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2004 NL Championship Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (105-57) over Houston Astros (92-70)

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WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 2004 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               2  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  1     7 10  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    0  2  6    0  0  x    10 12  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Backe, Qualls (5), Harville (6), Wheeler (7)
              STL - Williams, Calero (7), Haren (8), King (8), Tavarez (8), Isringhausen (9)

               WP - Woody Williams
	       LP - Chad Qualls
             SAVE - Jason Isringhausen

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Beltran, Berkman, Kent, Lamb
              STL - Pujols

  ATTENDANCE: 52,323

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 2004 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               1  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  0     4 10  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  4  0    0  2  x     6  9  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Munro, Harville (5), Wheeler (6), Miceli (8)
              STL - Morris, Kline (6), Calero (6), Tavarez (8), Isringhausen (9)

               WP - Julian Tavarez
	       LP - Dan Miceli
             SAVE - Jason Isringhausen

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Beltran, Ensberg
              STL - Pujols, Rolen (2), Walker

  ATTENDANCE: 52,347

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 2004 at MinuteMaidPk (Houston Astros)

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

    PITCHERS: STL - Suppan, Haren (7), King (8), Eldred (8)
              HOU - Clemens, Lidge (8)

               WP - Roger Clemens
	       LP - Jeff Suppan
             SAVE - Brad Lidge

   HOME RUNS: STL - Edmonds, Walker
              HOU - Beltran, Berkman, Kent

  ATTENDANCE: 42,896

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 17, 2004 at MinuteMaidPk (Houston Astros)

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

    PITCHERS: STL - Marquis, Calero (5), King (6), Tavarez (7), Isringhausen (8)
              HOU - Oswalt, Wheeler (7), Lidge (8)

               WP - Dan Wheeler
	       LP - Julian Tavarez
             SAVE - Brad Lidge

   HOME RUNS: STL - Pujols
              HOU - Beltran, Berkman

  ATTENDANCE: 42,760

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 18, 2004 at MinuteMaidPk (Houston Astros)

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

    PITCHERS: STL - Williams, Isringhausen (8)
              HOU - Backe, Lidge (9)

               WP - Brad Lidge
	       LP - Jason Isringhausen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              HOU - Kent

  ATTENDANCE: 43,045

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 20, 2004 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     4 10  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     6 15  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Munro, Harville (3), Qualls (4), Wheeler (7), Lidge (9), Miceli (12)
              STL - Morris, King (6), Calero (6), Isringhausen (8), Tavarez (11)

               WP - Julian Tavarez
	       LP - Dan Miceli
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Lamb
              STL - Edmonds, Pujols

  ATTENDANCE: 52,144

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 21, 2004 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

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

    PITCHERS: HOU - Clemens, Oswalt (7)
              STL - Suppan, Calero (7), Tavarez (8), Isringhausen (9)

               WP - Jeff Suppan
	       LP - Roger Clemens
             SAVE - Jason Isringhausen

   HOME RUNS: HOU - Biggio
              STL - Rolen

  ATTENDANCE: 52,140

Series MVP - Albert Pujols

Series Batting Stats

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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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Marlon Anderson     5   3  1  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  .333  .600  .667  0 | 253  60  8  .237  .648   6
 Kiko Calero         5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Roger Cedeno        6   6  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 | 200  53  3  .265  .702   5
*Jim Edmonds         7  24  2  7  2  0  2   7  2  6  .292  .357  .625  0 | 498 150 42  .301 1.061   8
 Cal Eldred          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Danny Haren         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jason Isringhausen  6   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   1  0  .333  .666   0
*Ray King            4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Steve Kline         1   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 | 173  43  3  .249  .668   6
*John Mabry          4   6  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  3  .167  .167  .167  0 | 240  71 13  .296  .867   0
*Jason Marquis       1   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  72  21  0  .292  .672   1
 Mike Matheny        7  19  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  8  .105  .150  .105  0 | 385  95  5  .247  .640   0
 Yadier Molina       1   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 | 135  36  2  .267  .685   0
 Matt Morris         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62  10  0  .161  .386   0
 Albert Pujols       7  28 10 14  2  0  4   9  4  3  .500  .563 1.000  0 | 592 196 46  .331 1.072   5
 Edgar Renteria      7  24  1  4  0  0  0   2  2  5  .167  .231  .167  0 | 586 168 10  .287  .728  17
 Scott Rolen         7  29  6  9  2  0  3   6  2  9  .310  .355  .690  0 | 500 157 34  .314 1.007   4
 Reggie Sanders      6  21  1  4  2  0  0   0  1  5  .190  .227  .286  0 | 446 116 22  .260  .797  21
 Jeff Suppan         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57   4  0  .070  .156   0
 So Taguchi          3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 179  52  3  .291  .756   6
*Julian Tavarez      5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Larry Walker        7  29  6  7  1  1  2   5  3  8  .241  .313  .552  0 |+258  77 17  .298 1.013   6
 Woody Williams      2   4  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .500  0 |  61  11  0  .180  .446   0
*Tony Womack         7  26  5  7  1  0  0   1  1  3  .269  .296  .308  2 | 553 170  5  .307  .734  26
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 235 34 60 12  1 11  33 17 56  .255  .310  .455  2 |        214  .278  .804 111

