2006 National League Championship Series

2006 National League Championship Series
St. Louis Cardinals 83 - 78 in the NL	4 - 3 Series Summary	New York Mets 97 - 65 in the NL

2006 MLB Postseason
LG	Division Series	League Champ.	World Series
AL	NYY - DET	OAK - DET	STL - DET
	MIN - OAK
NL	NYM - LAD	NYM - STL
	STL - SD
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The Teams

• Managers: Mets: Willie Randolph | Cardinals: Tony La Russa

Umpires

• Tim Welke, Jim Joyce, Jerry Layne, Fieldin Culbreth, Jeff Kellogg, Gary Darling

Series results

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (StL-NYM)	Attendance
1	October 12*	St. Louis	0	New York	2	0-1	56,311
2	October 13*	St. Louis	9	New York	6	1-1	56,349
3	October 14	New York	0	St. Louis	5	2-1	47,053
4	October 15	New York	12	St. Louis	5	2-2	46,600
5	October 17#	New York	2	St. Louis	4	3-2	46,496
6	October 18	St. Louis	2	New York	4	3-3	56,334
7	October 19	St. Louis	3	New York	1	4-3	56,357
St. Louis wins series 4–3 and advance to the World Series

* Game 1 was postponed due to rain on October 11. Game 2 was subsequently pushed back a day as well.
# Game 5 was postponed due to rain on October 16.

Results

Game 1 @ Shea Stadium

Thursday, October 12th - New York, NY - 8:00 pm EDT FOX

Mets: 2, Cardinals: 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Mets	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	2	6	0
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0), LP: Jeff Weaver (0-1), SV: Billy Wagner (1)

• Attendance: 56,311

Game 2 @ Shea Stadium

Friday, October 13th - New York, NY - 7:30 pm EDT FOX

Cardinals: 9, Mets: 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	9	10	1
Mets	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	9	2
WP: Matt Kinney (1-0), LP: Billy Wagner (0-1)

• Attendance: 56,349

Game 3 @ Busch Stadium

Saturday, October 14th - St. Louis, MO - 7:30 pm EDT FOX

Cardinals: 5, Mets: 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Cardinals	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	5	8	0
WP: Jeff Suppan (1-0), LP: Steve Trachsel (0-1)

• Attendance: 47,053

Game 4 @ Busch Stadium

Sunday, October 15th - St. Louis, MO - 8:00 pm EDT FOX

Mets: 12, Cardinals: 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	0	0	2	0	3	6	1	0	0	12	14	1
Cardinals	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	11	1
WP: Oliver Perez (1-0), LP: Brad Thompson (0-1)

• Attendance: 46,600

Game 5 @ Busch Stadium

Monday, October 16th - St. Louis, MO - 8:00 pm EDT FOX

Cardinals: 4, Mets: 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Cardinals	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	-	4	10	0
WP: Jeff Weaver (1-1), LP: Tom Glavine (1-1), SV: Adam Wainwright (1)

• Attendance: 46,496

Game 6 @ Shea Stadium

Wednesday, October 18th - New York, NY - 8:00 pm EDT FOX

Mets: 4, Cardinals: 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	1
Mets	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	-	4	10	0
WP: John Maine (1-0), LP: Chris Carpenter (0-1)

• Attendance: 56,334

Game 7 @ Shea Stadium

Thursday, October 19th - New York, NY - 8:00 pm EDT FOX

Cardinals: 3, Mets: 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1
Mets	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Randy Flores (1-0), LP: Aaron Heilman (0-1), SV: Adam Wainwright (2)

• Attendance: 56,357

Series MVP

• Jeff Suppan

MVP	G	W-L	ERA	IP	H	BB	SO	SV	CG
Jeff Suppan	2	1-0	0.60	15.0	5	6	6	0	0

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