Shane Victorino had two hits and four runs batted in, and the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-1, in Boston on Wednesday night to win their third World Series in 10 years.
If you've been following this year's "World Series"(now tied at two games apiece), you have seen two all-time firsts. Games #3 and #4 both concluded in first-ever game ending events in the history of "The Fall Classic".
Michael Wacha allowed just two hits in seven innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals won the N.L. pennant and advanced to the World Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) on Friday night.
It's about to go down in Major League Baseball in what could be the biggest drug scandal in sports. The league is planning to hand out 100-game suspensions to about 20 players over performance-enhancing drugs, including Yankee ALEX RODRIGUEZ and RYAN BRAUN of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The fifth annual Hall of Fame Classic weekend will be held on Memorial Day Weekend, May 24th-26th, celebrating the historic bond between our nation's military and National Pastime. The Cooperstown Legends game will be held on Saturday, May 25th at Doubleday Field. The game will feature 6 Hall of Famers and 20 other retired MLB Legends.
For the first time since 1996 the Baseball Writers' Association did not vote a new player into the Hall of Fame. Wednesday's ballot included controversial stars such as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa.
R.A. Dickey brought home the National League Cy Young award in a decisive vote. Dickey received 27 of 32 first place votes to bring home the award, the first Mets pitcher to win the Cy Young since Dwight Gooden in 1985.
Marco Scutaro's line drive single scored Ryan Theriot with the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, on Sunday night in Detroit to complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series.