Hello,
Before this series started I made two predictions. First I predicted both teams would score more than 70 runs total and also that the Red Sox would win the Series in 6 games. Both predictions are in play although the runs prediction looks a bit far fetched now.
My prediction for a high scoring series is still in play, although it looks highly unlikely now. 15 runs have been scored through two games, which is an average of 7.5 runs per game. Extrapolated over 7 games that's only 52.5 runs, obviously that's well under the over 70 I predicted. I still expect to see at least one wild 10-9 sort of game though. While the pitching for both teams is very good, both offenses are also too explosive to be shut out the whole series.
Boston won the first game led by David Ortiz's almost grand slam and then later added a two shot homer. That was a hell of a play by Carlos Beltran catching Ortiz's fly ball that had cleared the home run fence. Mike Napoli had the biggest blow with his 3 run double in the first inning.
Jon Lester had a great first game for the Red Sox, he pitched 7.2 innings allowing only 5 hits and 0 runs. He also had 8 strikeouts.
The thing that opened the door for the Red Sox in Game 1 was both the Cardinals mental and physical errors. St. Louis was clearly very nervous and looked dramatically better in Game 2. Their defense was better and Michael Wacha continued his amazing assassin like shutting down of the opponents hitters. Through his 4 postseason starts this season Wacha is 4-0 and has a 1.00 ERA.
Thursdays loss by the Red Sox broke Boston's 9 game World Series win streak, it was the 4th longest World Series win streak ever. I love ESPN's amazing little nuggets like that, although I do realize they probably get some of those nuggets from somewhere else.
I predict the winner of this World Series is going to come down to which unit wins the most battles. Will it be the high scoring Red Sox offense or the Cardinals solid young pitching staff? The Red Sox offense won the first game with the Cardinals pitching winning the second game. One thing I didn't consider was errors, I didn't realize how much errors would play part in this series. The errors have played a crucial part in both games.
In the second game Ortiz had his second homer of this World Series. He quite simply is the most clutch hitter I've seen in my life. Ortiz is chasing the World Series MVP, assuming the Red Sox win, with his .667 batting average.
The World Series moves to St. Louis for Games 3, 4 and 5. We know that this World Series won't be a sweep like the last Red Sox-Cardinals World Series. St. Louis probably doesn't have to worry about Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore celebrating the Red Sox World Series victory on their home field.
themusicaddict
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