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Series Summary

2006 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 12
STL 0 Final
NYM 2
Game 2, October 13
STL 9 Final
NYM 6
Game 3, October 14
NYM 0 Final
STL 5
Game 4, October 15
NYM 12 Final
STL 5
Game 5, October 17
NYM 2 Final
STL 4
Game 6, October 18
STL 2 Final
NYM 4
Game 7, October 19
STL 3 Final
NYM 1

Series Summary

Game Summary

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Start Time: 8:20 p.m. Local
Attendance: 56,334
Venue: Shea Stadium
Game Duration: 2:56
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 1
New York Mets 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4 10 0
WP: John Maine (1-0) • LP: Chris Carpenter (2-1)

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
David Eckstein SS 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.184 0.295 0.263 0.559 0.000 0.000
Scott Spiezio LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.238 0.304 0.476 0.781 0.000 0.000
Albert Pujols 1B 3 0 2 0 1 1 4 0.343 0.439 0.571 1.010 0.000 0.000
Jim Edmonds CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.250 0.385 0.438 0.822 0.000 0.000
Juan Encarnacion RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.250 0.324 0.375 0.699 0.000 0.417
Scott Rolen 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.179 0.281 0.250 0.531 0.000 0.583
Ronnie Belliard 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.314 0.385 0.343 0.727 0.000 0.083
Yadier Molina C 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.313 0.371 0.469 0.840 0.000 0.000
Chris Carpenter P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 0.000 0.000
   Chris Duncan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.143 0.250 0.357 0.607 0.000 0.000
   Braden Looper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Tyler Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   So Taguchi PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.750 3.750 0.000 0.917
Team Totals 32 2 7 2 4 6 37 0.219 0.324 0.281 0.606 0.000 2.000

New York Mets

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Jose Reyes SS 4 2 3 1 0 0 4 0.282 0.333 0.436 0.769 0.400 1.583
Paul Lo Duca C 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0.306 0.350 0.361 0.711 0.200 0.750
Carlos Beltran CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.281 0.425 0.563 0.988 0.067 0.417
Carlos Delgado 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.361 0.410 0.778 1.188 0.000 0.000
David Wright 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.212 0.316 0.394 0.710 0.067 0.333
Shawn Green RF 3 0 2 1 0 1 4 0.345 0.424 0.448 0.873 0.067 0.333
Jose Valentin 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.167 0.286 0.233 0.519 0.000 0.000
Endy Chavez LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.226 0.226 0.290 0.516 0.000 0.000
John Maine P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Chad Bradford P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Guillermo Mota P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Michael Tucker PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.571 0.400 0.971 0.200 0.583
   Aaron Heilman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Billy Wagner P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 34 4 10 4 0 4 35 0.294 0.314 0.382 0.697 1.000 4.000

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
Chris Carpenter, L (2-1) 6 7 2 2 0 4 1 3.70 24 76 52 26 6 20 12 9 3 0 54 0.042 0.85 1.02% 38.58 1.2
Braden Looper 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.26 5 17 10 9 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 -0.081 0.55 -2.01% 25.06 -1.7
Tyler Johnson 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.42 6 22 11 8 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0.007 0.09 0.16% 3.84 0.8
Team Totals 8 10 4 4 0 4 1 4.50 35 115 73 43 6 24 19 12 4 0 54 1 0 -0.032 0.68 -0.83% 30.61 0.2

New York Mets

New York Mets 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
John Maine, W (1-0) 5.1 2 0 0 4 5 0 2.63 23 98 54 32 7 15 4 9 1 0 65 0.282 1.25 6.98% 56.50 2.6
Chad Bradford, H (2) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 14 10 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0.066 1.78 1.65% 80.46 0.5
Guillermo Mota, H (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.078 1.82 1.94% 82.26 0.5
Aaron Heilman 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.69 4 12 9 4 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.025 0.32 0.62% 14.46 0.5
Billy Wagner 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 9.53 6 24 17 9 2 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 0.016 0.94 0.39% 42.72 -1.5
Team Totals 9 7 2 2 4 6 0 2.00 37 152 93 54 10 29 10 16 4 0 65 2 0 0.467 1.16 11.58% 52.47 2.8

