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go-ahead run before Cody Bellinger¡¯s throw from center field.Bellinger caught
Eduardo Nunez¡¯s drive 275 feet from home for the second out of the 10th inning,
planted his right foot and heaved.It was quite a play, keeping the Boston Red
Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers tied at 1 in Game 3 of the World Series.Kinsler took
about 10 strides to near the plate as Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes realized the
throw was up the third-base line and shuffled up past the batter¡¯s box.Realizing
a slide would not help, Kinsler veered to the infield side of the baseline and
tried to go around the catcher, like a car trying to switch lanes to avoid a
bottleneck. About 6 feet from the plate, Barnes caught the ball and tagged
Kinsler in the midsection as the Boston runner tumbled past the plate without
touching it.Bellinger had never before started a double play from the outfield
in his big league career. The only other outfielder to throw out a runner at the
plate in extra innings of a World Series game was Oakland¡¯s Joe
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1973.The thrilling throw made up for Bellinger¡¯s baserunning gaffe the previous
inning.The NLCS MVP led off the ninth with a single against David Price. But
Bellinger broke from first base too early when trying to steal second with one
out and was caught by the left-hander and tagged out in a rundown.Price walked
Yasmani Grandal and Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel came in and walked Chris Taylor
only for Brian Dozier to foul out. Matt Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals
are well aware of what happened last year.Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee
Brewers are home for the first time since one memorable October.Nothing like a
tough test on the very first day of class.Carpenter, newcomer Paul Goldschmidt
and the Cardinals visit Yelich and the Brewers on Thursday for opening day. It¡¯s
not exactly a leisurely stroll into the season for a pair of teams with
championship aspirations.¡°I think everybody¡¯s zoned in on the season and they¡¯re
ready to start games, start playing meaningful games,¡± Brewers pitcher Zach
Davies said, ¡°and just get back to our normal routine.¡±Miles Mikolas and Jhoulys
Chacin face off in a matchup of unique pitchers coming off breakthrough
performances.The 30-year-old Mikolas joined St. Louis in December 2017 after
spending three seasons with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan¡¯s Central League. The
right-hander became the ace of the Cardinals in his first year with the club,
going 18-4 with a 2.83 ERA.He was rewarded this
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million over the next five seasons.¡°A year ago, saying Miles would be our
opening-day starter this year would have been a shock to everyone,¡± general
manager Mike Girsch said. ¡°He pitched amazing last year.¡±Chacin went 15-8 with a
3.50 ERA in a career-high 35 starts last season, helping Milwaukee run down the
Chicago Cubs for the NL Central title and make it all the way to the NL
Championship Series. The 31-year-old righty had a 2-1 record with a sparkling
1.46 ERA in three playoff starts last October.¡°He¡¯s earned this,¡± manager Craig
Counsell said. ¡°I¡¯m excited for him to take the ball. Everything last year,
every time we made the game
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he did great.¡±The last time the Brewers and Cardinals saw each other, Milwaukee
swept a three-game series in St. Louis as part of its eight straight wins to
close last season. The sweep also damaged the Cardinals¡¯ chances for a wild
card, and they missed the playoffs for the third straight year for the first
time since 1997-1999.The Brewers are looking for even more after their first
playoff appearance since they also were eliminated in the NLCS in 2011. Yelich
is back after slugging his way to the NL MVP award last year. Key relievers
Jeremy Jeffress and Corey Knebel will begin the season on the injured list, but
Josh Hader returns after his dominant performance in 2018.¡°The depth is the
thing I think a lot of us in here are most excited about, because you know
you¡¯re going to needed that depth throughout the course of the season,¡±
outfielder Ryan Braun said. ¡°There¡¯s going to be a lot of good names in the
lineup on a nightly basis.¡±St. Louis added reliever Andrew Miller in
December
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biggest move of the winter was a blockbuster trade for Goldschmidt, the All-Star
first baseman who hit 33 homers for Arizona last year.Goldschmidt was scheduled
to become a free agent after this season, but he finalized a new contract
Saturday that guarantees an additional $130 million from 2020-24. He should help
solidify a lineup that also includes Carpenter and Marcell Ozuna.¡°We know what
we can count on with him,¡± Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said.