World Series by the numbers
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Home plate umpire Bill Miller makes the call as Boston Red Sox David Ross tags out St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina as he tries to score from second on a single by Jacoby Ellsbury during the seventh inning of Game 5 of baseball's World Series Monday
The Red Sox and Cardinals are down to a three game series to determine the winner of this year’s World Series. The stats could scarcely have predicted the wild finishes over the weekend in games 3 and 4–finished on an obstruction call and a first-ever pickoff respectively. NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller crunched the numbers with Sean Forman, Founder and Owner of Baseballreference.com.
Listen to their conversation in the audio player above.
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