Cardinals even World Series with 4-2 win

2013 MLB World Series


The young pitching staff of the St. Louis Cardinals held off the Boston Red Sox 4-2 tonight at Fenway Park to even the World Series at one game apiece.

The Red Sox could muster up just three hits off the St. Louis starter Michael Wacha through six innings and then had trouble figuring out the offerings of relievers Carlos Martinez and Trevor Rosenthal. Martinez pitches two innings and allowed just one hit, while striking out three and Rosenthal comes on in the ninth to strike out the side for the save.

David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to give the Red Sox a 2-1 lead, but the Cardinals rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to hand Boston its first World Series loss since 2004. Carlos Beltran had two hits and an RBI for St. Louis.

The series continues in St. Louis on Saturday as Joe Kelly takes the mound for the Cardinals and Jake Peavy for the Red Sox.