2005 League Championship Series - Houston Astros over St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)

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

WS: CHW-HOU / ALCS: CHW-LAA / NLCS: HOU-STL / Div. Series: CHW-BOS / LAA-NYY / STL-SDP / HOU-ATL
2004 NLCS / 2006 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at Busch Stadium II (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

  Thursday, October 13, 2005 at Busch Stadium II (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

  Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Minute Maid Park (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

  Sunday, October 16, 2005 at Minute Maid Park (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

  Monday, October 17, 2005 at Minute Maid Park (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

  Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at Busch Stadium II (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

Houston Astros Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ezequiel Astacio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	22	21	0	3	0	0	0	.143	.286
Brad Ausmus	6	22	3	7	2	0	0	1	1	6	.318	.333	.409	.742	1	0	134	387	35	100	3	47	5	.258	.682
Brandon Backe	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	28	45	5	10	0	6	1	.222	.626
Jeff Bagwell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	100	11	25	3	19	0	.250	.738
Lance Berkman	6	21	2	6	2	0	1	3	4	3	.286	.400	.524	.924	0	0	132	468	76	137	24	82	4	.293	.934
Craig Biggio	6	24	2	8	0	0	0	3	2	3	.333	.385	.333	.718	0	0	155	590	94	156	26	69	11	.264	.792
Eric Bruntlett	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	91	109	19	24	4	14	7	.220	.705
Chris Burke	6	20	5	6	0	1	1	3	1	3	.300	.333	.550	.883	0	0	108	318	49	79	5	26	11	.248	.676
Roger Clemens	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	32	58	2	12	0	4	0	.207	.523
Morgan Ensberg	6	21	1	5	1	0	0	2	2	2	.238	.292	.286	.577	0	0	150	526	86	149	36	101	6	.283	.945
Adam Everett	6	23	2	7	1	1	0	2	0	4	.304	.304	.435	.739	0	0	152	549	58	136	11	54	21	.248	.654
Mike Gallo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lamb	4	16	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	3	.188	.188	.438	.625	0	0	125	322	41	76	12	53	1	.236	.703
Jason Lane	6	21	3	5	0	0	2	3	2	4	.238	.333	.524	.857	0	0	145	517	65	138	26	78	6	.267	.815
Brad Lidge	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Oswalt	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	35	73	1	13	0	2	0	.178	.389
Orlando Palmeiro	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	114	204	22	58	3	20	3	.284	.772
Andy Pettitte	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	62	1	5	0	3	0	.081	.174
Chad Qualls	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Russ Springer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willy Taveras	6	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.357	.400	.357	.757	0	1	152	592	82	172	3	29	34	.291	.666
Jose Vizcaino	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	98	187	15	46	1	23	2	.246	.636
Dan Wheeler	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	85	198	22	55	7	2	5	19	15	33	.278	.329	.409	.738	1	1	163	5462	693	1400	161		115	.256	.730

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Chris Carpenter	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	77	7	5	0	2	0	.065	.211
David Eckstein	6	20	5	4	0	0	0	2	3	2	.200	.346	.200	.546	1	1	158	630	90	185	8	61	11	.294	.758
Jim Edmonds	6	19	2	4	1	0	0	0	5	5	.211	.375	.263	.638	1	0	142	467	88	123	29	89	5	.263	.918
Randy Flores	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mark Grudzielanek	6	22	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	.227	.261	.227	.488	0	0	137	528	64	155	8	59	8	.294	.741
Jason Isringhausen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Luna	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	64	137	26	39	1	18	10	.285	.753
John Mabry	5	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.125	.125	.250	.375	0	0	112	246	26	59	8	32	0	.240	.701
Jason Marquis	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	44	87	10	27	1	10	0	.310	.786
Yadier Molina	6	22	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	2	.318	.318	.455	.773	0	0	114	385	36	97	8	49	2	.252	.654
Matt Morris	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	57	4	5	0	2	0	.088	.235
Mark Mulder	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	62	3	9	0	3	0	.145	.327
Abraham Nunez	4	13	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.385	.385	.769	0	0	139	421	64	120	5	44	0	.285	.704
Albert Pujols	6	23	3	7	0	0	2	6	1	3	.304	.320	.565	.885	0	0	161	591	129	195	41	117	16	.330	1.039
John Rodriguez	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	56	149	15	44	5	24	2	.295	.818
Reggie Sanders	5	18	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	8	.167	.211	.333	.544	1	0	93	295	49	80	21	54	14	.271	.886
Jeff Suppan	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	58	5	12	1	5	0	.207	.539
So Taguchi	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	143	396	45	114	8	53	11	.288	.734
Julian Tavarez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	41	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.333
Larry Walker	6	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	4	4	.158	.292	.211	.502	0	0	100	315	66	91	15	52	2	.289	.886
Totals	82	187	16	39	6	0	3	16	16	42	.209	.276	.289	.565	3	1	162	5538	805	1494	170		83	.270	.762

