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Series Summary

2004 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 13
HOU 7 Final
STL 10
Game 2, October 14
HOU 4 Final
STL 6
Game 3, October 16
STL 2 Final
HOU 5
Game 4, October 17
STL 5 Final
HOU 6
Game 5, October 18
STL 0 Final
HOU 3
Game 6, October 20
HOU 4 Final
STL 6 (12)
Game 7, October 21
HOU 2 Final
STL 5

Series Summary

Game Summary

Saturday, October 16, 2004
Start Time: 3:25 p.m. Local
Attendance: 42,896
Venue: Minute Maid Park
Game Duration: 2:57
Day Game, on grass

    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
WP: Roger Clemens (2-0) • LP: Jeff Suppan (1-1) • SV: Brad Lidge (2)

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Tony Womack 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.156 0.156 0.219 0.375 0.000 0.000
Larry Walker RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.357 0.419 0.929 1.348 0.000 1.000
Albert Pujols 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.423 0.516 0.885 1.401 0.000 0.000
Scott Rolen 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.174 0.387 0.435 0.822 0.000 0.000
Jim Edmonds CF 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 0.320 0.393 0.640 1.033 0.000 1.000
Edgar Renteria SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.273 0.407 0.364 0.771 0.000 0.000
Reggie Sanders LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.200 0.259 0.320 0.579 0.000 0.000
Mike Matheny C 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.261 0.261 0.391 0.652 0.000 0.000
   Marlon Anderson PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.000
Jeff Suppan P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 0.000 0.000
   Roger Cedeno PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.000 0.000
   Dan Haren P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Ray King P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Cal Eldred P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   John Mabry PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 32 2 5 2 3 12 36 0.156 0.250 0.344 0.594 0.000 2.000

Houston Astros

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Craig Biggio LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.353 0.389 0.529 0.918 0.133 0.500
   Brad Lidge P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Carlos Beltran CF 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 0.469 0.553 1.219 1.771 0.217 1.500
Jeff Bagwell 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.250 0.368 0.500 0.868 0.000 -0.417
Lance Berkman RF 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0.400 0.447 0.714 1.162 0.300 1.583
Jeff Kent 2B 3 1 1 2 1 1 4 0.242 0.324 0.545 0.870 0.383 1.833
   Eric Bruntlett SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.000
Morgan Ensberg 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.290 0.371 0.452 0.823 0.000 0.000
Jose Vizcaino SS-2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.194 0.212 0.194 0.406 0.000 0.000
Brad Ausmus C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.211 0.348 0.368 0.716 0.000 0.000
Roger Clemens P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.000
   Orlando Palmeiro PH-LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.429 0.429 0.571 1.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 31 5 8 5 3 5 34 0.258 0.324 0.581 0.904 1.033 5.000

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Jeff Suppan, L (1-1) 6 5 3 3 2 3 1 3.46 24 92 57 35 7 15 8 11 1 0 51 -0.008 0.94 -0.22% 19.54 0.1
Dan Haren 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 4.91 6 21 14 11 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 -0.021 0.55 -0.24% 11.53 -0.2
Ray King 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.00 2 11 8 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.035 0.17 -0.41% 3.44 -0.8
Cal Eldred 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 2 9 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.002 0.09 0.02% 1.88 0.1
Team Totals 8 8 5 5 3 5 3 5.62 34 133 83 53 10 20 10 16 1 0 51 0 0 -0.062 0.78 -0.85% 16.14 -0.8

Houston Astros

Houston Astros Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Roger Clemens, W (2-0) 7 4 2 2 2 7 2 2.84 27 116 77 46 17 14 8 10 0 0 66 0.279 1.08 3.08% 22.58 1.7
Brad Lidge, S (2) 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 1.42 9 42 31 13 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.158 1.34 1.81% 28.00 1.0
Team Totals 9 5 2 2 3 12 2 2.00 36 158 108 59 24 25 8 12 0 0 66 0 0 0.437 1.15 4.89% 24.01 2.7

