St. Louis Cardinals vs Texas Rangers
When ? Friday, October 28, 2011 – 08:05 PM
Where ? Busch Stadium
Pitchers: vs Harrison vs Carpenter
“You know, it’s not that easy to win a world championship, as we found out tonight,” manager Ron Washington said. “We’ll bounce back (Friday). We’ve been in some tough situations before. We’ve always responded, and I expect us to respond (Friday).” The Cardinals are making their record 11th appearance in a World Series Game 7, having gone 7-3 all-time. Though St. Louis, which is seeking its 11th World Series title, lost its last two such contests — in 1985 at Kansas City and 1987 at Minnesota. The Rangers haven’t suffered back-to-back defeats since a three-game skid Aug. 23-25 against Boston. Carpenter, 3-0 with a 3.30 ERA over five postseason starts this season, most recently allowed two runs and six hits while throwing 101 pitches in seven innings of Monday’s 4-2 loss in Game 5. Napoli’s 10 RBIs for are tied for the third-most in a single World Series, and Cruz’s eight homers are tied with (2002) and (2004) for the most in a single postseason. Instead, and have given the Cardinals the unlikely opportunity to win Game 7 on Friday night at Busch Stadium. Holliday has gone 3 for 19 (.158) with no RBIs during the Fall Classic and made two significant blunders Thursday. After dropping a routine fly ball to start the fourth inning, the five-time All-Star was picked off third base with the bases loaded in the sixth. That additional time off may have opened the door for Cardinals ace to take the mound. While all signs point to Carpenter making a third start in this World Series, La Russa did not declare him the starter following Thursday’s win. “But you know, I think the experience is incredible.” Holliday was removed following the play with a bruised right pinkie and is uncertain for Game 7. Washington stood firm in that decision Thursday by bringing in Holland in the sixth inning to help the Rangers out of a bases-loaded jam. Holland, who held the Cardinals to two hits in 8 1/3 innings of that 4-0 Game 4 victory, did allow a homer to in the eighth. No team had ever come back twice in the ninth inning or later to tie a World Series game or take the lead. “Man that was incredible,” said Freese, batting .393 with five homers and 19 RBIs during the postseason. “But we fought back, we made some mistakes early on, but the way the Cardinals and we’ve all have been playing lately, you expect to come back like this. This is just a good feeling and I’m pumped were playing (Friday). “I learned what my body’s going to feel like, what my stuff’s going to be like,” Carpenter said. “You go out there and you make pitches. We’ll see what happens. Everybody’s going to be ready tomorrow, I can tell you that.” The 2002 Anaheim Angels were the last team to win a Game 7, defeating the . Highlights and results will be available soon.. stay tuned.