2006 NLCS
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| 2006 National League Championship Series | ||
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| St. Louis Cardinals 83 - 78 in the NL | 4 - 3 Series Summary | New York Mets 97 - 65 in the NL |
| 2006 MLB Postseason | |||
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| LG | Division Series | League Champ. | World Series |
| AL | NYY - DET | OAK - DET | STL - DET |
| MIN - OAK | |||
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| NL | NYM - LAD | NYM - STL | |
| STL - SD | |||
| << 2005 | 2007 >> | ||
Contents |
[edit] Overview
[edit] The Teams
- Managers: Mets: Willie Randolph | Cardinals: Tony La Russa
[edit] New York Mets
[edit] St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] 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.
[edit] Results
[edit] Game 1 @ Shea Stadium
Thurs, Oct 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: Glavine (1-0), LP: Weaver (0-1), SV: Wagner (1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 56,311
[edit] Game 2 @ Shea Stadium
Fri, Oct 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: Kinney (1-0), LP: Wagner (0-1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 56,349
[edit] Game 3 @ Busch Stadium
Sat, Oct 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: Suppan (1-0), LP: Hernandez (0-1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 47,053
[edit] Game 4 @ Busch Stadium
Sun, Oct 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: Perez (1-0), LP: Thompson (0-1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 46,600
[edit] Game 5 @ Busch Stadium
Mon, Oct 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: Weaver (1-1), LP: Glavine (1-1), SV: Wainwright (1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 46,496
[edit] Game 6 @ Shea Stadium
Wed, Oct 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: Maine (1-0), LP: Carpenter (0-1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 56,334
[edit] Game 7 @ Shea Stadium
Thurs, Oct 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: Flores (1-0), LP: Heilman (0-1), SV: Wainwright (2) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 56,357
[edit] Series MVP
| 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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NL Division Series (3-0) Mets (NLE) over Dodgers (WC) NL Division Series (3-1) Cardinals (NLC) over Padres (NLW) | |||
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World Series (4-1) Cardinals over Tigers | |||
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AL Championship Series (4-0) Tigers over Athletics | |||
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AL Division Series (3-1) Tigers (WC) over Yankees (ALE) AL Division Series (3-0) Athletics (ALW) over Twins (ALC) |
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