Balks: None.
WP: Roger Clemens (4).
HBP: Brad Lidge (1; Marlon Anderson).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 5,(1-2) CBFFX O STL Tony Womack Roger Clemens 2% 52% Popfly: SS 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X R STL Larry Walker Roger Clemens -10% 43% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.0
t1 1-0 1 — 6,(3-2) BBCFBX O STL Albert Pujols Roger Clemens 1% 44% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 1-0 2 — 3,(1-1) BCX O STL Scott Rolen Roger Clemens 1% 45% Popfly: 2B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
b1 0-1 0 — 2,(1-0) BX HOU Craig Biggio Jeff Suppan 4% 49% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.5
b1 0-1 0 1– 5,(3-1) CBBBB HOU Carlos Beltran Jeff Suppan 6% 54% Walk; Biggio to 2B 0.5
b1 0-1 0 12- 2,(0-1) FX OO HOU Jeff Bagwell Jeff Suppan -11% 43% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B; Beltran to 2B -0.4167
b1 0-1 2 -2- 5,(1-2) CSBFX R HOU Lance Berkman Jeff Suppan 9% 52% Single to CF (Line Drive); Beltran Scores 0.5833
b1 1-1 2 1– 8,(3-2) FFFFB*BB>X RR HOU Jeff Kent Jeff Suppan 18% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball); Berkman Scores 1.8334
b1 3-1 2 — 3,(1-1) CBX O HOU Morgan Ensberg Jeff Suppan -1% 70% Flyball: CF 0.0
  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 3.
Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 5-6-7
t2 1-3 0 — 5,(2-2) BSBSX R STL Jim Edmonds Roger Clemens -9% 60% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF) 1.0
t2 2-3 0 — 3,(2-0) BBX O STL Edgar Renteria Roger Clemens 2% 63% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t2 2-3 1 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Reggie Sanders Roger Clemens 2% 64% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t2 2-3 2 — 2,(0-1) CX STL Mike Matheny Roger Clemens -1% 63% Single to LF (Ground Ball) -0.0
t2 2-3 2 1– 3,(1-1) CBX O STL Jeff Suppan Roger Clemens 2% 66% Groundout: 3B-1B -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 7-8-9
b2 3-2 0 — 5,(2-2) FBF*BX O HOU Jose Vizcaino Jeff Suppan -2% 64% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b2 3-2 1 — 1,(0-0) X O HOU Brad Ausmus Jeff Suppan -1% 62% Flyball: RF 0.0
b2 3-2 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O HOU Roger Clemens Jeff Suppan -1% 61% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
t3 2-3 0 — 6,(2-2) CBBFFX O STL Tony Womack Roger Clemens 3% 64% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t3 2-3 1 — 5,(0-2) FCFFX O STL Larry Walker Roger Clemens 2% 66% Flyball: LF 0.0
t3 2-3 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBX O STL Albert Pujols Roger Clemens 1% 67% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
b3 3-2 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O HOU Craig Biggio Jeff Suppan -2% 65% Flyball: CF 0.0
b3 3-2 1 — 6,(3-2) BCBCBX HOU Carlos Beltran Jeff Suppan 4% 69% Double to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
b3 3-2 1 -2- 2,(0-1) F2X HOU Jeff Bagwell Jeff Suppan 4% 73% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Beltran to 3B 0.0
b3 3-2 1 1-3 4,(2-1) B*BSX O HOU Lance Berkman Jeff Suppan -6% 67% Foul Popfly: 3B (3B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b3 3-2 2 1-3 5,(3-1) BBCB*B HOU Jeff Kent Jeff Suppan 2% 69% Walk; Bagwell to 2B 0.0
b3 3-2 2 123 3,(0-2) SCX O HOU Morgan Ensberg Jeff Suppan -7% 62% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 4-5-6
t4 2-3 0 — 5,(2-2) BFCBX STL Scott Rolen Roger Clemens -5% 58% Single to RF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t4 2-3 0 1– 4,(0-2) LFFX O STL Jim Edmonds Roger Clemens 4% 62% Flyball: LF 0.0
t4 2-3 1 1– 1,(0-0) B STL Edgar Renteria Roger Clemens -2% 60% Wild Pitch; Rolen to 2B 0.0
t4 2-3 1 -2- 8,(3-2) B.FBCFF*BS O STL Edgar Renteria Roger Clemens 4% 64% Strikeout Swinging 0
t4 2-3 2 -2- 7,(3-2) BBCSFBB STL Reggie Sanders Roger Clemens -1% 63% Walk 0.0
t4 2-3 2 12- 6,(1-2) SFBFFS O STL Mike Matheny Roger Clemens 5% 68% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 7-8-9
b4 3-2 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX O HOU Jose Vizcaino Jeff Suppan -2% 66% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b4 3-2 1 — 1,(0-0) X O HOU Brad Ausmus Jeff Suppan -2% 65% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b4 3-2 2 — 5,(2-2) CBFBC O HOU Roger Clemens Jeff Suppan -1% 64% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 9-1-2
t5 2-3 0 — 3,(0-2) CFX O STL Jeff Suppan Roger Clemens 3% 67% Flyball: RF 0.0
