ST LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals completed their magical comeback season by beating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in a deciding Game Seven to clinch the World Series on Friday.
When Jason Motte retired David Murphy for the final out, the Cards rushed into the infield to celebrate a season in which they overcame a 10-1/2 game deficit in the final month to reach the playoffs and fought back twice in the postseason to claim their 11th Major League Baseball championship.
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A two-run double by Game Six hero David Freese in the first inning tied the game 2-2 and a solo home run by Allen Craig in the third gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead, before Texas pitching unraveled in the fifth inning.
St. Louis tacked on two more runs in the fifth without a hit as relievers Scott Feldman and C.J. Wilson combined to walk three, one intentionally, and hit two batters as the Cardinals padded their lead to 5-2.
Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter, pitching on a short rest period, went six innings for the series-clinching win, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out five.
