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The Boston Red Sox are returning home with a chance to win the Major League Baseball World Series after defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in game five Monday night.
The victory puts the Red Sox ahead three games to two in the best-of-seven championship series.
The game was tied 1-1 through six innings, continuing a trend of tight early battles between the two teams. The Red Sox broke the game open in the seventh inning, scoring a run on a double by catcher David Ross and another on a single by outfielder Jacoby Ell*****ury.
That was all the offense the team would need as Boston pitchers Jon Lester and Koji Uehara combined to give up just one St. Louis hit the rest of the game to seal the win.
The Cardinals are sending rookie star pitcher Michael Wacha to the mound for Wednesday's game six, hoping to beat Red Sox veteran John Lackey and force a game seven in Boston on Thursday.
The two pitchers matched up in the second game of the series, which the Cardinals won 4-2.
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World Series(ZT)
The World Series is the annual championship series of North American-based Major League Baseball (MLB), played since 1903 between the American League (AL) and National League (NL) team champions. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy.
As the series is played in October, which is one of the fall (autumn) months in North America, MLB also refers to it as the Fall Classic. The most recent World Series was won by the San Francisco Giants, who defeated the Detroit Tigers in a four-game sweep in 2012. In the AL, the New York Yankees have played in 40 World Series and won 27, the Oakland/Philadelphia Athletics have played in 14 and won 9, and the Boston Red Sox have played in 12 and won 7, including the first World Series. In the NL, the St. Louis Cardinals have appeared in 19 and won 11, the San Francisco/New York Giants have played in 19 World Series and won 7, and the Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers have appeared in 18 and won 6.
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世界大賽(ZT)
世界大賽（World Series）是美國職棒大聯盟每年10月舉行的總冠軍賽，是美国以及加拿大职业棒球最高等级的赛事。由美國聯盟冠軍和國家聯盟冠軍，進行7戰4勝制的總冠軍賽，（除了1903年、1919年、1920年和1921年，當時採用9戰5勝制），獲勝的一方獲得世界大賽獎杯。自1903年起，除了1904年纽约巨人抵制参加和1994年球员罢工外，世界大賽每年舉行。
由于世界大赛基本都在10月举行，因此被许多体育记者称为“秋季经典赛”（Fall Classic）或是“十月经典赛”（October Classic）。世界大赛这个名字常会被误解为是一项洲际赛事，实际只是美国联盟和国家联盟冠军争夺的一项锦标。但由于大联盟能够吸引全世界最好的球员加入，因此最後的冠军也被许多球迷和记者认为是名副其实的世界冠军。
紐約洋基隊是贏得最多世界大賽的球隊，他们40次进入世界大赛，并贏得其中的27次冠军。圣路易红雀是赢得世界大赛第二多的球队，他们一共获得11次冠军。舊金山巨人是参加世界大赛次数最多的国家联盟球队，他们19次进入世界大赛，但只有7次获得最终的胜利（與波士頓紅襪並列）。至今为止，芝加哥小熊是未获得世界大赛冠军跨度最长的球队，他们上次获得冠军是在1908年。
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