On October 27, 2013 â The Boston Red Sox win the first World Series game to ever end on a pickoff, beating the St Louis Cardinals, 4-2, in Game 4 of the Fall Classic. tieing the series at 2-2.
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. Jonny Gomesâ three-run homer off Seth Maness in the 6th inning is the key blow.
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