It's like the famous quote: "Those who do not remember history are doomed to holy shit Allen Craig."
World Series Game 2: Allen Craig Does It Again, Cards Up 1-0
Through 6½ innings, Colby Lewis had thrown 86 pitches, 56 of which went for strikes. Jaime Garcia had thrown 87 pitches, 56 of which went for strikes. Garcia was going to have a better box-score line no matter what happened in the bottom of the seventh. Well, unless Lewis retired the side with one pitch in the seventh inning, which you might think is impossible if you didn't watch a Mariners' game this year. But the strike-percentage parity was still pretty uncanny.
Lewis couldn't make it through the bottom of the seventh, though, as he gave up singles to David Freese and Nick Punto to put runners on the corners with two outs. Manager Ron Washington removed Lewis for Alexi Ogando, and Tony La Russa countered by sending up Allen Craig to pinch-hit for Garcia.
This was good for Texas because Garcia was making the Rangers look silly.
This was bad for Texas because the same Ogando/Craig match-up was the difference in Game 1.
Craig took a 96-m.p.h. fastball to right field for what could be the decisive run in the game. Again.
Tough, tough pitch. Craig took it the other way. Cardinals up 1-0.
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