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(Watch).World.Series.Game.2.2013.Online.Live.Stream.Free.MLB.Finals.Now Both the Red Sox and the Cardinals have excellent lineups, although both have been exposed by good pitching in the playoffs. Despite beating the Tigers in six, Detroit's excellent rotation was gunning for a no hitter in half of the games in the series. Both teams boast a strong top five. Boston is likely to go with Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, and Mike Napoli against St. Louis' Matt Carpenter, Carlos Beltran, Matt Holliday, Allen Craig, and Yadier Molina.

Craig has not played since early September, but all signs point to him being the designated hitter this series. The Cardinals lineup continues with Matt Adams. Adams has struggled with lefties in the playoffs, but going against Francisco Liriano, Clayton Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu is no easy task. Former playoff hero David Freese struggled this year, as did centerfielder Jon Jay. Closing out the lineup is shortstop Pete Kozma. If he contributes anything offensively, consider it a fluke as he hit .217/.275/.273 during the year.

The bottom of the Red Sox lineup will include Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jonny Gomes, Stephen Drew, and either Will Middlebrooks or Xander Bogaerts. Boegarts is the Red Sox top hitting prospect and the reason the organization felt comfortable trading away Jose Iglesias as shortstop of the future. Middlebrooks has solid pop, but is strikeout-prone at the major league level.

When the teams are in St. Louis, Boston will be losing one of it's best hitters as either Napoli or Ortiz will have to sit. For St. Louis, either Adams or Craig will be on the bench. Both lineups are solid, but top to bottom the Red Sox and their league-leading 853 runs hold the advantage.

St. Louis' bench should get a boost, at least for the games in St. Louis, with Allen Craig's return to the lineup. Unfortunately for St. Louis, the bench should not be expected to contribute if they are to win the World Series. Shane Robinson did hit a home run in Game 4 of the NLCS, but between Robinson, Daniel Descalso, Kolten Wong, and seldom used catcher Tony Cruz, the bench has provided little for the Cardinals to be optimistic about.

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