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This is already shaping up to be a very entertaining World Series.St. Louismanager Tony LaRussa was in great form in game one as he went through six pitchers to take the win. LaRussa was so spot-on with his managing that his five relief pitchers only gave up a combined one hit in a little more than two innings pitched. LaRussa’s use of pinch hitters and moving his defense around was also a sign that the veteran manager has his head in the game. LaRussa knew when starter Chris Carpenter had enough and knew how to make sure that his team came out of game one with the win.
Texasmanager Ron Washington did an excellent job on the other side of the field as well. Once Washingtonpulled starter C.J. Wilson in the sixth inning after Wilsonhad given up the lead, the Rangers gave up only two hits and no runs the rest of the game. Washingtonput his cost per head players in a position to win the game, but the offense could not come through for the Rangers.Washington made moves and changed up hitters, but he could not get his team to produce the two runs it needed to win.
St. Louis Cardinals
If you run the numbers through any bookie software, you start to realize that the Cardinals can keep doing this throughout the entire series if it wanted to. LaRussa is going through a lot of pitchers, but he is not overworking his staff. One-third of an inning here and two-thirds of an inning there is not going to drain the bullpen. But LaRussa would like to see his starters go deeper into games. Ultimately, the decision to pull Carpenter was LaRussa’s. LaRussa either had a pre-set pitch count in his head or he saw something that caused him to give his ace the hook. Either way, if LaRussa and the Cardinals can keep getting production like this from its bullpen, then this could be a very short series.
Texas Rangers
Baseball fans who bet online have been tracking the Rangers all season long.Texas was the top team in the AL West for most of the season and won the division almost unopposed despite the best efforts of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. But it was the Rangers’ offense that won key games and not the pitching. TheTexas pitching staff showed a resilient side that not many people knew it had in game one. But, to win this series, the Rangers need to start scoring runs and stop relying on its bullpen to hold the score down.
The Bottom Line
MLB fans inSt. Louis can almost feel the early excitement of a World Series title. The Texas Rangers have made two valiant runs at a World Series championship, but in both cases the Rangers were just not better than the NL champion. Now that Tony LaRussa knows how to shut down the Rangers’ offense, it is going to be difficult forTexas to win games.
Pick: St. Louis Cardinals
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