The 2013 World Series' Game 5 is scheduled to take off Tuesday night. Once again, it's the St. Louis Cardinals hosting the Boston Red Sox. It will be the last time the Cardinals play at Busch Stadium in 2013 and they will look to close out their final home game in fashion. Check out all the information with start time, channel and coverage for this game as the Cardinals and Red Sox meet again.
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: FOX
The start time for this game will change as the Red Sox and Cardinals play on a Monday night. Maybe they want to give fans a chance to pick if they want to watch baseball or football. Monday Night Football is on after 8 p.m. ET. So fans interested in watching sports before the football game starts can at least watch two pitchers dealing on the mound at the start of the game.
If Adam Wainwright gets the same results from Game 1, however, fans will quickly change the channel to something else. Wainwright surrendered five runs within the first two innings of the game as the Red Sox cruised to an 8-1 victory as the Cardinals did not stand a chance last Wednesday. Jon Lester could not have pitched any better than what he did in the series opener and the Red Sox's bullpen could use some rest tonight.
The Red Sox won Game 1 and Game 4 as the Cardinals sandwiched two victories in between. The winner of today's game will head into Fenway Park on Wednesday with a 3-2 lead, standing just one game away from hoisting the 2013 World Series trophy. While Wainwright's last start was shaky, Lester has been consistent in the 2013 playoffs. The Red Sox have to win today in order to give themselves a chance to confidently face Michael Wacha in Game 6.
Wainwright has been lights out at home. In 19 starts at Busch Stadium this year, he is 11-6 with a 2.83 ERA. He beat the Pittsburgh Pirates at home twice, but has not won a game since closing the doors in Game 5 of the NLDS.
The Red Sox continue to make errors, but their great pitching has been able to work around some of them. They have committed a total seven errors in the first four games of the series. They will have to keep it as clean as possible in order to maximize Lester's efforts, preventing the lefty from throwing too many pitches, which will then enable him to go deeper in the game.
It's Game 5 of the 2013 World Series. Remember, watch the game on FOX and tune it at 7:30 to enjoy the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the pregame analysis.