The 2013 World Series is off to a pretty horrendous start for the National League-champion Cardinals.
Adam Wainwright walked Jacoby Ellsbury to open the bottom of the first inning and then gave up a one-out single to Dustin Pedroia. David Ortiz then hit a groundball to Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter that should have been turned into an inning-ending doubleplay. But Carpenter made a soft, off-the-mark flip to shortstop Pete Kozma and the ball was dropped. Second base umpire Dana DeMuth originally called Pedroia out, claiming that Kozma dropped the ball on the transfer, but the entire six-man umpiring crew got together and made things right.
A moment later Mike Napoli -- who terrorized the Cardinals in the 2011 World Series as a member of the Texas Rangers -- slugged a bases-clearing, three-run double into the left-field gap.
Wainwright threw 31 pitches in the first inning. Red Sox starter Jon Lester threw just 12.
Boston has a 3-0 lead as Game 1 of the World Series moves to the top of the second.
