Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha held the Red Sox to two earned runs on three hits and four walks while striking out six in six innings in Game 2 of the World Series Thursday as the Cardinals evened the series with a 4-2 win.
Wacha began his Game 2 with a bang, getting through the order one time without allowing a hit. He got into trouble in the fourth inning, putting two men on with no one out before inducing a ground-ball double play and an infield pop up.
Wacha turned in a scoreless fifth inning after walking the lead-off batter, but the Red Sox finally got to him in the sixth when David Ortiz launched a two-run home run over the Green Monster to give the Red Sox a one-run lead heading into the seventh. That was it for Wacha, who ended the game with a career-high 114 pitches in his six innings of work and on the hook for a loss. The Cardinals came through with three runs in the top of the seventh inning, putting him in line for the win, which was his fourth straight during the postseason.
The Cardinals would likely turn to Wacha in a potential Game 6, which would come back in Boston.