The Boston Globe

Red Sox 8, Cardinals 1

Red Sox win Game 1

Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, and David Ortiz led the way as the Red Sox dominated the Cardinals.

Bill greene/globe staff

The Red Sox used strong pitching and big hits to defeat the Cardinals.

jim davis/globestaff

David Ortiz hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning.

jim davis/globe staff

Jon Lester had a shutout through seven innings.

jessica rinaldi for the Boston globe

The view from the stands during the game.

jim davis/globe staff

David Ross forced John Jay, right, out at the plate and then threw to first for a double play in the fourth.

barry chin/globe staff

A pop up fell between Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina in the second inning.

barry chin/globe staff

David Ortiz scored after Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury in the first inning.

john tlumacki/globe staff

Mike Napoli hit a bases-loaded double in the first inning, scoring three runs.

barry chin/globe staff

Jon Lester started the game for the Red Sox.

Barry chin/globe staff

Carl Yastrzemski threw out the first pitch with three Medal of Honor winners.

john tlumacki/globe staff

Fenway Park before the game.

Scenes from Game 1

Globe photographers have shots of the action in Game 1 of the 2013 World Series at Fenway Park.

Boston police boost numbers as World Series begins

A heavier presence and traffic regulation are just some of the measures Boston police are taking to ensure that the World Series runs smoothly and safely.

Candidates discuss communities of color in debate

Martin J. Walsh and John R. Connolly pledged that their mayoral administrations would be more representative of Boston’s demographics.

Death of high school teacher jolts Danvers

Colleen Ritzer, a teacher at Danvers High School, was found dead and a student, 14, is being held.

Slain Danvers teacher recalled as ‘gentle, with a big smile’

A neighbor remembered Colleen Ritzer, found murdered near Danvers High School, as “always interested in being a math teacher.”

‘Remarkable’ mental health care changes near, Biden says

Speaking at a forum in Boston, Vice President Joe Biden said more people now have access to care for mental illness.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

The Tea Party boomerangs on the GOP

Republican leaders are now having to deal with the Tea Party’s absolutism after being timid for too long.

Globe exclusives

Robert Redford as a lone sailor on a sinking boat on the Indian Ocean.

Exclusive Thursday preview | Movie Review

Redford sails in the stunning ‘All Is Lost’

Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, left, shared a laugh with Red Sox assistant hitting coach Victor Rodriguez on Tuesday.

Dan Shaughnessy

This World Series needs some villains

October 15, 1946: Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals slid home with what would be the winning run in game seven of the World Series. Slaughter scored all the way from first base on Harry Walker’s double to left center. Johnny Pesky, the Red Sox shortstop, hesitated on the throw as Slaughter ran. Pesky said later, “I couldn’t hear anybody. There was too much yelling. It looked like an ordinary single. I thought he’d hold up at third so late in the game.” The Cardinals won the World Series in this seventh game 4-3.

From the Archives | photo gallery

Red Sox vs. Cardinals in the World Series

Heather Abbot was one of many amputees who threw out a ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park.

Sox, bombing-scarred Boston rise together

Opinion | Geoff Edgers

Please, banish ‘Sweet Caroline’

Clockwise from top left, Tom Vasic of Adelaide, Australia; Peter Rice of Falls Church, Va.; Tom Good, a Maine native; and Brian Eschler of Colorado show off their Sox pride.

Red Sox fans bond over their beards

Dining out

His own place on his own terms

John Connolly and Martin Walsh appeared in their second debate of the general election.

JOANNA WEISS

Connolly’s night during debate

In one of Sophie Calle’s images for “Last Seen,” a man looks at the space where a Rembrandt once hung at the Gardner.

Gardner exhibit adds perspective to thefts

Working with a tight five-piece band, John Legend has the gift of being smooth without ever seeming overly slick.

Music Review

Legend wraps his audience in warm embrace

Aaron Williams’s “Construction,” currently on display at LaMontagne Gallery.

GALLERIES

A 21st-century ode to abstract expressionism

Taquitos Cancun at Cancun Taqueria on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge.

Cheap Eats

Basement taqueria rises to the occasion

World Series

Christopher L. Gasper

Xander Bogaerts settling in for a long stay

The rookie, who added a jolt to the Red Sox in the ALCS, offers the Sox a chance to see their present and future combine in the World Series.

Sports

Tags in this section:

Patriots add Andre Carter

The veteran defensive end is back for a second tenure with the Patriots, for whom he had 10 sacks in 2011.

Boston mayoral race

Tags in this section:

Politics

John Connolly spoke outside City Hall on Wednesday.

Poll finds Connolly clinging to narrow lead over Walsh

The new poll shows John Connolly leading Martin Walsh, 41 percent to 39 percent, in Boston’s mayoral race.

Metro

Tags in this section:

Judge sets maximum possible sentence for Dookhan at 5 years

The judge said disgraced former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan should get a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison if she pleads guilty.

Columnists

After building a Vegas empire, Sheldon Adelson bet big on gambling in Asia, propelling him to number 11 on the Forbes list of the richest Americans.

Shirley Leung

Sheldon, we really need you now

JOANNA WEISS

Connolly’s night during debate

Adrian Walker

A full deck? Hardly

Boston Capital

A door worth walking through

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III prepared for a game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 9.