2005 National League Championship Series

2005 National League Championship Series
Houston Astros 89 - 73 in the NL	4 - 2 Series Summary	St. Louis Cardinals 100 - 62 in the NL

2005 MLB Postseason
LG	Division Series	League Champ.	World Series
AL	CHW - BOS	CHI - LAA	CHI - HOU
	LAA - NYY
NL	STL - SD	STL - HOU
	ATL - HOU
<< 2004		2006 >>

Overview

• Managers - Astros: Phil Garner | Cardinals: Tony LaRussa

The Teams

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals, after finishing the season with the best record in baseball, came off a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres in the NLDS.

Houston Astros

The Houston Astros, the National League Wild Card team, beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS, 3 games to 1

Umpires

• Tim McClelland, Greg Gibson, Wally Bell, Phil Cuzzi, Larry Poncino, Gerry Davis

Series results

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (HOU-STL)
1	October 12	Houston	3	St. Louis	5	0-1
2	October 13	Houston	4	St. Louis	1	1-1
3	October 15	St. Louis	3	Houston	4	2-1
4	October 16	St. Louis	1	Houston	2	3-1
5	October 17	St. Louis	5	Houston	4	3-2
6	October 19	Houston	5	St. Louis	1	4-2
HOU won 4, STL won 2. Houston wins the National League Championship and advance to the 2005 World Series

Game One

• Played at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	7	0
Cardinals	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	5	8	1
WP: Chris Carpenter (1-0), LP: Andy Pettitte (0-1), SV: Jason Isringhausen (1)
Home Runs: STL - Reggie Sanders (1); HOU - Chris Burke (1)

Attendance: 52,332

Game Two

• Played at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	11	1
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	0
WP: Roy Oswalt (1-0), LP: Mark Mulder (0-1), SV: Brad Lidge (1)
Home Runs: STL - Albert Pujols (1)

Attendance: 52,358

Game Three

• Played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	7	1
Astros	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	x	4	11	0
WP: Roger Clemens (1-0), LP: Matt Morris (0-1), SV: Brad Lidge (2)
Home Runs: HOU - Mike Lamb (1)

Attendance: 42,823

Game Four

• Played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Astros	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2	6	0
WP: Chad Qualls (1-0), LP: Jason Marquis (0-1), SV: Brad Lidge (3)
Home Runs: HOU - Jason Lane (1)

Attendance: 43,010

Game Five

• Played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	1
Astros	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	9	2
WP: Jason Isringhausen (1-0), LP: Brad Lidge (0-1)
Home Runs: STL - Albert Pujols (2); HOU - Lance Berkman (1)

Attendance: 43,470

Game Six

• Played at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	11	0
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Roy Oswalt (2-0), LP: Mark Mulder (0-2)
Home Runs: HOU - Jason Lane (2)

Attendance: 52,438

This was the final game ever played at this version of Busch Stadium; a new Busch Stadium would open, immediately next door, in 2006, with the old stadium being torn down and the pace it occupied becoming parking lots for the new facility.

• NLCS MVP: Roy Oswalt

Further Reading

• Jesse Yomtov: "Exactly 12 years ago, Albert Pujols took Brad Lidge deep", USA Today Sports, October 17, 2017. [1]

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