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2011 World Series

The 2011 World Series was the 107th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff was played between the Texas Rangers, champions of the American League, and the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the National League. The 2011 World Series began on October 19, an earlier date than the previous season so that no games would be played in November. Home-field advantage for the series was awarded to the Cardinals as a result of the National League winning the 2011 All-Star Game, 5–1 on July 12, 2011.

The team who won Game 1 of the Fall Classic has gone on to win the World Series sixty-six out of one-hundred six times in the history of the event. This Game 1 went to Chris Carpenter's arm (six innings pitched, five hits, two runs) and the St. Louis Cardinals on-fire bullpen - five different pitchers over three innings who allowed just one hit and no runs.

"St. Louis. This is a Budweiser town, but thankfully Wednesday night's World Series opener wasn't a beer league game. No big innings. No big blowout. Sanity at last returned to the postseason, courtesy of starting pitchers who actually lasted longer than the pregame warm-ups, the continued dugout genius of Tony La Russa and weather conditions perfect for keeping shrimp cocktails chilled. In other words, St. Louis Cardinals 3, Texas Rangers 2." - By Gene Wojciechowski on ESPN.com (10/20/2011, 'Sanity finally returns to postseason', Source)

2011 World Series 2011 World Series Official Logo St. Louis Cardinals (2) vs. Texas Rangers (1)
2010 World Series Fast Facts
Game 1	Date / Box Score	10-19-2011
	Location	Busch Stadium
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		Bob Gibson	Undetermined
		Bruce Sutter	Undetermined
		Adam Wainwright	Undetermined
	Attendance	46,406
	National Anthem	Scotty McCreery^{(American Idol Winner)}
	God Bless America	Staff Sgt. Brian Owens^{(U.S. Air Force)}
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Busch Stadium Recording
Game 2	Date / Box Score	10-20-2011
	Location	Busch Stadium
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		Lou Brock	Undetermined
	Attendance	47,288
	National Anthem	Trace Adkins^{(Grammy Award Winning Singer)}
	God Bless America	Petty Officer First Class Generald Wilson^{(U.S. Navy)}
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Busch Stadium Recording
Game 3	Date / Box Score	10-22-2011
	Location	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		Dirk Nowitzki^{(Dallas Mavericks Forward)}	Michael Young
	Attendance	51,462
	National Anthem	Ronnie Dunn^{(Country Singer, Brooks & Dunn)}
	God Bless America	Darby Ledbetter^{(Texas Army National Guard)}
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Rangers Ballpark Stadium Recording
Game 4	Date / Box Score	10-23-2011
	Location	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		George W. Bush^{(U.S. President)}	Undetermined
	Attendance	51,359
	National Anthem	Zooey Deschanel^{(Actress, the "New Girl")}
	God Bless America	Master Sergeant Erika Stevens^{(Texas Air National Guard)}
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Rangers Ballpark Stadium Recording
Game 5	Date / Box Score	10-24-2011
	Location	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		Roger Staubach^{(Dallas Cowboys QB)}	Undetermined
	Attendance	Undetermined
	National Anthem	Demi Lovato^{(Singer, Actress)}
	God Bless America	Mollie Corbett^{(Military Wife)}
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Rangers Ballpark Stadium Recording
Game 6	Date / Box Score	10-27-2011
	Location	Busch Stadium
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		Undetermined	Undetermined
	Attendance	Undetermined
	National Anthem	Undetermined
	God Bless America	Undetermined
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Busch Stadium Recording
Game 7	Date / Box Score	10-28-2011
	Location	Busch Stadium
	1^st Pitch	From	To
		Undetermined	Undetermined
	Attendance	Undetermined
	National Anthem	Undetermined
	God Bless America	Undetermined
	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Busch Stadium Recording
2011 World Series Fast Facts

2011 World Series Game 1 Line Score / Box Score
2011 World Series Game 1 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
St. Louis	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	x	3	6	0
Texas Pitcher(s)						St. Louis Pitcher(s)
C.J. Wilson (L) Alexi Ogando (6^th) Michael Gonzalez (7^th) Scott Feldman (7^th) - -						Chris Carpenter (W) Fernando Salas (H, 7^th) Marc Rzepczynski (H, 7^th) Octavio Dotel (H, 8^th) Arthur Rhodes (H, 8^th) Jason Motte (S, 9^th)
Texas Home Runs						St. Louis Home Runs
Mike Napoli (5^th)						None

2011 World Series Game 2 Line Score / Box Score
2011 World Series Game 2 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Texas Pitcher(s)						St. Louis Pitcher(s)
Colby Lewis Alexi Ogando (7^th) Mike Adams (W, 8^th) Neftali Feliz (S, 9^th) - -						Jaime Garcia Fernando Salas (H, 8^th) Marc Rzepczynski (H, 8^th) Jason Motte (L, 9^th) Arthur Rhodes (BS, 9^th) Lance Lynn (S, 9^th)
Texas Home Runs						St. Louis Home Runs
None						None

2011 World Series Game 3 Line Score / Box Score
2011 World Series Game 3 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	1	0	0	4	3	4	2	1	1	16	15	0
Texas	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	7	13	3
St. Louis Pitcher(s)						Texas Pitcher(s)
Kyle Lohse Fernando Salas (4^th) Lance Lynn (W, 5^th) Octavio Dotel (7^th) Mitchell Boggs (9^th) -						Matt Harrison (L) Scott Feldman (4^th) Alexi Ogando (6^th) Michael Gonzalez (6^th) Mark Lowe (8^th) Darren Oliver (9^th)
St. Louis Home Runs						Texas Home Runs
Allen Craig (1^st) Albert Pujols (6^th) Albert Pujols (7^th) Albert Pujols (9^th)						Michael Young (4^th) - - -

2011 World Series Game 4 Line Score / Box Score
2011 World Series Game 4 Capsule
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Texas	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	6	0
St. Louis Pitcher(s)						Texas Pitcher(s)
Edwin Jackson (L) Mitchell Boggs (6^th) Jake Westbrook (8^th)						Derek Holland (W) Neftali Feliz (S, 9^th) -
St. Louis Home Runs						Texas Home Runs
None						Mike Napoli (6^th)

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The 2011 Texas Rangers are appearing in their second consecutive World Series, the first American League team to play in consecutive World Series since the New York Yankees did it from 1998 to 2001.

Did you know that St. Louis Cardinals reliever Arthur Rhodes is set to win a World Series ring regardless of whether his current team wins or loses, having played for the Texas Rangers at the start of the season? Rhodes will be the eighth player (click his name and see Fast Fact #1 for the other seven) in baseball history to be a member of both teams playing in the World Series in the same season.

Joe Buck called play-by-play making this his 14th World Series as an announcer dating back to 1996. Color analyst Tim McCarver was in the booth for his 22nd World Series dating back 1985. The duo are now the record holders for most World Series working together as a team of announcers.

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