Cardinals win in 7

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers 6-2 last night in Game 7 of the World Series to win it 4 games to 3. David Freese earned series MVP honors. The game that will be talked about as one of the all-timers, though, is Game 6, won by the Cardinals 10-9 in 11 innings.

It wasn't just that the Cardinals won Game 6, it was how they won. They trailed 7-5 in the 9th and 9-7 in the 10th, and were down to their final strike in both innings. In the 9th, it was Freese coming through with a two-run triple, and in the 10th it was Lance Berkman bringing home the 2nd run of the inning with an RBI single. Freese won it with a walk-off home run in the 11th.

Honestly, I think Game 6 has to be the greatest game I have ever seen, especially when you consider what was on the line and the heroics that were involved. I can't ever remember seeing a baseball game like that. There really are no words to describe how it all went down. It was simply unbelievable. You just don't see stuff like that.

After the Cardinals took Game 6, you just kind of felt like they would win Game 7 as well. It was just such a devastating loss for the Rangers that it would have been surprising to me if they had come back to win Game 7. I personally thought Rangers manager Ron Washington had his outfield playing way too deep in the "no doubles" defense with the tying run on 2nd in the 10th. Had the outfield been playing closer in, there may have been more of a play at the plate on Berkman's single.

It seemed Washington was playing more not too lose in that inning, with the winning run on first, and in doing so, did not allow his defense any chance in cutting down the tying run at the plate. However, that should take nothing away from St. Louis as there was a good chance that runner scores anyway.

It also looked to me like Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz had a chance to catch Freese's game-tying triple in the 9th, which would have won the World Series for the Rangers. Cruz seemed to almost casually drift back to attempt to make a play on the ball and he just looked awkward out there. It would have been a nice catch, but I bet Cruz could have, probably should have made that play. I was surprised when the ball got down, but it was not the most routine play and was properly scored a triple.

What a pair of moments for Freese (and one for Berkman in the 10th), I can't imagine how it would feel to accomplish something like that. What a game, this one will be talked about for ages. It is tough to come up with words for the World Series, so I'll just leave it with one word: unbelievable.