BOSTON — The Fenway Park crowd was eager all night, standing, yelling, cheering. All that pent-up energy exploded as Shane Victorino crushed a Michael Wacha fastball high off the Green Monster, scoring three runs. Victorino pounded his chest and yelled as he advanced to third base. It seemed over then. The Red Sox had the lead.
For the first time since 1918, Boston would celebrate a World Series-clinching victory by the home team at this historic park. The Red Sox jumped out in front early against the St. Louis Cardinals and rolled to a 6-1 win, taking the Series, four games to two.
David Ortiz, now a three-time World Series champion, was named the most valuable player.
Victorino started the party with a two-out, bases-loaded double in the third inning. Wacha, the brilliant Cardinals rookie, finally seemed mortal. He had allowed just three runs in his previous 29 innings this postseason. He was pulled midway through the fourth and walked off the mound clearly distraught.
He was eventually charged with six runs.
Each time the Red Sox rallied, in the third and the fourth innings, Ortiz had been intentionally walked only to come around to score.
John Lackey pitched six and two-thirds strong innings. He worked around nine hits, allowing one run and striking out five batters. The crowd gave him an ovation as he walked off the mound with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh. Lackey tipped his hat. Then Junichi Tazawa finished the inning.
The Boston fans spent the rest of the night counting down outs until another championship, their team's third in 10 years.
Top 9th, 11:25 P.M. Uehara Closes the Door
It wasn't a save situation, but Koji Uehara came on to pitch the ninth for the Sox. He got Jay and Descalso to fly out to Gomes in left for the first two outs. The fans were on their feet, chanting, "Koji, Koji." Uehara struck out Carpenter to end the game and enable the Sox to win a World Series in Boston for the first time in 95 years.
— Jim Luttrell
Top 7th, 10:41 P.M. Cardinals Break Through
After a single and a double, the Cardinals broke Lackey's shutout on Beltran's single. Farrell came out ready make a move, it seemed, but after Lackey told him, "This is my game," he said something into his glove and persuaded Farrell to leave him in the game. A walk to Holliday loaded the bases, and Farrell wasn't about to be Grady Little. Tazawa entered and recorded the third out.
I really wish John Lackey wore a see-through glove.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) 31 Oct 13
— Jim Luttrell
Bottom 6th, 10:26 P.M. Cardinals Finally Figure Out Ortiz
That was Ortiz's first strikeout in this World Series. It came as the crowd chanted, "M.V.P.! M.V.P.!" Barring an epic collapse by Boston, he's your M.V.P. in a landslide, no?
His statistics over six games: .688 batting average, two homers, six R.B.I., seven walks and seven runs scored. Mr. October 2.0.
Cardinals watching too many @whitesox instructional videos during that flight delay Tuesday.
— rickbozich (@rickbozich) 31 Oct 13
Top 5th, 9:56 P.M. Do Sox Remember 1986 and Getting Ahead of Themselves?
The Red Sox need 12 outs to clinch the World Series. Everyone here seems antsy. So in the meantime, here's an arbitrary list of Game 6 heroes in order of "clutchness": Shane Victorino, David Ortiz, John Lackey, Stephen Drew, Mike Napoli, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonny Gomes, everyone else.
Also, you know victory is close when the the Red Sox feel comfortable enough to send an email to the news media with this subject line: Rules and Regulations in the Event of a Red Sox Game 6 Clinch.
Bottom 4th, 9:35 P.M. Sox Chase Wacha and Lead, 6-0
Molina has some words for Wacha before the rookie walks off the mound. His night is done. He went three and two-thirds innings, allowing five hits, four walks (including two intentional walks to Ortiz), and six runs.
His terrific postseason ends on a sour note, but surely Molina reassured him the Cardinals would not have made it this far without him.
9:27 P.M. Slumping Drew Goes Deep, Making It 4-0
Stephen Drew had not homered in his previous 51 at-bats this postseason. He had hit 13 homers all season. But he takes Wacha deep there.
Top 4th, 9:20 P.M. Cardinals Turned Back Again
Another opportunity lost for the Cardinals. Pedroia makes a rare error, misplaying a Molina grounder at second base (after having just won a Gold Glove), and the Cardinals have two on, one out, and can't score.
Lackey is through four scoreless innings, with 57 pitches.
Each time the Cards have had two on, Matt Adams and David Freese, the 2011 World Series most valuable player, have made outs.
Bottom 3rd, 9:09 P.M. Victorino Gives Red Sox a 3-0 Lead
That was maybe the only way the Red Sox could load the bases against Wacha: Ellsbury singles, Ortiz is intentionally walked, Gomes is hit by a pitch. Shane Victorino then doubles high off the Green Monster. All three score. And what a slide by Gomes, getting under the tag of Molina.
