Both starters kept the game scoreless through the first three innings. In the fourth, Albert Pujols was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. After a double by Matt Holliday , Lance Berkman hit a single to drive both runners in.
The lead wouldn't last long. Mike Napoli hit a two-run home run to tie the game in the very next inning. David Freese doubled in the sixth with one out, and moved to third on a wild pitch. Alexi Ogando relieved Wilson, and tried to finish off the inning. Craig hit a 1—2 pitch down the right field line that was just out of reach of a sliding Nelson Cruz. Freese scored to give St. Louis the lead.
In the seventh, the Cardinals ran into trouble as Cruz singled and Napoli walked to put two on with one out. Marc Rzepczynski came on to face pinch-hitter Craig Gentry and struck him out. Rzepczynski struck him out as well. In the ninth, closer Jason Motte pitched an easy 1—2—3 inning to give St. Louis the win.
Both starters kept the game scoreless through the first six innings. A pair of excellent defensive plays by Elvis Andrus stopped a couple of Cardinals rallies. In the seventh, David Freese again started a rally for St. Louis, much like in Game 1. He singled with one out, and moved to third on a single by Nick Punto with two outs. Again, Craig beat Ogando with a single to right field to drive in Freese.
Jason Motte was brought in to save the game in the ninth. Ian Kinsler led off with a bloop single, and stole second with Andrus batting. Andrus singled into center field, and moved to second on the throw home, which got by Albert Pujols for an error. After a total of just eight runs scored in the first two games in St. Louis, the offense of the two lineups scored a combined 23 runs on a historic night in Arlington in which Albert Pujols had what was described as "the greatest individual hitting performance in World Series history".
Allen Craig hit a home run in the first to put the Cardinals up 1—0. They scored four more runs in the fourth after a controversial call at first base by umpire Ron Kulpa and a run-producing error by Mike Napoli , but the Rangers came back in the bottom frame: Michael Young and Nelson Cruz hit home runs to make it 5—3.
But in the next inning the Cardinals added three more runs including what became the game-winning two- RBI double by Yadier Molina making the score 8—3. The Rangers answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it a two-run game again. He homered two more times later and drove in six runs in total on the night.
The Cardinals went on to win the game by a score of 16—7, leading the Series by 2—1. Albert Pujols joined Babe Ruth , and Reggie Jackson as the only players in baseball history up to that time to hit three home runs in a World Series game.
Pablo Sandoval would also accomplish the feat the following year. Yadier Molina added two doubles, driving in four runs. David Freese continued his postseason game hitting streak getting two hits one double , driving in two runs.
He tied records for most HRs 3 , most hits 5 , and most RBIs 6 in a World Series game, and established a new record with 14 total bases.
The 16 runs scored by the Cardinals were the most runs scored in a World Series game since , when the San Francisco Giants scored 16 against the Anaheim Angels. Lance Berkman had both of the Cardinals' two hits. A three-run home run by Mike Napoli provided Holland a comfortable 4—0 lead.
Coincidentally, this game was only one of two major DFW vs. Louis Rams had played at nearby Cowboys Stadium that afternoon; during the opening coin toss, Berkman and Hamilton, in uniform, had each served as honorary captains for their city's team. Game 1 starters C. Wilson and Chris Carpenter faced off again. Wilson walked two batters , Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman , in the second inning and both came in to score, aided in part by an error by David Murphy.
However, despite the Rangers walking nine batters in the game including Albert Pujols three times intentionally , the Cardinals had not scored again, leaving twelve runners on base. The Rangers' half of the eighth featured a series of bullpen mix-ups by the Cardinals, leaving Tony La Russa without closer Jason Motte in a crucial situation.
After Michael Young led off the inning with a double , La Russa sent both Motte a right-hander and left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski to begin warmups. However, Cardinals bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist later stated that he only heard Rzepczynski's name called.
When La Russa saw that Motte was not warming up, he made a second call to the bullpen, but this time Lilliquist thought he heard La Russa called for reliever Lance Lynn , who was supposedly unavailable for the game due to throwing 47 pitches in Game 3. Dotel intentionally walked Nelson Cruz , whereupon La Russa summoned Rzepczynski to face the left-handed hitting Murphy. Usually, the Rangers would counter with a right-handed pinch-hitter , such as Craig Gentry or Yorvit Torrealba.
However, Murphy stayed in the game, and hit a grounder off Rzepczynski, loading the bases. With Motte not yet available La Russa thought he was warming up, but he was not yet ready , La Russa was forced to match Rzepczynski against the right-handed hitting Mike Napoli , who hit a two- run double scoring Young and Cruz. After a Moreland strikeout , La Russa summoned for Motte from the bullpen, only to be surprised to see Lynn coming out it was then when he learned of the mix-ups.
Lynn then was asked to intentionally walk Ian Kinsler , making him only the third pitcher in World Series history to make a relief appearance solely to serve an intentional walk. Texas jumped on top immediately, with Josh Hamilton driving in Ian Kinsler in the top of the first.
The Cardinals responded quickly with a two-run Lance Berkman home run in the bottom half. Kinsler tied the game in the top of the second with a ground-rule double, scoring Craig Gentry. Leading off the top of the fourth, Matt Holliday misplayed a Nelson Cruz pop fly, putting Cruz at second. Mike Napoli singled him home to once again give Texas the lead. The Cardinals jumped right back in the game, taking advantage of a Michael Young error and scoring on a Yadier Molina groundout to knot the game at three.
David Freese started off the top of the fifth by dropping a routine pop fly the third consecutive half-inning to begin with an error , which immediately turned into the go-ahead run for Texas on Young's double.
Colby Lewis was cruising for the Rangers until the bottom of the sixth. After an Albert Pujols strikeout, Berkman singled to third. Matt Holliday grounded into a possible double play which was mishandled at first by Michael Young his second error of the game , leaving all runners safe.
Lewis walked the bases loaded and was pulled for Alexi Ogando , who promptly walked Yadier Molina to force in a run. Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Holliday injured his finger sliding in on the play and was forced to leave the game. The Rangers were able to slip out of the inning with the score still tied. In the bottom of the eighth, Allen Craig who entered the game as Holliday's replacement hit a solo home run to pull the Cardinals within two.
Facing possibly his last at-bat as a Cardinal, Pujols hit Feliz's first pitch into left field for a double. Feliz walked Lance Berkman to put the tying run on first, but got Craig to take a called third strike.
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