Friday, May 24, 2013
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - This time, Carlos Beltran, David Freese and the St. Louis Cardinals took a six-run lead -- and held onto it, barely.
San Francisco catcher Buster Posey lunges to catch a foul pop off the bat of St. Louis’ Matt Holliday in the fourth inning of Game 1 in the NLCS at San Francisco. The Cardinlas won, 6-4.
The Associated Press
NLCS – GAME 2
WHO: Cardinals (Carpenter 0-2) at Giants (Vogelsong 14-9)
WHEN: 8:07 p.m. Monday
TELEVISION: FOX
SERIES: Cardinals lead, 1-0
Beltran and Freese hit two-run homers and these wild, wild-card Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Sunday night in Game 1 of the NL championship series.
The defending World Series champions took an early 6-0 cushion and made it stand up. Only two nights earlier, the Cardinals came back from a 6-0 deficit, using a four-run rally in the ninth inning at Washington in the deciding Game 5 of the division series.
The St. Louis bullpen delivered with 51/3 scoreless innings after starter Lance Lynn was chased. Edward Mujica, the fifth St. Louis pitcher, struck out the side in order in the seventh for the win. Jason Motte finished for his second save of the postseason.
The Cardinals gave first-year manager Mike Matheny a win against his former club.
Matheny's crew hardly looked road weary after a cross-country trip. The Giants dropped to 0-3 at home so far during these playoffs, outscored 20-6 at AT&T Park.
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Monday night.
This is the first time the previous two World Series winners are facing off in the postseason since the 1958 World Series between the Braves and Yankees.
Matheny stuck with the same winning lineup that he sent out for Game 5, and some of the same faces came through again.
Daniel Descalso, who hit a tying, two-out single in Friday's 9-7 win, added two more hits, including a double.
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