Victorino may be the hero for the second time this postseason in a Game 6. Remember, he hit that grand slam in the A.L.C.S. against Detroit.
That double by Victorino, a switch-hitter? He was batting right-handed against a dominant righty in Wacha. Find out why here.
8:51 P.M. Flight Delay Gave Cards Quality Time
If the Cardinals lose tonight, much will be made of how they were delayed leaving St. Louis on Tuesday because of mechanical problems with their plane. It was said they were stuck on the runway for about seven hours.
Mike Matheny said the players "hung out with their families. They hung out with each other. There was a lot of fooling around going on. Guys were making the best of a situation they knew we didn't have any control over.
"How that affects us? I don't think it really does. We've been resilient, but you take what comes, and we adjust and get ready for the next day."
Bottom 2nd, 8:47 P.M. Wacha Works Out of Trouble
In a similar bottom half of the second, score that under "missed opportunities that could come back to haunt the Red Sox": two runners on, no outs, and Xander Bogaerts, Stephen Drew and David Ross go down in order.
Top 2nd, 8:39 P.M. Lackey Works Out of Trouble
Score that under "missed opportunities that could come back to haunt the Cardinals": two runners on, no outs, and Matt Adams, David Freese and Jon Jay go down in order.
Top 2nd, 8:30 P.M. Hobbled Craig Continues to Rake
Allen Craig this series: 5 for 13, after singling off the Green Monster. He had two big ninth-inning hits in Games 3 and 4. Having not played since Sept. 4 before this series, he's done all that could be expected of him.
Bottom 1st, 8:25 P.M. Wacha Is Good … and Wise
Wacha was careful there with Ortiz, walking him on nine pitches. Other than that, and Pedroia's near home run, Wacha was Wacha. He struck out Ellsbury and Napoli. He's at 18 pitches. If he can get through six innings relatively unscathed, the Cardinals will have to be pleased.
Fenway would have exploded if Pedroia's ball had stayed fair there. Reminiscent of Carlton Fisk. Pedroia missed a homer by only a few feet. Maybe he should've waved harder.
8:06 P.M. The Scene Outside Fenway
About two hours before the first pitch, Yawkey Way was flooded with people. A four-man brass band played. Some man was walking around on stilts. People had red B's painted on their faces. A magician did card tricks. Vendors stood on crates, selling World Series pennants and programs. There was beer, and plenty of it.
I didn't see it, but it was said that Steve Horgan — the police officer who threw his arms into the air as David Ortiz's grand slam cleared the wall and Torii Hunter flipped over it in Game 2 of the A.L.C.S. — posed for pictures with fans.
Lines were outrageous outside several bars up and down Lansdowne Street. Tickets to the game were pricey. Accoridng to TiqIQ, which collects data on tickets for resale, the average price for a ticket on the secondary market was $1,979, making it the most expensive baseball ticket the company had tracked.
8:02 P.M. A Different Dropkick Murphys
Earlier in the Series, I talked about how Huey Lewis and the News performed one of my favorite versions of the national anthem. Well, the Dropkick Murphys didn't match that four-part harmony, but it was fun to see one of my favorite bands NOT be irreverent for once. And it's not often that the anthem singers get to do a second song, but the fans at Fenway were on their feet and singing along to "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" as the band was accompanied by Irish step dancers. Smart move by the Sox to get the crowd revved up, as if it needed more incentive.
If you weren't fortunate enough to be at Fenway to see the band, here's the song you missed.
— Jim Luttrell
6:33 P.M. Starting Lineups and Forecast
It's supposed to be a clear and chilly night at Fenway, with the temperature dipping into the 40s.
Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino are back in the Red Sox' lineup. Victorino missed the last two games with back tightness. Manager John Farrell will stick with David Ross over Jarrod Saltalamacchia at catcher. For the Cardinals, Allen Craig, who has a bothersome left foot, will be the designated hitter.
1) Matt Carpenter, 2B ; 2) Carlos Beltran, RF ; 3) Matt Holliday, LF ; 4) Allen Craig, DH; 5) Yadier Molina, C ; 6) Matt Adams, 1B; 7) David Freese, 3B ; 8) Jon Jay, CF ; 9) Daniel Descalso, SS; Pitching: Michael Wacha, RHP
1) Jacoby Ellsbury, CF ; 2) Dustin Pedroia, 2B; 3) David Ortiz, DH; 4) Mike Napoli, 1B ; 5) Jonny Gomes, LF ; 6) Shane Victorino, RF; 7) Xander Bogaerts, 3B; 8) Stephen Drew, SS ; 9) David Ross, C; Pitching: John Lackey, RHP
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