October 17, 2005 National League Championship Series (NLCS) Game 5 at Minute Maid Park Box Score and Play by Play

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2005 National League Championship Series (NLCS) Game 5
2005 postseason: WS: CHW-HOU / ALCS: CHW-LAA / NLCS: HOU-STL / Div. Series: CHW-BOS / LAA-NYY / STL-SDP / HOU-ATL

Game 1
STL  5
HOU  3
Game 2
HOU  4
@STL  1
Game 3
HOU  4
STL  3
Game 4
HOU  2
STL  1
Game 5
STL  5
@HOU  4
Game 6
HOU  5
@STL  1

Minute Maid Park, Attendance: 43,470

Monday, October 17, 2005, 7:28PM
Time of Game: 3:19

Cardinals

Tony LaRussa

                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

W: J Isringhausen (1-0), L: B Lidge (0-1)

Astros

Phil Garner

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 4   2   2   0    0   0  .235  .599   22    0   3   SB,CS,HBP
J Edmonds CF                  3   2   1   0    2   0  .250  .713   28    3   0   
A Pujols 1B                   5   1   1   3    0   1  .368 1.065   14   12   1   HR
R Sanders LF                  5   0   1   0    0   2  .200  .650   18    2   1   SB
L Walker RF                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .133  .433   16    1   0   
  J Isringhausen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             4   0   2   2    0   0  .211  .422   10    2   0   
Y Molina C                    4   0   2   0    0   1  .333  .833   16    6   1   2B
H Luna 3B                     3   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    6    0   2   
  J Rodriguez PH              1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .500    4    0   0   
  S Taguchi RF                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
C Carpenter P                 3   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    9    0   4   
  J Mabry RF-3B               1   0   0   0    0   1  .143  .429    5    0   0   
Totals                       36   5   9   5    3   7              148   27  12

BATTING

2B: Y Molina (3, off A Pettitte).

HR: A Pujols (2, off B Lidge; 9th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF).

HBP: D Eckstein (1, by A Pettitte).

TB: A Pujols 4; Y Molina 3; M Grudzielanek 2; D Eckstein 2; R Sanders; J Edmonds.

RBI: A Pujols 3 (6); M Grudzielanek 2 (2).

2-out RBI: A Pujols 3; M Grudzielanek 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

FIELDING

E: H Luna (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: D Eckstein (1, 2nd base off A Pettitte/B Ausmus); R Sanders (1, 2nd base off A Pettitte/B Ausmus).

CS: D Eckstein (1, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by A Pettitte).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio 2B                   4   1   2   1    0   0  .316  .697   11    1   2   
  E Bruntlett 2B              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Vizcaino PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    7    0   0   
C Burke CF-LF                 4   1   1   0    0   2  .313  .978   22    0   0   SH
L Berkman LF-1B               3   1   2   3    1   0  .353 1.097   19    4   1   HR
M Ensberg 3B                  4   0   1   0    0   2  .235  .594   19    2   6   
M Lamb 1B                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .188  .626   12   10   1   
  M Gallo P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  D Wheeler P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Lidge P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Lane RF                     3   0   1   0    0   0  .235  .762   18    2   0   HBP
B Ausmus C                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .222  .583   12    6   3   2B
A Everett SS                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .300  .750   22    1   1   
A Pettitte P                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    6    0   2   SH
  C Qualls P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  O Palmeiro PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.167    2    0   0   
  W Taveras CF                1   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .664    2    1   0   
Totals                       34   4   9   4    1   6              152   27  17

BATTING

2B: B Ausmus (2, off C Carpenter).

HR: L Berkman (1, off C Carpenter; 7th inn, 2 on, 1 out to LF).

SH: A Pettitte (2, off C Carpenter); C Burke (1, off C Carpenter).

HBP: J Lane (1, by C Carpenter).

TB: L Berkman 5; B Ausmus 2; C Biggio 2; M Ensberg; J Lane; C Burke; A Everett.

RBI: L Berkman 3 (3); C Biggio (2).

2-out RBI: C Biggio.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

E: A Everett (1); M Lamb (1).

