On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Six innings pitching

Five golden hits.

Four winning games
Three home runs
Two comebacks
And a World Series MVP.

1. David Freese joined David Eckstein (2006), Darrell Porter (1982) and Bob Gibson (1964, 1967) as Cardinal World Series Most Valuable Players.
2. In Game 6 of the World Series, the Cardinals came back from being down to their final strike of the season and trailing by two runs (coming back from a win expectancy of 4.1%) not once but twice, making it one of the most unlikely wins in World Series history.
3. In Game 3 of the World Series, Albert Pujols tied Reggie Jackson (10/18/77) and Babe Ruth (10/6/26, 10/9/28) for the record of three home runs in a single World Series game.
4. The Cardinals won four games in the World Series to clinch the title: Game 1, Game 3, Game 6 and Game 7.
5. Allen Craig had five hits in the World Series, all run scoring, including three home runs and two pinch-hit RBI singles off Alexei Ogando:
   

   Gm	Pitcher	Inn	Play	WPA
   1	A Ogando	6	RBI single	0.173
   2	A Ogando	7	RBI single	0.203
   3	M Harrison	1	Home run	0.087
   6	D Holland	8	Home run	0.059
   7	M Harrison	3	Home run	0.125

6. Inclement weather postponed Game 6 of the World Series, allowing Chris Carpenter to start Game 7 on three days’ rest. After laboring through only three innings on short rest in Game 2 of the NLDS, the Cardinal ace pitched six strong innings en route to his best-pitched game of the World Series (Fielding-Independent Game Score of 56). Since 1990, only two other pitchers have started three games in a World Series (Jack Morris in 1991, Curt Schilling in 2001).

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