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The St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers shifted to Rangers Ballpark for Saturday night’s Game 3 of the World Series. The Cardinals wound up winning the game 16-7. We expected to see a lot more offense with the teams playing under AL rules in a hitter-friendly environment, and indeed, that’s how things played out, with the Cardinals doing the bulk of the damage.

But I still have to wonder. Yes, the Cardinals won big, but let’s go to the top of the fourth. In the top of the fourth, the Cardinals were leading the Rangers 1-0, on the strength of Allen Craig’s solo shot in the first. Albert Pujols was on first base when Matt Holliday hit a grounder to Elvis Andrus. Andrus tossed the ball to Ian Kinsler for one out, and then Kinsler threw a little wide of first, where this happened:

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/10/23/2507759/cardinals-rangers-score-world-series-game-3-albert-pujols