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Carpenter                    7     9   4   3    1   6   1   3.00   32  119-80   47·16·17   11· 5· 0· 8     50    -     1.46  -0.22
J Isringhausen, W (1-0)        2     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    6   33-22   17· 2· 3    3· 3· 0· 0          0-0    1.50   0.22
Totals                         9     9   4   3    1   6   1          38  152-102  64·18·20   14· 8· 0· 8           -

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Pettitte                     6.1   7   2   2    2   4   0   5.11   29  103-68   43· 6·19   10· 5· 0· 7     53    -     1.26   0.09
C Qualls                       0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    2    7-4     2· 0· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.39   0.06
M Gallo, H (1)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.51   0.04
D Wheeler, H (2)               0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    2    4-4     2· 0· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.80   0.04
B Lidge, BS (1), L (0-1)       1     2   3   3    1   3   1   7.20    6   25-16    3· 9· 4    0· 0· 0· 2          0-0    1.30  -0.72
Totals                         9     9   5   5    3   7   1          40  140-93   51·15·27   14· 6· 0· 9          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: A Pettitte (1; D Eckstein, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: C Carpenter (1; J Lane); A Pettitte (1; D Eckstein).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Larry Poncino, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Greg Gibson.

Time of Game: 3:19.

Attendance: 43,470.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Houston Astros                       
1. D Eckstein           SS    1. C Biggio             2B 
2. J Edmonds            CF    2. C Burke              CF 
3. A Pujols             1B    3. L Berkman            LF 
4. R Sanders            LF    4. M Ensberg            3B 
5. L Walker             RF    5. M Lamb               1B 
6. M Grudzielanek       2B    6. J Lane               RF 
7. Y Molina             C     7. B Ausmus             C  
8. H Luna               3B    8. A Everett            SS 
9. C Carpenter          P     9. A Pettitte           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  4-2  12-  2   73%  80% A Pujols        B Lidge         Home Run; Eckstein Scores; Edmonds Scores
   b 7   1  2-1  1-3  1  -37%  12% L Berkman       C Carpenter     Home Run; Biggio Scores/unER; Burke Scores
   t 3   2  1-0  123  3   19%  61% M Grudzielanek  A Pettitte      Single to RF; Eckstein Scores; Edmonds Scores; Walker to 3B
   b 7   1  2-1  1--  7  -14%  49% C Burke         C Carpenter     Single to RF; Biggio to 3B
   b 2   0  0-0  1--  1  -10%  31% B Ausmus        C Carpenter     Double to LF; Lane to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Pettitte facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   53%  D Eckstein      Hit By Pitch
          1--  5   59%  J Edmonds       Walk; Eckstein to 2B
   O      12-  1   54%  A Pujols        Popfly: 3B
   O      12-  1   49%  R Sanders       Flyball: LF
   O      12-  2   45%  L Walker        Groundout: C-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   42%  C Biggio        Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   43%  C Burke         Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Biggio to 2B
          -2-  8   42%  L Berkman       Walk
   O      12-  3   44%  M Ensberg       Groundout: P-1B; Biggio to 3B; Berkman to 2B
   O      -23  3   50%  M Lamb          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Pettitte facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   48%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  8   52%  Y Molina        Double to RF
   O      -2-  3   48%  H Luna          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   45%  C Carpenter     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Chris Carpenter facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   41%  J Lane          Single to LF
          1--  1   31%  B Ausmus        Double to LF; Lane to 3B
   O      -23  3   36%  A Everett       Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  4   45%  A Pettitte      Fielder's Choice 1B; Lane out at Hm/1B-C; Ausmus to 3B; Pettitte to 1B
   R      1-3  4   35%  C Biggio        Single to LF; Ausmus Scores; Pettitte to 2B
   O      12-  4   39%  C Burke         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Andy Pettitte facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   43%  D Eckstein      Single to CF
          1--      46%  J Edmonds       Eckstein Steals 2B
          -2-  5   53%  " "             Single to RF; Eckstein to 3B
   O      1-3  4   46%  A Pujols        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  7   39%  R Sanders       Strikeout Swinging
          1-3  6   42%  L Walker        Walk; Edmonds to 2B
   RR     123  3   61%  M Grudzielanek  Single to RF; Eckstein Scores; Edmonds Scores; Walker to 3B
