Runner Picked Off at First to Give Red Sox World Series Game Win
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The Boston Red Sox entered the bottom of the ninth inning of Sunday night’s World Series Game 3 with a happy 4-2 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals and formidable closer Koji Uehara taking the pitcher’s mound. St. Louis, however, threatened when Allen Craig singled to bring the tying run to the plate with just one out.
Kolten Wong pinch-ran for the hobbled Craig, then Matt Carpenter popped out to second for the second out of the inning. The ever-dangerous Carlos Beltran came to the plate next, but wound up staying there.
Wong, the pinch runner, did the main thing pinch runners should not do. Maybe stealing second would have taken away the force, but just getting to scoring position isn’t going to make a huge difference when the tying and winning runs are behind you. But then those are risks a manager takes when he uses a 23-year-old with all of 38 games on his Major League resume in a big spot in a World Series games.
One night after they lost the first World Series game to ever end on an obstruction call, the Red Sox won the first World Series game to ever end on a pickoff.
Thanks to USA Today for story contributions.
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Which part of ‘the World’ would that be then?
Mad as hatters you Yanks…The World Series???…oops…nobody else in ‘the World’ is in it.
Daft buggers.
We do love you though 😉
I still can’t believe this kid tried to steal given the circumstances. Goes to show you experience is worth everything…..
I thought stealing was against the law? What is this thing, “baseball” anyway? Something the Mafia uses for training?
LOL. Damn thieves anyway 🙂