2005 NLCS

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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	LAA - NYY	CHI - LAA	CHI - HOU
	CHW - BOS
NL	STL - SD	STL - HOU
	ATL - HOU
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Contents 1 Overview 2 The Teams 2.1 St. Louis Cardinals 2.2 Houston Astros 2.3 Series results 2.4 Game One 2.5 Game Two 2.6 Game Three 2.7 Game Four 2.8 Game Five 2.9 Game Six 2.10 2005 Postseason

[edit] Overview

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

[edit] The Teams

[edit] St. Louis Cardinals

• The Cardinals, after finishing the season with the best record in baseball, came off a 3 game sweep of the San Diego Padres in the NLDS.

[edit] Houston Astros

• The Astros, the NL Wild Card, beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS, 3 games to 1

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

• Final game ever played at Busch Stadium.

• NLCS MVP: Roy Oswalt

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