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Rainout Actually Helps Rangers
October 27, 2011
Will Chris Carpenter start for the Cardinals if the World Series goes to Game 7?I'm not sure about that, but I do know that Alexi Ogando, Mike Adams and the rest of the... more »
Managers Face Tough Decisions
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A hand-shy Major League Baseball postponed Wednesday night’s Game 6 because of the threat of rain, which wasn’t a terrible idea, because there’s nothing more fun than dozens of baseball writers chewing on the effects of another 24 hours on a pitching staff.
That said, pushing the Texas Rangers’ potential clincher back to Thursday might have served to draw St. Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter back into the series, either in relief or, on three days’ rest, as a starter in a potential Game 7 on Friday.
Carpenter pitched seven innings and threw 101 pitches in Game 5. In the only other start of his career on three days’ rest, he was ineffective against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of this year’s division series.
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