St. Louis heads home after 1-1 split in Boston thanks to fine prformance from rookie pitcher

The baseball gods were kinder to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday as the errors that cost them dearly in the first game of the World Series came to their rescue in the second.

"The guys stayed aggressive today. That's the difference between yesterday and today," said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny after his side rallied to win Game 2, 4-2, a day after he had said he was embarrassed by its 8-1 loss in Game 1.