Red Sox Rout Cards 8-1 in World Series Opener
By Maui Now Staff
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 |