Red Sox Rout Cards 8-1 in World Series Opener
By Maui Now Staff
Shane Victorino of Wailuku, Maui. MLB photo.
Shoddy defense by St. Louis and sloppy umpiring helped the Boston Red Sox turn Wednesday’s World Series opener into a tea party.
Boston’s Mike Napoli hit a three-run double right after the umps reversed a blown call, Jon Lester made an early lead stand up and the Red Sox romped past St. Louis 8-1.
The win was the Red Sox ninth consecutive in World Series play, tying the Reds for the fourth-longest streak in Major League Baseball history.
Maui’s Shane Victorino went 0-4 at the plate but made a terrific play to finish the game. With two outs in the ninth, Cardinals’ David Freese hit a sharp single and right fielder Victorino nearly threw him out at first base.
VICTORINO RECAP:
Bos — In the bottom of the 1st 0-0
S Victorino lined out to left.
Bos — In the bottom of the 2nd 3-0
S Victorino safe at first on error by shortstop P Kozma, S Drew to third, D Ross to second.
Bos — In the bottom of the 4th 5-0
S Victorino flied out to center for third out.
Bos – In the bottom of the 7th 5-0
S Victorino lined out to first.
Statistics and Box Score by FOX Sports and Major League Basbeall.
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| M Carpenter 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| C Beltran RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| J Jay CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
| M Holliday LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .500 | .500 | 1.250 |
| A Craig DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| Y Molina C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| D Freese 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| M Adams 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| S Robinson CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| P Kozma SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 141 | |||
| BATTINGHR: M Holliday (1, 9th inning off R Dempster 0 on, 0 Out)RBI: M Holliday (1)GIDP: D FreeseCardinals RISP: 1-3 (J Jay 0-1, Y Molina 1-1, D Freese 0-1)Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDINGE: P Kozma 2 (2, ground ball, catch); D Freese (1, throw) | ||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| A Wainwright(L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 95-62 | 5.40 | |
| J Axford | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17-10 | 0.00 | |
| R Choate | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 0.00 | |
| S Maness | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0.00 | |
| K Siegrist | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-4 | 27.00 | |
| C Martinez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-9 | 9.00 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 141-90 | ||
| PITCHINGWP: C MartinezFirst-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Wainwright 16/24; J Axford 3/3; R Choate 0/1; S Maness 2/2; K Siegrist 2/2; C Martinez 2/4Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Wainwright 22-8-14-18; J Axford 4-3-3-0; R Choate 0-0-0-1; S Maness 2-0-0-2; K Siegrist 0-1-1-2; C Martinez 3-0-2-4Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Wainwright 4-7; J Axford 0-0; R Choate 1-0; S Maness 0-1; K Siegrist 0-1; C Martinez 1-2Game Scores: A Wainwright 42 | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| J Ellsbury CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
| S Victorino RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| D Pedroia 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| D Ortiz DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .667 | .500 | 1.667 |
| M Napoli 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| J Gomes LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| a-D Nava PH-LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| X Bogaerts 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| S Drew SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| D Ross C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| Totals | 33 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 141 | |||
| a-doubled to left for J Gomes in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING2B: M Napoli (1, A Wainwright); D Nava (1, C Martinez)HR: D Ortiz (1, 7th inning off K Siegrist 1 on, 2 Out)RBI: M Napoli 3 (3), D Pedroia (1), D Ortiz 3 (3), X Bogaerts (1)SF: D Ortiz, X Bogaerts2-out RBI: D Ortiz 2Red Sox RISP: 2-8 (S Victorino 0-1, D Ortiz 0-1, D Pedroia 1-1, J Gomes 0-1, M Napoli 1-2, J Ellsbury 0-1, X Bogaerts 0-1)Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDINGE: J Gomes (1, bobble)DP: 1 (J Lester-D Ross-M Napoli). | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Lester(W, 1-0) | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 112-76 | 0.00 | |
| J Tazawa | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-4 | 0.00 | |
| R Dempster | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23-16 | 9.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 141-96 | ||
| PITCHINGFirst-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Lester 15/28; J Tazawa 1/1; R Dempster 4/5Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Lester 20-11-26-19; J Tazawa 1-0-3-0; R Dempster 4-1-7-4Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Lester 8-7; J Tazawa 0-0; R Dempster 0-2Game Scores: J Lester 76 | ||||||||||
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