Houston Astros Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Ezequiel Astacio	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	22	14	5.67	3	6	0	81.0	100	25	66	1.543
Brandon Backe	1	1	1.59	0	0	0	0	5.2	2	1	3	7	0.882	26	25	4.76	10	8	0	149.1	151	67	97	1.460
Roger Clemens	1	1	3.00	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	1	1.333	32	32	1.87	13	8	0	211.1	151	62	185	1.008
Mike Gallo	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	36	0	2.66	0	1	0	20.1	18	10	12	1.377
Brad Lidge	4	0	7.20	0	1	3	0	5.0	6	4	2	7	1.600	70	0	2.29	4	4	42	70.2	58	23	103	1.146
Roy Oswalt	2	2	1.29	2	0	0	0	14.0	8	2	4	12	0.857	35	35	2.94	20	12	0	241.2	243	48	184	1.204
Andy Pettitte	2	2	5.11	0	1	0	0	12.1	15	7	4	6	1.541	33	33	2.39	17	9	0	222.1	188	41	171	1.030
Chad Qualls	4	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	4.2	0	0	0	4	0.000	77	0	3.28	6	4	0	79.2	73	23	60	1.205
Russ Springer	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.000	62	0	4.73	4	4	0	59.0	49	21	54	1.186
Dan Wheeler	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	2	0.750	71	0	2.21	2	3	3	73.1	53	19	69	0.982
Totals	21	6	2.72	4	2	3	0	53.0	39	16	16	42	1.038	163	163	3.511	89	73		1443.0	1336	440	1164	1.231

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Chris Carpenter	2	2	3.00	1	0	0	0	15.0	14	5	4	9	1.200	33	33	2.83	21	5	0	241.2	204	51	213	1.055
Randy Flores	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	1	0	0.750	50	0	3.46	3	1	1	41.2	37	13	43	1.200
Jason Isringhausen	3	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	2	0.750	63	0	2.14	1	2	39	59.0	43	27	51	1.186
Jason Marquis	3	0	3.38	0	1	0	0	5.1	6	2	3	4	1.688	33	32	4.13	13	14	0	207.0	206	69	100	1.329
Matt Morris	1	1	5.06	0	1	0	0	5.1	8	3	1	3	1.688	31	31	4.11	14	10	0	192.2	209	37	117	1.277
Mark Mulder	2	2	3.09	0	2	0	0	11.2	14	4	3	8	1.457	32	32	3.64	16	8	0	205.0	212	70	111	1.376
Jeff Suppan	1	1	1.80	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	3	5	1.200	32	32	3.57	16	10	0	194.1	206	63	114	1.384
Julian Tavarez	3	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	2	0	2	1.500	74	0	3.43	2	3	4	65.2	68	19	47	1.325
Brad Thompson	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2.000	40	0	2.95	4	0	1	55.0	46	15	29	1.109
Totals	19	6	2.94	2	4	1	0	52.0	55	17	15	33	1.346	162	162	3.486	100	62		1445.2	1399	443	974	1.274

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