The series was 3-2 in favor of the Rangers. In the top of the 9th, Texas was winning 7-5, men on first and second. Two outs and two strikes, David Freese up to bat. It's all over, Texas will surely win for the first time in team history... Wrong! He hit a Long fly ball over the glove of ther ight fielder. Pujols and Berkam scored and Freese ended up at third. IT WAS ALL TIED UP! After Molina struck out, this game went to extras. Skip ahead to the bottom of the 10th. At this point, Texas was once again leading by two after a Hamilton 2-run homer. Man on first and third Lance Berkman up to bat. St. Louis scored already that inning and made it a one run game. Either way there were once again two outs and two strikes. Texas will win, they must. They can't repeat what they did last inning... Once again, wrong. Berkman singled on a line drive to center field, Jon Jay scored, and once again... It was all tied up. After getting the third out, Texas headed to the 11th determined to win. They scored nothing, absolutely nothing. That wasn't the case for the Cards. First to bat, who else other that David Freese? LONG DRIVE, CENTER FIELD... GONE! It was over. The team that came back to make it to the post season, came back to force a game 7 not once, not twice but three times in one game. St. Louis Cardinals of 2011=miracle team.
So going into Friday night, which was it going to be? The eleventh World Series won by the Cardinals? or the first ever Texas Ranger Word Series Title? This game was in my opinion an absolute disappointment considering it was the decisive game for the the best team in the MLB. After having a successful first inning, it was like Texas just gave up on winning. The offence was not the only issue though. This was a game which in my opinion, should have featured Holland starting for Texas. For some reason, Ron Washington chose to play him in the bullpen the night before, therefore making him unavailable. Scott Feldman ended up starting for Texas and allowed four runs. Issues continued with the bullpen. In that disastrous 5th inning for Texas. Both runs came without any hits. In fact, all runners that reached base that inning, reached due to walks. After that, Texas just wasn't able to score or do anything positive. The game ended with a Murphy, fly ball hit to left field. The team that shouldn't have even made it to the Post-Season, won the title of the best baseball team in the world.
Ron Washington's club lost in the Worlds Series for two consecutive years. After the trophy was awarded to St. Louis, it was declared that David Freese (a St. Louis native) was the World Series MVP. So it's done. The season is over. The trophy will be held at St. Louis for the 11th time ever. As someone that doesn't like either of these two teams, you might be saying "It doesn't effect me". The truth is, it effects all of baseball. Perhaps this win will lead Tony La Russa to stay in St. Louis. Maybe your favorite team could use a new Manager. What about Albert Pujols. Along with Votto and Fielder, he will be one of the most viewed at, free agents this off season. Let's be honest here. What team wouldn't want Pujols? Maybe however, this lead him to want to stay in St. Louis.
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