ARLINGTON, Texas — in the most bizarre twist on ambitious game yet in the World Series, St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa to find his voice muffled ROAR 51.459 fans in the Ballpark Rangers in Arlington. La Russa noise will tell later proved costly for the Cardinals in a 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers in a game 5 tonight.
Auditory gaffes occurred in the eighth inning in a tie. La Russa picked up the phone and asked for a lefty specialist, Marc Rzepczynski and closer Jason Motte begin warming. As La Russa will explain later, bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist heard only the name. Later as the inning began to spiral, La Russa again and asked Mott to get up. Lilliquist, as someone heard La Russa ask Lance Lynn, who should not have been a step in this night.
Entire case sounded so ridiculous, La Russa almost had to laugh. Almost.
"It's going to happen," said La Russa. "It's loud, there."
Loud enough to force the hand of La Russa: he handcuffed to use Rzepczynski with bases loaded against catcher Mike Napoli, a right-handed hitter. Napoli pounded the go-ahead, two-run double that gave the Rangers 3-2 lead in the series, and two chances to clinch their first World Championship later this week. Napoli played the hero for the second consecutive Night Club Manager appears for series MVP.
The game itself was stuffed with intrigue: at one point, Adrian Beltre headlamp so low, hit a Homer, he genuflected, knee-deep in mud, like baseball, rose sharply on the stands. Cardinals Starter Chris Carpenter bulled through seven innings. His teammates left 12 runners on base.
Neither Manager itself showered glory. Ron Washington continues to bat Napoli eighth, while Napoli, being his team's best hitter. He also appeared determined at all costs avoid Albert Pujols. In the seventh with two outs, he walked Pujols with a blank database. Pujols was welcome, and Cardinals even loading the bases. But they cannot however scratch run.
But then the work of La Russa, who stole the spotlight again. Eighth, unfolded is so bad for him. He decided to intentionally walk Nelson Cruz, because he believes that Motte was available in the bullpen. When Lin went to the mound later, La Russa asked who sent him. He was forced to order the intentional walk, because he didn't want to Lynn split.
However, this decision was comedy, compared to what happened in the ninth. After Texas closer Neftali Feliz plunked Craig Allen to open the inning, Pujols called transient with the count. Pujols eliminated. Napoli threw Craig and the Cardinals were left to pick up the pieces.
"Everything must be done, i.e. what I will do," said Napoli.
What a strange ending to the night that was billed as a showdown between ACEs. Respective starters game 1 from each staff connected again in the evening. They are from different species. Carpenter-36, the definition of a workhorse, built solid at 6-6 and 230 pounds. He led the National League in innings pitched this season and sloughed from worries about his latest round of surgically reconstructed right elbow.
Texas C.J. Wilson-30, in just his second year as a starter susceptible to walk but still one of the best baseball pitchers after conversion from the bullpen. He lasted only 5 1/3 innings, but will not be hung with loss for the second time this series.
Carpenter during the early innings, establishing his sinker and curveball, which froze the right-handed kernel power Ranger. Wilson worked for the detection of its cutter inside and stumbled the first into trouble. He gave up a pair of runs in the second walk and shoddy defense.
Texas half deficit at the bottom of the third. Carpenter served as Mitch Moreland, struggling first baseman, sinker middle. Moreland sent the ball into the nether reaches the upper deck in right field. In the sixth Beltre crushed curveball hanging from the Carpenter to tie the game.
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