   O      1-3  4   56%  Y Molina        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 1-2, Chris Carpenter facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   59%  L Berkman       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   61%  M Ensberg       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   62%  M Lamb          Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Andy Pettitte facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   60%  H Luna          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   58%  C Carpenter     Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   57%  D Eckstein      Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-2, Chris Carpenter facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   52%  J Lane          Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  1   57%  B Ausmus        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  3   52%  A Everett       Single to RF; Ausmus to 2B
   O      12-  2   56%  A Pettitte      Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Ausmus to 3B; Everett to 2B
   O      -23  1   64%  C Biggio        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Andy Pettitte facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   61%  J Edmonds       Groundout: C-1B
   O      ---  4   60%  A Pujols        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   61%  R Sanders       Single to LF
          1--      62%  L Walker        Sanders Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   58%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-2, Chris Carpenter facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   62%  C Burke         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   58%  L Berkman       Single to CF
   O      1--  5   62%  M Ensberg       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   66%  M Lamb          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Andy Pettitte facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   63%  M Grudzielanek  Single to LF; Grudzielanek out at 2B/LF-2B
          ---  2   66%  Y Molina        Single to LF
   O      1--  1   63%  H Luna          Popfly: 3B
   O      1--  2   60%  C Carpenter     Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-2, Chris Carpenter facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   64%  J Lane          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   67%  B Ausmus        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  8   69%  A Everett       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Andy Pettitte facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   73%  D Eckstein      Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      67%  J Edmonds       Eckstein Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
          ---  3   69%  " "             Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to 2B)
                  Chad Qualls replaces Andy Pettitte pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  3   67%  A Pujols        Groundout: 3B-1B; Edmonds to 2B
   O      -2-  4   63%  R Sanders       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-2, Chris Carpenter facing 9-1-2
                  Orlando Palmeiro pinch hits for Chad Qualls batting 9th
   O      ---  2   68%  O Palmeiro      Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   63%  C Biggio        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--  7   49%  C Burke         Single to RF; Biggio to 3B
   RRR    1-3  1   12%  L Berkman       Home Run; Biggio Scores/unER; Burke Scores
   O      ---  6   13%  M Ensberg       Single to LF; Ensberg out at 2B/LF-2B
   O      ---  3   14%  M Lamb          Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 4.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-4, Mike Gallo facing 5-6-7
                  Mike Gallo replaces Mike Lamb pitching and batting 5th; Lance Berkman moves to 1B; Eric Bruntlett replaces Craig Biggio playing 2B batting 1st; Chris Burke moves to LF; Willy Taveras replaces Orlando Palmeiro playing CF batting 9th
   O      ---  1   10%  L Walker        Groundout: P-1B
                  Dan Wheeler replaces Mike Gallo pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  2    8%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2    6%  Y Molina        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-2, Jason Isringhausen facing 6-7-8
                  Jason Isringhausen replaces Larry Walker pitching and batting 5th; John Mabry replaces Chris Carpenter playing RF batting 9th
   O      ---  6    7%  J Lane          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  7    7%  B Ausmus        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  8    8%  A Everett       Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-4, Brad Lidge facing 8-9-1
                  Brad Lidge replaces Dan Wheeler pitching and batting 5th; John Rodriguez pinch hits for Hector Luna batting 8th
   O      ---  4    4%  J Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5    1%  J Mabry         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4    4%  D Eckstein      Single to LF
          1--       4%  J Edmonds       Defensive Indifference; Eckstein to 2B
          -2-  5    7%  " "             Walk
   RRR    12-  2   80%  A Pujols        Home Run; Eckstein Scores; Edmonds Scores
   O      ---  5   79%  R Sanders       Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Jason Isringhausen facing 9-1-2
                  John Mabry moves to 3B; So Taguchi replaces John Rodriguez playing RF batting 8th
   O      ---  2   88%  W Taveras       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  Jose Vizcaino pinch hits for Eric Bruntlett batting 1st
   O      ---  7   95%  J Vizcaino      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3  100%  C Burke         Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU200510170

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation