World Series Update

In Game 3 of the World Series, played Saturday night, the St. Louis Cardinals went off and destroyed Ranger pitching. The main problem the Rangers had was getting Albert Pujols out. Pujols had a historic performance-- easily one of the best performances of all time in a World Series game. Albert went  5 - 6, with 3 home runs and 6 RBI's. The home runs that he hit were not cheap home runs either. Each and every one of them were long shots that went over 420 feet before they hit the bleachers. It was not only his amazing performance though that won the Cardinals the game. The Cards scored a whopping 16 runs. In the Seahawks and Browns football game this Sunday, those two only combined for 9 points. There is a final thought as to how good the St. Louis Cardinals offense was in Game 3.

After hitting the ball all over the place in Game 3, most people would think that the Cardinals would have another good offensive showing the night after. Maybe not the 16 run outburst, but that they would score a good amount of runs. If you thought that was going to happen, you turned out to be completely wrong. Derek Holland (1 - 0) was exactly what the Rangers needed. He had great command of each and every one of his pitches. Mangager Ron Washington said that his pitcher had excellent control and worked every corner of the stike zone. Holland ended up going 8 1/3 innings, not being able to finish the game because of a high pitch count and he walked the leadoff man, Rafael Furcal, in the 9th. I thought that Ron Washington made the right decision to pull his man in that situation. Its not about stats and finishing the game and letting him try to do it because he deserved to, its about winning the World Series. In the regular season, I probably would of left him out there to finish it, but this is the World Series and when you have a chance to win a World Series game, you take it.

The series between these two teams is tied up 2 - 2. Game 5 will take place on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 8:05 P.M. in Arlington, Texas. Chris Carpenter (1 - 0) faces C.J. Wilson (0 - 1) on Fox.