BOSTON (AP) – The scene is always the same at Busch Stadium: a sea of Cardinals fans dressed in red, cheering and chanting, spurring their team to a postseason victory.

The problems start when St. Louis hits the road.

The Cardinals dropped to 1-6 away from home this postseason with a 6-2 loss to Boston in Game 2 of the World Series on Sunday night. And they better cure their traveling woes fast because they need at least one win at Fenway Park to take home a title.

“We’re suited to play any kind of game anywhere,” manager Tony La Russa said. “Our big regular season was built as much on quality starts as anything, and here in the postseason we have not had that.”

Whatever the reason, the Cardinals, who went 6-0 at Busch Stadium during the playoffs, look like a different team on the road these days.

Take two of their last three games, for example. First, Game 7 of the NL championship series, at home against Houston. The Cardinals were trailing Roger Clemens and the Astros in the sixth inning when Albert Pujols delivered a tying double and Scott Rolen hit a go-ahead homer.

Two clutch hits, and the Cardinals rode the spirit of St. Louis right into the World Series.

“Baseball is a celebration here. It’s a special event here. They came to the ballpark to win today,” Rolen said afterward, referring to the fans. “They’re a big part of our team and they’re a big part of what we do.”

Then, Game 1 of the World Series in Boston. The Cardinals had rallied from a pair of deficits to tie the score at 9 in the eighth inning when Rolen stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. But he chased a high pitch from reliever Keith Foulke and popped up to third. Jim Edmonds then took a called third strike, ending the threat.

Two of the team’s top sluggers seemed to tense up in a key situation.

“We’re in one of the historic parks and it’s tough not to be excited,” Larry Walker said.

Maybe a little too excited. The Cardinals certainly weren’t comfortable at chilly Fenway Park on Saturday night.

“The conditions were not great out there. The wind was howling a little bit. You’ve got to kind of acclimate yourself – both teams,” Rolen said. “It wasn’t 70 and clear.”

It was the same story in Game 2. Boston made four errors for the second consecutive night, but St. Louis couldn’t cash in against Curt Schilling.

Road games cost the Cardinals in their last World Series, too.

RBoston is proving to be a dominant home team, too. Boosted by their own frenzied crowd, the Red Sox are 5-1 at home this postseason.

“In this league, you do or you don’t. People don’t look for excuses,” La Russa said after Game 1. “I think we did a couple of things we usually do: We play nine and give ourselves a chance. We did some things we don’t usually do: We walked guys to set up innings and I think two or three times they scored, that’s kind of not how we play it. But I give them credit, we opened the door and they capitalized just about every time.”