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2005 NL Championship Series (4-2): Houston Astros (89-73) over St. Louis Cardinals (100-62)

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WS: CHW-HOU / ALCS: CHW-LAA / NLCS: HOU-STL / Div. Series: CHW-BOS / LAA-NYY / STL-SDP / HOU-ATL
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 2005 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1     3  7  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  x     5  8  1

    PITCHERS: HOU - Pettitte, Springer (7), Astacio (8)
              STL - Carpenter, Isringhausen (9)

               WP - Chris Carpenter
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - Jason Isringhausen

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Burke
              STL - Sanders

  ATTENDANCE: 52,332

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 2005 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  1  0    0  1  0    0  2  0     4 11  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  6  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Oswalt, Lidge (8)
              STL - Mulder, Tavarez (8), Marquis (9)

               WP - Roy Oswalt
	       LP - Mark Mulder
             SAVE - Brad Lidge

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              STL - Pujols

  ATTENDANCE: 52,358

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 2005 at MinuteMaidPk (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  1     3  7  1
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  x     4 11  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Morris, Thompson (6), Flores (7), Tavarez (8)
              HOU - Clemens, Qualls (7), Lidge (9)

               WP - Roger Clemens
	       LP - Matt Morris
             SAVE - Brad Lidge

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              HOU - Lamb

  ATTENDANCE: 42,823

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 2005 at MinuteMaidPk (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Suppan, Marquis (6)
              HOU - Backe, Gallo (6), Qualls (7), Wheeler (8), Lidge (9)

               WP - Chad Qualls
	       LP - Jason Marquis
             SAVE - Brad Lidge

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              HOU - Lane

  ATTENDANCE: 43,010

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 17, 2005 at MinuteMaidPk (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  3     5  9  1
    Houston Astros               0  1  0    0  0  0    3  0  0     4  9  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Carpenter, Isringhausen (8)
              HOU - Pettitte, Qualls (7), Gallo (8), Wheeler (8), Lidge (9)

               WP - Jason Isringhausen
	       LP - Brad Lidge
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Pujols
              HOU - Berkman

  ATTENDANCE: 43,470

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 19, 2005 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  2    1  0  1    1  0  0     5 11  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  4  1

    PITCHERS: HOU - Oswalt, Qualls (8), Wheeler (9)
              STL - Mulder, Thompson (5), Marquis (6), Flores (7), Tavarez (7), Isringhausen (9)

               WP - Roy Oswalt
	       LP - Mark Mulder
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Lane
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,438

Series MVP - Roy Oswalt

Series Batting Stats

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Houston Astros

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ezequiel Astacio    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  21   3  0  .143  .286   0
 Brad Ausmus         6  22  3  7  2  0  0   1  1  6  .318  .348  .409  1 | 387 100  3  .258  .682   5
 Brandon Backe       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  45  10  0  .222  .627   1
 Jeff Bagwell        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 100  25  3  .250  .738   0
#Lance Berkman       6  21  2  6  2  0  1   3  4  3  .286  .400  .524  0 | 468 137 24  .293  .935   4
 Craig Biggio        6  24  2  8  0  0  0   3  2  3  .333  .385  .333  0 | 590 156 26  .264  .793  11
 Eric Bruntlett      5   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 109  24  4  .220  .705   7
 Chris Burke         6  20  5  6  0  1  1   3  1  3  .300  .333  .550  0 | 318  79  5  .248  .677  11
 Roger Clemens       1   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  58  12  0  .207  .522   0
 Morgan Ensberg      6  21  1  5  1  0  0   2  2  2  .238  .304  .286  0 | 526 149 36  .283  .945   6
 Adam Everett        6  23  2  7  1  1  0   2  0  4  .304  .304  .435  0 | 549 136 11  .248  .654  21
*Mike Gallo          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Mike Lamb           4  16  3  3  1  0  1   2  0  3  .188  .188  .438  0 | 322  76 12  .236  .703   1
 Jason Lane          6  21  3  5  0  0  2   3  2  4  .238  .304  .524  0 | 517 138 26  .267  .815   6
 Brad Lidge          4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Roy Oswalt          2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .500  .333  0 |  73  13  0  .178  .389   0
*Orlando Palmeiro    4   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .333  .500  .333  0 | 204  58  3  .284  .772   3
*Andy Pettitte       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62   5  0  .081  .175   0
 Chad Qualls         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Russ Springer       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Willy Taveras       6  14  1  5  0  0  0   0  1  1  .357  .400  .357  0 | 592 172  3  .291  .666  34
#Jose Vizcaino       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 187  46  1  .246  .636   2
 Dan Wheeler         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 198 22 55  7  2  5  19 15 33  .278  .329  .409  1 |        161  .256  .730 115

