted only three innings against the Phillies in a Division Series game. Ian Kinsler led off Game 7 with a single. It was HUGE because the next three batters singled, doubled, and doubled; the score was after four hitters and could easily have been Still with nobody out, and who knows what else might have happened.

But Kinsler's miscue gave Carpenter just a bit of extra breathing room, and he escaped the first inning with no more damage. Carpenter looked shaky again in the top of the second. Mike Napoli led off with a single, and was replaced on first base when David Murphy hit into a fielder's choice.

Ian Kinsler walked. At which point, the second non-playing character in our little drama took the stage. Out of the dugout popped Dave Duncan, arguably the greatest pitching coach in pitching-coach history.

We don't yet know what Duncan said to Carpenter, but presumably the subject of curveballs came up; Carpenter had not, to that point, thrown any of them. Duncan trotted back to the dugout, Carpenter started mixing the occasional curveball into his repertoire, and from that moment until the top of the seventh inning, Carpenter allowed only two runners to reach first base.

Texas came up empty in the top of the seventh but the Cardinals were able to add to their lead in their half with a single by Moilna to drive in Lance Berkman and make the score Holding strong, the Cardinal relievers shut down the Rangers in the eighth and ninth.

Final St. Louis wins. Chris Carpenter gets the win. Matt Harrison the loss. Louis Cardinals, World Series Champions! Their 11th World Series title in franchise history.

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