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“Well, the Cardinals win this one, 6 to 4 over the Dodgers… and you gotta give a lot of credit to Steven Janczak, the veteran, 36 years old, and he went out there and gave ‘em 7 good innings. That’s not easy to do, especially in the postseason.
And you know, the big hit of the ballgame came in the sixth inning—Justin Ekstrom, he didn’t exactly get a clean one, it was an error on the shortstop, but it brought in the tying run, and sometimes that’s baseball. You put the ball in play, things happen.
Now the Cardinals, they’ve been around a long time, and they’ve had some good teams, but this group is trying to make its mark here in 1918. The Dodgers had their chances—11 hits, they left 12 men on base—and when you do that, well, it usually comes back to hurt you.
Janczak gets the win, Hernandez the save, and St. Louis takes a 1–0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Tomorrow, it’ll be Game Two right here at Busch Stadium.
Once again, the final score: Cardinals 6, Dodgers 4.”
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