In Game 7 of the World Series, Allen Craig(notes) hit a third-inning home run off Matt Harrison(notes) to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 lead over the Texas Rangers. The Cards would never trail again in the game, as they went on to win, 6-2, clinching their 11th World Series championship.
The home run was Craig's third of the series. And with that homer, he drove in the go-ahead run for St. Louis in four of the seven games against the Rangers. (The Cardinals went on to win three of those games, with their Game 2 loss being the exception.)
In both Games 1 and 2 of the series, Craig came through with pinch-hit RBI singles off the Rangers' Alexi Ogando(notes) that gave St. Louis the lead. If not for him, the Cardinals could have been down 0-2 in the series before heading to Arlington for the next three games.
His three home runs tied teammate Albert Pujols(notes) for the highest total in the World Series. His 1.154 OPS was second to David Freese among Cardinals hitters, and third overall (behind the Rangers' Mike Napoli(notes)). And as mentioned, four of his five RBI in the series gave St. Louis the lead.
Craig also helped the team with his glove when he played in the field. In the sixth inning of Game 7, his leaping catch at the left field fence robbed Nelson Cruz(notes) of a home run that would've cut the Cardinals' lead to 5-3 and potentially fueled a Rangers rally. - http://sports.yahoo.com
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