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🎙 Mike & The Mad Dog
Mike: Alright, Dog, here’s the deal — the Cardinals were NOT going down quietly. Not after that 26–19 circus the other night!
Dog: Mikey, they came out swinging! Three in the first! Three in the second! McNiff didn’t know what hit him!
Mike: Cruz double! Martinez double! Eckert double! It was batting practice in the first two innings!
Dog: And the Yankees keep chippin’ away! Woodfin homers in the third! Homers again in the fifth! The kid’s got two bombs!
Mike: Kassebaum goes deep in the first, Thomas runnin’ wild, they take the lead in the sixth — it’s 8–7 Yankees and you’re thinkin’, “Okay, here we go, broom time.”
Dog: Not so fast!
Mike: Bottom six — Smith single, Dominguez single, Martinez double — bang! Tie game! Then Eckert! Two-run single off Colon! That’s the game right there!
Dog: That’s the hit! That’s the swing that saved the Series!
Mike: And Lerner in the ninth? Strikes out Kassebaum! Strikes out Shipps! Mortensen walks and they try to stretch it? OUT at third! Ballgame!
Dog: Cardinals finally breathe. But they’re still down 3–1, Mikey. They gotta do it three more times.

🎙 Colin Cowherd
Let me zoom out.
This game wasn’t about talent. We know the Yankees have more of it. It was about pride.
When you give up 26 runs in a World Series game, you either fold — or you respond emotionally.
St. Louis responded.
They were aggressive early. Doubles. Pressure. Stolen bases. Forcing mistakes. They scored in five different innings.
Here’s the key moment: top of the sixth, Yankees take the lead 8–7. That’s deflating. You just fought back, and the heavyweight lands another punch.
A lesser team collapses there.
Instead? Five straight baserunners in the bottom half. Martinez delivers. Eckert delivers. Montes adds on. That’s resilience.
Now — let’s be honest. The Yankees still have the superior lineup. Woodfin homers twice. Kassebaum is locked in. They still put up 10.
But psychologically? The Cardinals needed proof they could survive a shootout.
They got it.

🎙 Bob Costas
There is something uniquely compelling about a team that refuses the inevitability assigned to it.
The Cardinals entered this evening trailing three games to none — and having endured one of the most punishing offensive displays in World Series history.
Yet from the outset, there was urgency.
Alex Cruz doubled to open the first. The Cardinals would score three in that inning. Three more in the second. By the end of two frames, it was 6–1, and Busch Stadium felt alive again.
The Yankees, true to form, countered. Justin Woodfin struck twice with home runs. Cory Kassebaum added his own. By the sixth inning, New York had reclaimed the lead, 8–7.
It was at that juncture that the Cardinals authored their defining moment.
Chris Smith and Jose Dominguez ignited the rally. Ricky Martinez delivered the tying double. And Chris Eckert’s two-run single — precise and timely — restored the lead for good.
B.J. Lerner’s ninth inning was fittingly tense. Two strikeouts. A walk. A final out at third base — a reminder that October often hinges on inches and decisions.
The Series remains tilted toward New York.
But on this clear October afternoon in St. Louis, the Cardinals reclaimed something essential:
Belief.