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Chris Carpenter     2   4  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  77   5  0  .065  .211   0
 David Eckstein      6  20  5  4  0  0  0   2  3  2  .200  .304  .200  1 | 630 185  8  .294  .758  11
*Jim Edmonds         6  19  2  4  1  0  0   0  5  5  .211  .375  .263  1 | 467 123 29  .263  .918   5
*Randy Flores        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Mark Grudzielanek   6  22  2  5  0  0  0   2  0  3  .227  .227  .227  0 | 528 155  8  .294  .741   8
 Jason Isringhausen  3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Hector Luna         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 137  39  1  .285  .753  10
*John Mabry          5   8  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  3  .125  .125  .250  0 | 246  59  8  .240  .702   0
*Jason Marquis       3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  87  27  1  .310  .786   0
 Yadier Molina       6  22  1  7  3  0  0   0  0  2  .318  .318  .455  0 | 385  97  8  .252  .653   2
 Matt Morris         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57   5  0  .088  .236   0
*Mark Mulder         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62   9  0  .145  .327   0
#Abraham Nunez       4  13  1  5  0  0  0   0  0  1  .385  .385  .385  0 | 421 120  5  .285  .704   0
 Albert Pujols       6  23  3  7  0  0  2   6  1  3  .304  .333  .565  0 | 591 195 41  .330 1.039  16
*John Rodriguez      5   2  1  0  0  0  0   1  2  1  .000  .500  .000  0 | 149  44  5  .295  .818   2
 Reggie Sanders      5  18  1  3  0  0  1   2  1  8  .167  .211  .333  1 | 295  80 21  .271  .886  14
 Jeff Suppan         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  58  12  1  .207  .539   0
 So Taguchi          6   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 396 114  8  .288  .734  11
*Julian Tavarez      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Brad Thompson       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   1  0  .167  .334   0
*Larry Walker        6  19  0  3  1  0  0   1  4  4  .158  .304  .211  0 | 315  91 15  .289  .886   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 187 16 39  6  0  3  16 16 42  .209  .271  .289  3 |        170  .270  .762  83

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Houston Astros

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Roy Oswalt          2   1.29 2-0  0  0 14.0  8  2  4 12 | 20-12 242  2.94  1.20 184   
*Andy Pettitte       2   5.11 0-1  0  0 12.3 15  7  4  6 | 17-9  222  2.39  1.03 171   
 Roger Clemens       1   3.00 1-0  0  0  6.0  6  2  2  1 | 13-8  211  1.87  1.01 185   
 Brandon Backe       1   1.59 0-0  0  0  5.7  2  1  3  7 | 10-8  149  4.76  1.46  97   
 Brad Lidge          4   7.20 0-1  3  0  5.0  6  4  2  7 |  4-4   71  2.29  1.15 103 42
 Chad Qualls         4   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.7  0  0  0  4 |  6-4   80  3.28  1.21  60   
 Dan Wheeler         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  2  0  0  2 |  2-3   73  2.21  0.98  69  3
 Ezequiel Astacio    1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  2 |  3-6   81  5.67  1.54  66   
 Russ Springer       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  1 |  4-4   59  4.73  1.19  54   
*Mike Gallo          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  0  0 |  0-1   20  2.66  1.38  12   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.72 4-2  3  0 53.0 39 16 16 42 |            3.51 1.230   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Chris Carpenter     2   3.00 1-0  0  0 15.0 14  5  4  9 | 21-5  242  2.83  1.06 213   
*Mark Mulder         2   3.09 0-2  0  0 11.7 14  4  3  8 | 16-8  205  3.64  1.38 111   
 Matt Morris         1   5.06 0-1  0  0  5.3  8  3  1  3 | 14-10 193  4.11  1.28 117   
 Jason Marquis       3   3.38 0-1  0  0  5.3  6  2  3  4 | 13-14 207  4.13  1.33 100   
 Jeff Suppan         1   1.80 0-0  0  0  5.0  3  1  3  5 | 16-10 194  3.57  1.38 114   
 Jason Isringhausen  3   0.00 1-0  1  0  4.0  3  0  0  2 |  1-2   59  2.14  1.19  51 39
 Julian Tavarez      3   5.40 0-0  0  0  3.3  5  2  0  2 |  2-3   66  3.43  1.32  47  4
*Randy Flores        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  1  0 |  3-1   42  3.46  1.20  43  1
 Brad Thompson       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  0  0  0 |  4-0   55  2.95  1.11  29  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.94 2-4  1  0 52.0 55 17 15 33 |            3.49 1.270   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: CHW-HOU / ALCS: CHW-LAA / NLCS: HOU-STL / Div. Series: CHW-BOS / LAA-NYY / STL-SDP / HOU-ATL

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