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

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

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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Brad Ausmus         7  19  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  8  .105  .190  .105  0 | 403 100  5  .248  .631   2
 Brandon Backe       3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  16   5  1  .313  .889   0
 Jeff Bagwell        7  27  1  7  2  0  0   3  4  5  .259  .355  .333  1 | 572 152 27  .266  .842   6
#Carlos Beltran      7  24 12 10  1  0  4   5  8  4  .417  .563  .958  4 |+599 160 38  .267  .915  42
#Lance Berkman       7  24  7  7  2  0  3   9  5  4  .292  .400  .750  1 | 544 172 30  .316 1.016   9
 Craig Biggio        7  32  3  6  1  0  1   1  0  4  .188  .188  .313  0 | 633 178 24  .281  .806   7
 Eric Bruntlett      4   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  52  13  4  .250  .847   4
 Raul Chavez         2   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 162  34  0  .210  .515   0
 Roger Clemens       2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  12  0  .167  .381   0
 Morgan Ensberg      7  22  2  3  0  0  1   2  1  3  .136  .240  .273  0 | 411 113 10  .275  .741   6
 Adam Everett        3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 384 105  8  .273  .702  13
 Chad Harville       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jeff Kent           7  25  3  6  2  0  3   7  3  5  .240  .367  .680  0 | 540 156 27  .289  .879   7
*Mike Lamb           2   5  2  2  0  0  2   2  1  1  .400  .500 1.600  0 | 278  80 14  .288  .867   1
 Jason Lane          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 136  37  4  .272  .811   1
 Brad Lidge          4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Dan Miceli          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   1  0  .500 1.000   0
 Peter Munro         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |  29   2  0  .069  .194   0
 Roy Oswalt          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71  10  0  .141  .339   0
*Orlando Palmeiro    7   6  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .429  .500  0 | 133  32  3  .241  .690   2
 Chad Qualls         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Jose Vizcaino       7  28  1  7  1  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .286  0 | 358  98  3  .274  .685   1
 Dan Wheeler         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  5   1  0  .200  .400   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 233 31 53 10  0 14  30 25 42  .227  .314  .451  6 |        187  .267  .778  89

    * - 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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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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Woody Williams      2   2.77 1-0  0  0 13.0  5  4  3  9 | 11-8  190  4.18  1.32 131   
 Jeff Suppan         2   3.00 1-1  0  0 12.0  8  4  4  9 | 16-9  188  4.16  1.37 110   
 Matt Morris         2   5.40 0-0  0  0 10.0 11  6  8  6 | 15-10 202  4.72  1.29 131   
 Jason Isringhausen  6   4.70 0-1  3  0  7.7  4  4  4  3 |  4-2   75  2.87  1.04  71 47
 Kiko Calero         5   3.86 0-0  0  0  7.0  8  3  1  7 |  3-1   45  2.78  0.82  47  2
 Julian Tavarez      5   3.00 2-1  0  0  6.0  3  2  2  3 |  7-4   64  2.38  1.18  48  4
 Jason Marquis       1   6.75 0-0  0  0  4.0  5  3  2  2 | 15-7  201  3.71  1.42 138   
 Danny Haren         2  10.80 0-0  0  0  1.7  3  2  0  2 |  3-3   46  4.50  1.35  32   
*Ray King            4  10.80 0-0  0  0  1.7  4  2  0  1 |  5-2   62  2.61  1.08  40   
 Cal Eldred          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  1  0 |  4-2   67  3.76  1.31  54  1
*Steve Kline         1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  2  0  0  0 |  2-2   50  1.79  1.07  35  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.26 4-3  3  0 63.3 53 30 25 42 |            3.75 1.250   

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

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

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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Roger Clemens       2   4.15 1-1  0  0 13.0 10  6  2  9 | 18-4  214  2.98  1.16 218   
 Brandon Backe       2   2.84 0-0  0  0 12.7  6  4  4 10 |  5-3   67  4.30  1.52  54   
 Roy Oswalt          2   6.75 0-0  0  0  8.0 11  6  4  2 | 20-10 237  3.49  1.24 206   
 Brad Lidge          4   0.00 1-0  2  0  8.0  1  0  2 14 |  6-5   95  1.90  0.92 157 29
 Peter Munro         2   9.00 0-0  0  0  7.0 14  7  1  5 |  4-7  100  5.15  1.46  63   
 Dan Wheeler         4   0.00 1-0  0  0  7.0  4  0  0  9 |+ 3-1   65  4.29  1.48  55   
 Chad Qualls         2  11.25 0-1  0  0  4.0  8  5  2  4 |  4-0   33  3.55  1.27  24  1
 Dan Miceli          2  27.00 0-2  0  0  1.3  3  4  1  0 |  6-6   78  3.59  1.30  83  2
 Chad Harville       3  13.50 0-0  0  0  1.3  3  2  1  3 |+ 3-2   56  4.69  1.49  46   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.91 3-4  2  0 62.3 60 34 17 56 |            4.05 1.350   

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

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

WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL

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