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World Series Game 3
Detroit (1-1) at St. Louis (1-1), Tuesday 8:00 p.m. ET


Kenny Rogers showed 'em Sunday in Michigan. Now, the Cardinals take the World Series back to the Show-Me State, not planning on being very good hosts to the Tigers.

As the 102nd Series shifts to the base of the Gateway Arch following Monday's off-day for travel, the Cardinals count on their ace to retrieve their upper hand. Nate Robertson, another of those pesky left-handers who give the Redbirds so much trouble, will face Chris Carpenter in Game 3.


Pitching matchup
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STL: RHP Chris Carpenter (2-1, 3.70 ERA in postseason)
The reigning NL Cy Young winner takes the ball in the first home game of the series for St. Louis. Carpenter (2-1, 3.70 ERA postseason; 15-8, 3.09 regular season) throws four "plus" pitches for strikes, making him a handful for even the most potent lineups. Carpenter has made seven playoff starts in his career, and St. Louis has won six of those games. However, he was injured during the club's 2004 run, so this will be his first career World Series appearance.

DET: LHP Nate Robertson (1-1, 5.91 ERA in postseason)
Once again, Robertson (1-1, 5.91 ERA postseason; 13-13 regular season) opens up for the Tigers on the road, the same scene he faced while starting Game 1 for the Tigers in the previous two rounds. He worked well to get out of trouble in Game 1 of ALCS while allowing six hits and three walks over five scoreless innings against the A's. He allowed two runs over 21 1/3 innings against National League teams this year during Interleague Play. As a hitter, he had an RBI single this year for his only base hit in 14 career at-bats.

Is Big League Chew an illegal substance?

without the allowance of foreign substances, look for scores to be similar to a Mavs vs. Suns game.

Final score: Tigers 25, Cardinals 18

on an aside, i will be putting pine tar on my remote control so i can flip through the channels quicker.

I can't wait to see Suppan try and pitch without pine tar tommorrow if they're really checking this stuff now.

good pitching so far...need some runs tigs...

This game made me want to vommit.

5 runs in 3 games is not a stat I like.

well, that blew. carpenter was on fire last night. hopefully, the Tiger bats can come alive soon...

Who can we replace Curtis with? You can't pull Pudge (defense and game calling) or Polanco (defense and better than the alternative), IMO. Can Gomez play center? What happened to Clevelan? He was pretty good during the regular season.

Bonderman needs to be lights out again tonight. Hopefully C-Mo can blast one in the first to get our hitting going.

Granderson, Polanco, and Pudge are a combined 0-34. WOW.

Hey, they are due for some hits....Tigers win game 4.

Clevlen is not on the WS roster. JL normally sticks to what got him here, it'll be interesting to see if he changes anything tonight.

Heavy rain in the forecast for tonight, so might have to live with that ugliness one more day too.

Carpenter didn't go to a single 3 ball count in the entire game. That's just disgusting. The Tigers are going to have to start putting together better AB's if they want to have a chance in this series.