"On a four-letter night spelled c-o-l-d, Chris Carpenter responded to the first question of a closely matched World Series.

He answered loudly, sometimes profanely and once with his face planted beside the first-base bag. Ultimately he held the Texas Rangers' offense long enough to see a sixth-inning pinch RBI and three innings of shutout relief translate into a 3-2 Cardinals win in Game 1 at Busch Stadium.

Carpenter constructed a quality start from five hits and a walk before five relievers conspired for the night's final nine outs. The Cardinals produced their-game winning run when pinch-hitter Allen Craig sliced a two-out, sixth-inning single to score David Freese."