The Red Sox take a 3 games to 2 lead in the World Series with a 3 – 1 win over the Cardinals. David Ortiz continues to be unstoppable at the plate, getting three more hits to increase his average for the Series to .733, while back-up C David Ross has the big blow, a tie-breaking ground rule double in the 7th. Jon Lester prevails over Adam Wainwright for the second time.

The Red Sox win the first World Series game to ever end on a pickoff, beating the Cardinals, 4-2, in Game 4 of the Fall Classic. Kolten Wong, a 23 year-old rookie pinch-running for Allen Craig, is caught off first base by Boston closer Koji Uehara, ending the Busch Stadium contest with the dangerous Carlos Beltran at the plate.

The San Diego State University baseball team continues their tradition in which every player dons a costume during a late-October intra-squad scrimmage. The Aztecs’ third annual Halloween Game at Tony Gwynn Stadium, which is open to the public, features team members dressed as the Jamaican Bobsled Team, social media apps, a Leprechaun, as well as Captain America and Captain Underwear.

With runners on second and third with one out, Jon Jay’s grounder results in Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia easily throwing out Yadier Molina at the plate. After making the tag at home, Boston backstop Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s errant throw to third base causes third baseman Will Middlebrooks to collide with Allen Craig, who had gone to third and appears to be thrown out while advancing to home, but the umpires ruled that the infielder interfered the baserunner, giving the Cardinals an unusual 5-4 walk-off victory in the first World Series game to ever end on an obstruction call.

2013 – St. Louis evens the World Series with a Game 2 win over the Red Sox, 4 – 2, at Fenway Park, behind outstanding rookie P Michael Wacha. Trailing 2 – 1 after 6 innings, after to a two-run homer by David Ortiz, St. Louis scores two runs in the 7th on a sacrifice fly combined with a pair of errors, and add a third run on Carlos Beltran’s single later in the inning. Boston had won 9 straight World Series game before tonight’s loss.

2013 – The Red Sox jump on the Cardinals early, scoring five runs in the first two innings, to cruise to an 8 – 1 win in Game 1 of the World Series. Mike Napoli hits a bases-clearing double in the 1st and the Sox add two more runs in the 2nd in spite of Carlos Beltran robbing David Ortiz of a grand slam with a great catch. Jon Lester pitches 7 1/3 scoreless innings for the win while Adam Wainwright takes the loss.

2013 – The Reds name pitching coach Bryan Price to succeed Dusty Baker as the team’s manager.

Tim Lincecum agrees to a two-year $35 million deal to stay with the Giants. The 29 year-old fan favorite, a two-time Cy Young winner who pitched a no-hitter this year, has a 4.76 ERA over his last two seasons with San Francisco.

2013 – Two days after losing the 2013 ALCS, Tigers manager Jim Leyland announces he is retiring after a 22-year career as a big league skipper.

2013 – For the second time in the series, Boston uses a late-game grand slam to defeat the Tigers in the ALCS. Shane Victorino’s 7th-inning blast over the Green Monster off Jose Veras is key to a 5 – 2 win that sends the Red Sox to the World Series. Koji Uehara picks up his third save in addition to a win to receive the series’ MVP honors.