Andrew Jackson reports from Friendly Fenway that it's pretty cold this evening. Quick recap of last night. THE HORN, yes that Horn, was the big hero with a homer off of Pesky's Pole in the 8th to win it. The Pitcher Ken Williams dealt for Billy Koch (Keith Foulke) was great again!
Okay here are the lineups:
For the St. Louis White Shoes and White Belts
E. Renteria ss
L. Walker rf
A. Pujols 1b
S. Rolen 3b
J. Edmonds cf
R. Sanders lf
T. Womack 2b
M. Matheny c
M. Anderson dh
The Pitcher is Matt Morris
For the Boston Red Sox
J. Damon cf
O. Cabrera ss
M. Ramirez lf
D. Ortiz dh
J. Varitek c
K. Millar 1b
T. Nixon rf
B. Mueller 3b
The Horn 2b
Pitching for the BoSox Curt Schilling
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Andrew Jacson did some Investigative Reporting following Game 7 of the NLCS. He found out why the Red Sox won the ALCS.
NOMAR wishes the Red Sox well!
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Top of the 1st
Renteria groundout 6-3
Larry Walker flies to rf
The "wink, wink" 24 year old Albie Pujols lines a double to the gap in left center
Rolen hits a "rocket shot" at Billy Mueller.
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Bottom of 1st
Johnny Damon grounds out to Rolen
Cabrera grounds to Renteria
Manny walks
here comes ORTIZ, he walks, Manny to 2B
VARITEK HITS A TWO RUN TRIPLE TO RIGHT CENTER! RED SOX ARE UP 2-0!
Millar walks
(The Genius' pal Dave Duncan heads to the mound for a visit with Morris)
Nixon grounds out 5-3
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END OF 1st BoSox-2 Cards-0
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Top of the 2nd
Edmonds pops a foul between Mueller and Varitek who collide and the ball drops E-5
Edmonds grounds to Millar
Sanders walks
Womack hits a "duck-snort" to right center, Sanders to 2B.
Matheny lines to Mueller it's an unassisted twin killing
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Bottom of 2nd
"How many times does the player who makes a great defensive play leadoff the next inning?" Answer 1 out of 9 times!
Billy Mueller singles
THE HORN works the count to 3-2 and grounds into a 4-6-3 doubleplay.
Damon k's
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END OF 2nd BoSox-2 Cards-0
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Top of 3rd
Anderson pops to Millar
Renteria grounds to Cabrera
Larry Walker strikesout swinging
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Bottom of 3rd
Cabrera grounds 5-3
Manny whiffs
Ortiz grounds to Pujols
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END OF 3rd BoSox-2 Cards-0
(On Monday Andrew Jackson will have a sit down conversation with Tim McCarver)
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TOP OF 4th
"the 15 year old" Pujols hits another double
Rolen flies to Trot Nixon who makes a great catch. Al tags and heads to 3B.
Jimmy Edmonds K's (somewhere Ken Griffey is laughing!)
Sanders hits a smash to Mueller he can't get it. Albie scores. Sanders is at first on an error on Billy Mueller. That's his second of the night and the Red Sox 6th error of the series.
Womack grounds to Cabrera.
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BOTTOM OF 4th
Varitek grounds to Womack
Millar's HBP
Nixon K's
Mueller doubles into the corner, Millar to third
Here's THE HORN, I Honestly cannot believe this: THE HORN DOUBLES OVER JIMMY's HEAD IN CF. MILLAR & MUELLER SCORE. RED SOX 4 - CARDS 1
Look who's the World Series Hero so far:
Damon grounds to 2B
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END OF 4 Sox-4 Redbirds-1
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Look at the crap FOX is promoting with the World Series.
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TOP OF 5
Ex-Brewer Mike Matheny singles
Anderson K's
Renteria hits into a twin killing
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BOTTOM OF 5
Cabrera walks
Manny flies to Walker
PITCHING CHANGE: ELDRED RELIEVES MATT MORRIS
EDITORIAL--Why the hell is Tom Hanks sitting in the Monster seats? I hate these Hollywood types who take seats away from real fans at Big Games. Can Jim Belushi get into anymore Chicago events for FREE claiming to represent Chicago?
Ortiz hits one a long way that clearly was FOUL. He flies to RF.
Varitek is HBP
Millar K's
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END OF 5th BoSox-4 RiverRats-1
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TOP OF 6th
Walker whiffs
Pujols is finally out
Rolen reaches on another Error by Bill Mueller-that's his THIRD tying a WS Record, I'm not sure what's going on with Mueller.
Jimmy grounds to THE HORN who boots it. The RED SOX 4th Error. The tying run is at the plate
Reggie Sanders hits a shot at Mueller who grabs it and staggers to the bag.
The Ex-Cubs keep trying to screw this up for the Sox, but Schilling pitches right through it.
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BOTTOM OF SIX
Trot Nixon singles to cf
Muellerflies deep to Walker
The New RED SOX HERO THE HORN pops to Renteria.
Damon singles, sending Nixon to 2B
former Expo ORLANDO CABRERA DOUB...err SINGLES OFF THE MONSTER! NIXON SCORES, DAMON SCORES. RED SOX LEAD 6-1
Manny pops up to Edmonds who plays it into a single, Cabrera to 3B
PITCHING CHANGE: FORMER-CUB RAY KING IS IN. ELDRED IS GONE
(IS RAY KING HUGE!) ORTIZ K's
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END OF 6th THE HORN& the BoSox-6
Albert and the Junkyard Gang-1
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TOP OF 7th
PITCHING CHANGE: ALAN EMBREE RELIEVES SCHILLING
Womack K's
Matheny strikesout
Taguchi, pinch hits for Anderson, strikesout lookin'
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Donna Summer sings God Bless America
BOTTOM OF 7th
PITCHING CHANGE: THE GENIUS BRINGS IN JASON MARQUIS-the Game 4 starter
Varitek hits a ball to Edmonds who makes a Willie Mays catch
Millar walks, Doug M. runs for Millar
Nixon flies to CF
EDITORIAL: Joe Buck is now talking about how confident the Cards will be when the series moves back to Busch. This game is starting to sound more and more like Joe calling a Cardinals game with Al Hrabosky in Mid-May.
Mueller walks.
NOOOOOOOOO, Francona pinch hits for THE HORN with Pokey Reese. Reese pops out to Pujols.
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END OF 7th RED SOX-6 Redbirds-1
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TOP OF 8th
PITCHING CHANGE: TIMLIN's in
Renteria walks
Walker's out 1-3, Renteria to 2B
Pujols singles, Renteria to 3B
Rolen hits and RBi Sac Fly to CF. Renteria scores.
PITCHING CHANGE: LOOK WHITE SOX FANS IT'S KEITH FOULKE
Edmonds whiffs
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BOTTOM OF 8th
Damon Groundsout 6-3
Cabrera foulsout to Matheny
Manny groundsout
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END OF 8 BOS-6 STL-2
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TOP OF 9
(Kapler's in LF for Man-Ram)
Sanders K's
Womack flies to Nixon
Matheny grounds to Cabrera
RED SOX WIN! They take a 2-0 World Series Lead.
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FINALS R-H-E
Cardinals 2-5-0
RED SOX 6-8-4
WP Schilling
LP Morris_____________________
This is a great start for the Red Sox! CONGRATS TO RED SOX NATION!
The Red Sox had better be wary. The Cardinals are great in St. Louis and due to bust out and score a bunch of runs. If the Red Sox can just steal one in Missouri they can win it in Game 6 at FENWAY! Go RED SOX!
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