Baseball—World Series-Open Thread: Game 4

posted at 7:53 pm on October 23, 2011 by Rovin

WORLD SERIES – GAME 4 St. Louis leads series 2-1

I would guess by now everyone has discovered that Albert Pujols has inserted himself into the World Series record books with his performance last night.  Tom Verducci at Sports Illustrated said it very well:

“The score of Game 3 will be lost to history, the unseemliness of a 16-7 pounding St. Louis gave Texas better off forgotten anyway. What remains forever is what happened when the best player of his generation found the very best of himself on the biggest of all stages. It was, quite simply, the greatest night by one player in the history of the 620 World Series games ever played.

It wasn’t enough that Pujols joined Babe Ruth (1926 and 1928) and Reggie Jackson (1977) as the only players to hit three home runs in a World Series game. He also tied World Series records for runs batted in (six, by Bobby Richardson and Hideki Matsiui) and hits (five by Paul Molitor, with Pujols, incredibly, getting five hits off five different pitchers in a six-inning span). The hits — two singles and three homers — added up to 14 total bases, two more than the previous record shared by Ruth and Jackson. No one ever had a night this big.”

I’m certain the Texas Rangers and their fans hope they don’t see any thing close to a Pujols repeat performance tonight.  In fact, it’s pretty critical that the Rangers don’t go down 3-1 against a team that can score 16 runs—in a single World Series game.

Derek Holland, (16-5~3.95 era) starts for Texas tonight, while Edwin Jackson, (12-9~3.79 era) is on the mound for St. Louis

Comments and updates welcome…………

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