t5 2-3 1 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O STL Tony Womack Roger Clemens 2% 69% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 2-3 2 — 4,(2-1) BSBX O STL Larry Walker Roger Clemens 2% 71% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
b5 3-2 0 — 4,(1-2) CSBS O HOU Craig Biggio Jeff Suppan -2% 69% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 3-2 1 — 6,(2-2) CBFF*BS O HOU Carlos Beltran Jeff Suppan -2% 67% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 3-2 2 — 3,(1-1) BSX O HOU Jeff Bagwell Jeff Suppan -1% 66% Popfly: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 3-4-5
t6 2-3 0 — 6,(2-2) CBFBFS O STL Albert Pujols Roger Clemens 4% 70% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 2-3 1 — 5,(3-1) FBBBB STL Scott Rolen Roger Clemens -4% 65% Walk 0.0
t6 2-3 1 1– 4,(1-2) SBFS O STL Jim Edmonds Roger Clemens 5% 70% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 2-3 2 1– 2,(1-0) BX O STL Edgar Renteria Roger Clemens 4% 74% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 4-5-6
b6 3-2 0 — 4,(2-1) FBBX O HOU Lance Berkman Jeff Suppan -2% 72% Flyball: CF 0.0
b6 3-2 1 — 7,(3-2) FBBBCFX O HOU Jeff Kent Jeff Suppan -2% 70% Flyball: CF 0.0
b6 3-2 2 — 3,(1-1) CBX O HOU Morgan Ensberg Jeff Suppan -1% 69% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Astros’ Roger Clemens facing 7-8-9
t7 2-3 0 — 4,(1-2) BSSS O STL Reggie Sanders Roger Clemens 4% 73% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 2-3 1 — 7,(2-2) SBBFFFX O STL Mike Matheny Roger Clemens 3% 77% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  Roger Cedeno pinch hits for Jeff Suppan (P) batting 9th
t7 2-3 2 — 3,(0-2) .CSS O STL Roger Cedeno Roger Clemens 2% 79% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Dan Haren facing 7-8-9
  Dan Haren replaces Roger Cedeno (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b7 3-2 0 — 2,(1-0) .BX O HOU Jose Vizcaino Dan Haren -2% 77% Foul Popfly: 3B (3B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b7 3-2 1 — 6,(2-2) BCF*BFS O HOU Brad Ausmus Dan Haren -1% 75% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
  Orlando Palmeiro pinch hits for Roger Clemens (P) batting 9th
b7 3-2 2 — 5,(1-2) .CBFFX HOU Orlando Palmeiro Dan Haren 1% 76% Single to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
b7 3-2 2 1– 3,(1-1) BFX O HOU Craig Biggio Dan Haren -2% 74% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Astros’ Brad Lidge facing 1-2-3
  Brad Lidge replaces Craig Biggio (LF) pitching and batting 1stOrlando Palmeiro moves from PH to LF
t8 2-3 0 — 6,(1-2) ..BCMFFX O STL Tony Womack Brad Lidge 6% 80% Flyball: RF 0.0
t8 2-3 1 — 6,(2-2) BCFF*BT O STL Larry Walker Brad Lidge 4% 84% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t8 2-3 2 — 4,(1-2) CFBX STL Albert Pujols Brad Lidge -3% 81% Single to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t8 2-3 2 1– 3,(0-2) SCS O STL Scott Rolen Brad Lidge 6% 87% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-2, Cardinals’ Dan Haren facing 2-3-4
b8 3-2 0 — 2,(1-0) BX R HOU Carlos Beltran Dan Haren 7% 94% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.0
b8 4-2 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX O HOU Jeff Bagwell Dan Haren -1% 93% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) -0.0
  Ray King replaces Dan Haren pitching and batting 9th
b8 4-2 1 — 7,(2-2) .CBFFBFX R HOU Lance Berkman Ray King 4% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
b8 5-2 1 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O HOU Jeff Kent Ray King 0% 97% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  Cal Eldred replaces Ray King pitching and batting 9th
b8 5-2 2 — 7,(3-2) .CS*BF*BBB HOU Morgan Ensberg Cal Eldred 0% 97% Walk 0.0
b8 5-2 2 1– 2,(1-0) BX O HOU Jose Vizcaino Cal Eldred 0% 96% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 5.
Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-5, Astros’ Brad Lidge facing 5-6-7
  Jose Vizcaino moves from SS to 2B Eric Bruntlett replaces Jeff Kent (2B) playing SS batting 5th
t9 2-5 0 — 8,(3-2) ..BFBBCFFB STL Jim Edmonds Brad Lidge -4% 93% Walk 0.0
t9 2-5 0 1– 2,(0-1) C>B STL Edgar Renteria Brad Lidge -1% 92% Defensive Indifference; Edmonds to 2B 0.0
t9 2-5 0 -2- 4,(1-2) C>B.CC O STL Edgar Renteria Brad Lidge 4% 96% Strikeout Looking 0
t9 2-5 1 -2- 4,(1-2) CBSC O STL Reggie Sanders Brad Lidge 3% 99% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  Marlon Anderson pinch hits for Mike Matheny (C) batting 8th
t9 2-5 2 -2- 4,(0-2) .CMFH STL Marlon Anderson Brad Lidge -2% 97% Hit By Pitch 0.0
  John Mabry pinch hits for Cal Eldred (P) batting 9th
t9 2-5 2 12- 3,(0-2) .FSS O STL John Mabry Brad Lidge 3% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 5.