
ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Mike Napoli socked a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning Monday and the Texas Rangers downed St. Louis 4-2, taking a 3-2 lead in the World Series.
With the score tied 2-2, Michael Young led off the eighth with a double off Octavio Dotel (0-1). One out later, Nelson Cruz was intentionally walked and Marc Rzepczynski came in to pitch, surrendering a single to David Murphy.
Napoli followed by blasting a pitch into the right-center field gap, sending Young and Cruz around with the go-ahead runs.
The Rangers catcher helped seal the win in the ninth by throwing out the Cardinals' Allen Craig on an attempted steal of second, preserving a save for Neftali Feliz.
Mitch Moreland and Adrian Beltre contributed solo home runs and Darren Oliver (1-0) was credited with the win for the Rangers, who will try to wrap up their first World Series title in Wednesday's Game 6 at St. Louis.
Yadier Molina went 3-for-4 with an RBI single for the Cards, who dropped their second straight after scoring 16 runs in a Game 3 victory.
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