Live Analysis: Cardinals at Red Sox, Game 2 of the World Series The two best teams in baseball this season, the Cardinals and the Red Sox, play Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night at Fenway Park, and Times staffers will offer analysis, insight and notes throughout the night. Auto-Refresh: ONTurn ONRefresh NowFeedTwitter7:46 P.M. Nearing the Start of Game 2 7:15 P.M. Lester's Game 1 Gem Comes Under Scrutiny Although it looked as if Cardinals shortstop Pete Kozma was the one with Vaseline on his glove in Game 1 of the World Series, one Cardinals minor leaguer wondered if Jon Lester was loading up with a foreign substance Wednesday night to make his pitches more effective. Lester sure looked good in Boston's 8-1 victory, tossing seven and two-thirds shutout innings and striking out eight. But soon after the game, Tyler Melling, a Class A pitcher for the Cardinals" Florida State League team, posted a screen shot on his Twitter account that showed discoloration on Lester's black glove where the webbing meets the thumb. The tweet has since been deleted. It is against the rules for pitchers to put any substances on the ball. Along with the screen shot, Melling wrote, "Jon Lester using a little Vaseline inside the glove tonight?" Then HardballTalk at NBCsports.com added an intriguing video link, which shows Lester making a two-finger gesture to the same area of his glove before gripping the ball before a pitch, as if to get something on his fingers. In a statement Thursday, Major League Baseball said: "We cannot draw any conclusions from this video. There were no complaints from the Cardinals, and the umpires never detected anything indicating a foreign substance throughout the game. Read more. David Waldstein 7:06 P.M. Tonight's Starting Lineups Carlos Beltran is in the Cardinals" lineup, having exited Game 1 in the second inning with bruised ribs. The rest of the St. Louis order is jumbled, though. Pete Kozma, who made two costly errors in Game 1, was replaced by Daniel Descalso. Jon Jay replaced Shane Robinson in center field. And both David Freese and Allen Craig, who played Wednesday for the first time since September 4, were dropped in the order. For the Red Sox, as expected, Jarrod Saltalamacchia returned to the starting lineup. St. Louis Cardinals 1) Matt Carpenter, 2B 2) Carlos Beltran, RF 3) Matt Holliday, LF 4) Matt Adams, 1B 5) Yadier Molina, C 6) Allen Craig, DH 7) David Freese, 3B 8) Jon Jay, CF 9) Daniel Descalso, SS Pitching: Michael Wacha, RHP Boston Red Sox 1) Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 2) Shane Victorino, RF 3) Dustin Pedroia, 2B 4) David Ortiz, DH 5) Mike Napoli, 1B 6) Jonny Gomes, LF 7) Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C 8) Stephen Drew, SS 9) Xander Bogaerts, 3B Pitching: John Lackey, RHP 7:04 P.M. Cardinals Turn to Wacha in Game 2 BOSTON - The World Series could not have started any worse for the St. Louis Cardinals. They committed three errors. Adam Wainwright, their ace, was shelled. Carlos Beltran, their star, left clutching his bruised ribs, his status now uncertain. And yet, the Cardinals have hope. Michael Wacha, their electric rookie, takes the mound in Game 2 opposite Red Sox starter John Lackey. Wacha steamrolled the feel-good Pittsburgh Pirates and outdueled Clayton Kershaw, who will probably win the National League Cy Young Award. Wacha has allowed one run in 21 innings over three postseason starts. But the Red Sox are rolling, having gotten past the Detroit Tigers" talented staff and now Wainwright. "This lineup that Boston has - it's a good lineup, a lot of power, a lot of speed," Wacha said Wednesday. They battle up at the plate. You just have to make effective pitches and just attack them, don't give them free base runners, and just attack the zone and make effective pitches against them.