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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig drifted back, reached up and made the catch, setting off a stampede from the dugout.
The St. Louis Cardinals, the team that wasn’t even supposed to be here, had won a most remarkable World Series.
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A day after twice being down to their last strike, the Cardinals became champions by beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in Game
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By Michael Tapia
Madison Bumgarner put the San Francisco Giants one step away from becoming world champions after 56 years; the last time the franchise won the World Series they were the New York Giants and played in Harlem’s Polo Grounds. While playing in California the Giants made it to the big dance three times before this year’s edition and in all three occasions defeated. The first debacle happened in 1962 when they lost against the New York Yankees, the second time was against their neighbors across the bay, the Oakland Athletics in 1989 and the last occurred in 2002 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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By Michael Tapia
The pitchers duel was one day late with C.J. Wilson and Matt Cain battling for Game 2. What was expected in the first game of the series was provided for in the second game, Lincecum and Lee were far from sharp, but Cain and Wilson were as tenacious as one can be. For the first six innings of the game, the competition was fierce, as neither Wilson nor Cain would surrendered a run through the first four innings.
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By Michael Tapia
The Freak did not exactly freak out the Rangers only striking out three batters in 5 2/3 innings pitched, but the Giants did look like Goliath against Cliff Lee. The supposedly offensively lacklusting Giants roughed up Lee for seven runs, six of them earned out of eight hits. Lee was only able to withstand 4 2/3 innings before handing it over to struggling bullpen that kept pitching batting practice to the fiercely hungry Giants.
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By Michael Tapia
Baseball’s biggest show is set to start Wednesday night, the best of seven duel between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers will commence in the AT&T Park at 7:57 PM EST. Cliff Lee and Tim Lincecum will be facing off in Game 1 for what many expect to be a very tight race for the World Series trophy.
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