Tonight at 8:15 p.m. the St. Louis Cardinals will look to put a stranglehold on the 2013 World Series at home in Busch Stadium by taking a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox. Live stream the game here or watch it on Fox. Red Sox fans can listen to the game on 93.7 WEEI, while Cardinals fans may do the same on 1120 KMOX.
The Red Sox are pinning their hopes of clawing back into this series on the right arm of Clay Buchholz, who isn't completely healthy tonight. Buchholz isn't making any excuses though. "I've said it a couple of times this year -- I don't think anybody, especially at this time of the season, is 100 percent."
Because of shoulder pain, Buchholz may not be able to give the Sox a lengthy outing. Therefore, he will try to be efficient and do as much as he can. "We go into (Sunday) thinking that he's going to give us what he's been in the postseason," manager John Farrell said. "That might be a little bit shorter of an outing than maybe we've seen back in April and May, but he's also been very effective."
Giving the team a chance to win, that's my goal," said Buchholz. "And to trust your pitches and to throw them to the best of your ability, that's what I've worked up to up to this point, and that's where I'm at."
The Sox must try to shake off a controversial loss on Saturday, in which the Cardinals were awarded the game-winning run thanks to an interference call against third baseman Will Middlebrooks. Cardinals slugger Allen Craig tripped over Middlebrooks on his way to home after an overthrow.
"Tough way to have a game end, particularly of this significance," Farrell said. "When Craig trips over him, I guess by the letter of the rule, you could say it's obstruction. Like I said, that's a tough pill to swallow."
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