Mike Matheny, Cardinal manager, contributed to the Cardinals’ loss last night. The Red Sox had a man on second, one out, in the top of the first inning, with David Ortiz up. Ortiz has been incredibly hot, and with first base open, the smart move would have been to walk him. Matheny pitched to him, and he doubled in the run. The next two batters struck out, although I am not saying that would have still happened. The point is that you can’t let Ortiz beat you in that situation, since he is so locked in. Going into the game, he was 8 for 11 in the World Series, went 3 for 4 in this game, and tied a World Series record by reaching base 10 consecutive times. How can you pitch to him in this situation? This was a 1-1 game going into the 7th inning, so this run was huge. The final was 3-1 Boston.