On Wednesday the Game 6 Selection is on the St. Louis Cardinals. Game 961 at 8:05 eastern.The Boston Red Sox visited and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 to take a 3-2 series lead. When leading a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 3-games-2, the Boston Red Sox have a 3-2 series record and a 2-3 Game 6 record. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 3-games-2, the St. Louis Cardinals have a 7-2 series record and a 7-2 Game 6 record (with a 7-0 Game 7 record upon winning Game 6 in this situation). As seen in the graph below through history no team have ever won 3 straight in this set up. The Cardinals are 11-2 off a favored loss and 2-0 this year on the road vs right handers when coming off a home loss. They are 17-8 with a day off. This pitching matchup between Wacha and Lackey should go like the one in game 2 with Wacha getting the better of Lackey in the Cardinals 4-2 win. The Cardinals have fared much better vs right handers than leftys this season and are a live dog here. Take the Cardinals to force a game 7.


HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WLLWW @ HHVVV:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading WLLWW with site order HHVVV (Boston) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2013 MLB Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 4-2 (.667)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 2-1 (.667)
series record, MLB only, all rounds: 4-2 (.667)
series record, MLB only, Finals round: 2-1 (.667)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 2-4 (.333)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 0-3 (.000)
Game 6 record, MLB only, all rounds: 2-4 (.333)
Game 6 record, MLB only, Finals round: 0-3 (.000) Looks Like were going 7