ST. LOUIS (AP) The Cardinals Jaime Garcia pitched hitless baseball through three innings and appeared to be close to matched by simply Texas beginner Colby Lewis , leaving behind St. Louis as well as Rangers tied 0-0 Thursday overnight inside Game a couple of belonging to the World Series.
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Garcia out of production his primary seven players inside order, plus didn t allow some sort of basketball out of your infield. He struck out and about two, caused several groundouts, one popout as well as a lineout, throwing 21 years of age with 35 pitches pertaining to strikes,
Lewis permitted just a couple runners, running Matt Holliday on some pitches inside the second inning and also allowing your two-out two times to be able to correct by while in the finally prior to Jon Jay utes groundout for you to first. Lewis struck out and about two, organizing 1 out of 3 pitches.
Garcia were being 0-2 with your 5.74 ERA throughout his primary three postseason starts. Lewis features pitched superior on the highway than at residence this season in addition to has been 1-1 which includes a 3.86 ERA, successful at Tampa Bay and dropping at Detroit.
A nighttime after a cold, rainy opener, them was marginally warmer, using a gametime temps of 50 degrees. Stan Musial, the particular Cardinals Hall involving Famer whom turns 91 next month, joined the experience from Busch Stadium, planning to watch St. Louis move halfway for you to it has the 11th tournament as well as very first since 2006.
When the Series shifts to be able to Texas on Saturday night, Matt Harrison starts off Game a few for any Rangers as well as Derek Holland is rue the particular Rangers in Game 4 about Sunday and also Edwin Jackson for any Cardinals.
Texas, attempting to get the primary Series bill within franchise history, had not lost consecutive mmorpgs since Aug. 23-25 from Boston and seemed to be intending to stop a replicate of final year, should the Rangers resolved to go to San Francisco and also had been swept by the Giants 11-7 and also 9-0 within the first a couple games. The Giants journeyed up on earn the Series in five games.
Teams winning the actual opener have got gained seven belonging to the last eight titles, 12 in the last 14 as well as 19 in the past 23. Of the fifty two golf clubs taking 2-0 Series leads, 41 have got gone on to win, such as eight within a row and also 15 from the past 16. The different was the 1996 , that won the 1st two games at Yankee Stadium and then misplaced a number of in a row.
Of competitors that will earned Game 2 to also your Series, 29 connected with 54 have gone about for you to succeed but simply two with the final seven, that 2002 Angels and also the 2009 Yankees.
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