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After "Sleepwalking in Boston", the St. Louis Cardinals came out of their hitting slumber and tagged Boston starter Gary Bell for three runs on five hits in the first two innings of Game 3. A former 16-game winner for the Cleveland Indians , Bell was an early-season pickup who pitched well in 29 games for the Sox going 12–8 with an ERA of 3.16.
September 28 (Game 1): St. Louis 7 ─ Boston 8 [134] September 28 (Game 2): St. Louis 0 ─ Boston 6 [ 134 ] May 12: After a slow start to the season, the team has a winning record for the first time, at 10–9, with a 10–5 win over the Cleveland Naps at League Park in Cleveland .
The series opener at St. Louis' Busch Stadium was a slugfest involving five home runs, 17 runs, and 22 hits, eventually won by St. Louis, 10–7. Houston struck the first blow of the series when Carlos Beltrán hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning after a leadoff single off Woody Williams.
In St. Louis, the Hawks prevailed 111–108 in Game 3 when Russell severely sprained his ankle. [5] [1] Without Russell, the Celtics evened the series with a 109-98 surprise victory in Game 4. [6] St. Louis forced a 102–100 win in Game 5 in Boston to take the series lead. [7] [1]
Locally, the Arizona–St. Louis portion of the 2001 NLDS was called on KTAR-AM in Phoenix by Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Rod Allen (Games 4–5) and Jim Traber, and on KMOX-AM in St. Louis by Jack Buck (Games 3–4), Mike Shannon and Dan McLaughlin (Games 1–2, 5), while the Atlanta–Houston portion of the 2001 NLDS was called on WSB-AM in ...
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Boston defeated the New York Rangers 4–2 and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the Finals. St. Louis defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2. This was the seventh meeting between teams from Boston and St. Louis for a major professional sports championship.
St. Louis may string together a more than week-long stretch of 90-degree temperatures lasting into early August. The city's longest 90-degree stint this summer lasted five days from July 10-14.