The World Series this year as finally was set as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers last night 12-6 to win the best of seven series four games to two. Now it’s down to two teams the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League square off against the repeat American League champion Texas Rangers. Nobody could have predicted to see the Cardinals here after making the playoffs on the last day of the season that completed the Atlanta Braves huge collapse.
How They Got Here
The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the Divisional Round which is best of five, three games to one. The Rangers by 13 runs in the series behind the big bat of the catcher Mike Napoli and Third Basemen Michael Young. Mike Napoli has the highest post season average for the team right now at .316 this October. Nelson Cruz and Michael Young have also been hitting pretty well. The Rangers then faced the Detroit Tigers and eked out a 3-2 win to advance to the World Series. Nelson Cruz has been the hero for the Rangers in the series. He has hit six homers in the series against Detroit, a ridiculous statistic.
The St. Louis Cardinals were able to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the Divisional Round of the playoffs in five games winning the series three games to two. The Phillies high power offense was extinct against the Cardinals. The pitching staff wasn't able to keep the Cardinals offense down and they lost the series for what some people like to say the curse of the squirrel.
There was a squirrel on the field at the games in St. Louis that the Cardinals were able to win game three at home but not game four. It has always been known as bad luck to have an animal on the field of a post season game. Just ask the Cubs. They haven't won a championship in over 100 years, which included the game where the black cat circled the Cubs dugout in a loss in the playoffs.
The Cardinals pitching staff did wonders against the Phillies where Chris Carpenter threw eight innings of shutout baseball and the bullpen finished off a 1-0 victory for St. Louis. The Cardinals then went on to play the Brewers and were able to out slug Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun of the Brewers. Albert Pujols was a big catalyst of the Cardinals offense in the series. Now they advance to the World Series.
This World Series will be a very good one; it may even go seven games. The Cardinals will have to capitalize at home if they would like to beat the Rangers. The Rangers high power offense will have to be held in check if they expect to win the series and take home the championship.
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