ST. LOUIS (AP) — Third baseman Will
Middlebrooks tripped Allen Craig for a game-ending obstruction call on
Jon Jay’s ninth-inning grounder, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a
bizarre 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night and a 2-1
World Series lead.
Boston had tied the score with two runs
in the eighth, and Yadier Molina singled with one out in the ninth off
loser Brandon Workman. Craig pinch hit and lined Koji Uehara’s first
pitch down the left-field line for a double that put runners on second
and third.
With the infield in, Jay hit a grounder
to diving second baseman Dustin Pedroia. He threw home to catcher
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who tagged out the sliding Molina. Saltalamacchia
threw offline past third, and Middlebrooks, with his stomach on the
field, raised both legs and tripped Craig...Read here...
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