FOXNews.com: Red Sox go worst to first, win Series

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Red Sox go worst to first, win Series Oct 31st 2013, 04:37 Shane Victorino's three-run double broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning and John Lackey allowed one run over 6 and 2/3 innings as the Boston Red Sox wrapped up the eighth World Series title in franchise history and third in 10 seasons with a 6-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.  The win completed a remarkable turnaround for the Red Sox, who finished last in the American League East with a record of 69-93 in 2012, but won 97 games under first-year manager John Farrell and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Tigers to reach their first World Series since 2007.   After Victorino's double off the Green Monster gave Boston a 3-0 lead, the Red Sox tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning. Stephen Drew made the score 4-0 with a solo home run into the Boston bullpen. Mike Napoli made it 5-0 with an RBI single before Victorino drove in his fourth run of the night with a single to make it 6-0. Lackey, the much-maligned right-hander who missed all of 2012 due to Tommy John surgery, scattered nine hits over his outing and walked only one, while striking out five. He departed with the bases loaded and two out in the top of the seventh, having lost his shutout bid on a Carlos Beltran RBI single. Junichi Tazawa retired Matt Holliday on a groundout to first to end the threat. With the victory, the Red Sox faithful saw their team clinch a World Series title at Fenway Park for the first time since 1918.

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