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Tyler Johnson (2; Shawn Green); John Maine (1; Juan Encarnacion).
IBB: John Maine (2; Albert Pujols).
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, Mets’ John Maine facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O STL David Eckstein John Maine 2% 52% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) CBBSFBX STL Scott Spiezio John Maine -2% 50% Single to RF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t1 0-0 1 1– 6,(2-2) CBBFFX STL Albert Pujols John Maine -8% 42% Single to LF (Line Drive); Spiezio to 3B; Pujols to 2B/Adv on throw 0.0
t1 0-0 1 -23 3,(0-2) FFS O STL Jim Edmonds John Maine 7% 49% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t1 0-0 2 -23 2,(1-0) BH STL Juan Encarnacion John Maine -1% 48% Hit By Pitch 0.0
t1 0-0 2 123 5,(2-2) FBF*BX O STL Scott Rolen John Maine 7% 55% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX R NYM Jose Reyes Chris Carpenter 10% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
b1 1-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O NYM Paul Lo Duca Chris Carpenter -2% 63% Flyball: CF 0.0
b1 1-0 1 — 6,(3-2) CCBBBX O NYM Carlos Beltran Chris Carpenter -1% 61% Groundout: 1B-P 0.0
b1 1-0 2 — 4,(1-2) FFBX O NYM Carlos Delgado Chris Carpenter -1% 60% Flyball: LF -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1.
Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Mets’ John Maine facing 7-8-9
t2 0-1 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O STL Ronnie Belliard John Maine 2% 63% Flyball: LF 0.0
t2 0-1 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O STL Yadier Molina John Maine 2% 64% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t2 0-1 2 — 8,(3-2) CCFBBBFX O STL Chris Carpenter John Maine 1% 66% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1.
Bottom of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 5-6-7
b2 1-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O NYM David Wright Chris Carpenter -2% 63% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b2 1-0 1 — 4,(1-2) BSCX NYM Shawn Green Chris Carpenter 2% 66% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
b2 1-0 1 1– 3,(2-0) BBX OO NYM Jose Valentin Chris Carpenter -5% 61% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1.
Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Mets’ John Maine facing 1-2-3
t3 0-1 0 — 5,(3-1) BBBCB STL David Eckstein John Maine -4% 57% Walk 0.0
t3 0-1 0 1– 3,(0-2) FF>B STL Scott Spiezio John Maine -3% 54% Eckstein Steals 2B 0.0
t3 0-1 0 -2- 4,(1-2) FF>B.S O STL Scott Spiezio John Maine 5% 59% Strikeout Swinging 0
t3 0-1 1 -2- 4,(3-0) IIII STL Albert Pujols John Maine -2% 57% Intentional Walk 0.0
t3 0-1 1 12- 3,(2-0) *BBX O STL Jim Edmonds John Maine 5% 61% Flyball: RF; Eckstein to 3B 0.0
t3 0-1 2 1-3 4,(1-2) CCBT O STL Juan Encarnacion John Maine 6% 67% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 8-9-1
b3 1-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X NYM Endy Chavez Chris Carpenter 3% 70% Single to P (Bunt) 0.0
b3 1-0 0 1– 3,(0-2) MM1L O NYM John Maine Chris Carpenter -3% 67% Strikeout (foul bunt) 0.0
b3 1-0 1 1– 4,(2-1) CBBX O NYM Jose Reyes Chris Carpenter -3% 64% Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b3 1-0 2 1– 5,(2-2) CSB11B>B NYM Paul Lo Duca Chris Carpenter 1% 65% Reyes Steals 2B 0.0
b3 1-0 2 -2- 6,(3-2) CSB11B>B.>X O NYM Paul Lo Duca Chris Carpenter -3% 62% Groundout: 3B-1B 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1.
Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Mets’ John Maine facing 6-7-8
t4 0-1 0 — 2,(0-1) FX O STL Scott Rolen John Maine 3% 65% Flyball: CF 0.0
t4 0-1 1 — 5,(2-2) SBSBC O STL Ronnie Belliard John Maine 2% 67% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t4 0-1 2 — 5,(3-1) FBBBB STL Yadier Molina John Maine -2% 65% Walk 0.0
t4 0-1 2 1– 1,(0-0) X O STL Chris Carpenter John Maine 3% 68% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1.
Bottom of the 4th, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 3-4-5
b4 1-0 0 — 5,(2-2) BCBCX NYM Carlos Beltran Chris Carpenter 3% 72% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.3334
b4 1-0 0 1– 3,(1-1) FBX O NYM Carlos Delgado Chris Carpenter -3% 69% Flyball: CF 0.0
b4 1-0 1 1– 2,(1-0) BX NYM David Wright Chris Carpenter 3% 72% Single to CF (Line Drive); Beltran to 2B 0.3333
b4 1-0 1 12- 1,(0-0) X R NYM Shawn Green Chris Carpenter 9% 81% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Beltran Scores; Wright to 2B 0.3333
b4 2-0 1 12- 3,(1-1) FBX O NYM Jose Valentin Chris Carpenter -3% 78% Flyball: LF -0.0
b4 2-0 2 12- 3,(1-1) CBX O NYM Endy Chavez Chris Carpenter -3% 75% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B -0.0
  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2.
Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Mets’ John Maine facing 1-2-3
t5 0-2 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O STL David Eckstein John Maine 3% 78% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t5 0-2 1 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O STL Scott Spiezio John Maine 2% 80% Popfly: SS 0.0
t5 0-2 2 — 5,(1-2) BCSFS O STL Albert Pujols John Maine 1% 81% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2.
Bottom of the 5th, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 9-1-2
b5 2-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CFBC O NYM John Maine Chris Carpenter -2% 79% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b5 2-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX NYM Jose Reyes Chris Carpenter 2% 81% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
b5 2-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) 1X O NYM Paul Lo Duca Chris Carpenter -1% 80% Groundout: 2B-1B; Reyes to 2B 0.0
b5 2-0 2 -2- 3,(0-2) CSX O NYM Carlos Beltran Chris Carpenter -2% 78% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2.
Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Mets’ John Maine facing 4-5-6
t6 0-2 0 — 5,(3-1) BFBBB STL Jim Edmonds John Maine -5% 72% Walk 0.0
t6 0-2 0 1– 7,(2-2) CBBFFFX O STL Juan Encarnacion John Maine 5% 77% Flyball: LF 0.0
  Chad Bradford replaces John Maine pitching and batting 9th
t6 0-2 1 1– 6,(3-2) .*BBBC1F>X OO STL Scott Rolen Chad Bradford 7% 84% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 4-5-6
b6 2-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O NYM Carlos Delgado Chris Carpenter -1% 83% Popfly: SS 0.0
b6 2-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CCS O NYM David Wright Chris Carpenter -1% 82% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 2-0 2 — 5,(2-2) BCBCC O NYM Shawn Green Chris Carpenter -1% 81% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2.
Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Mets’ Chad Bradford facing 7-8-9
t7 0-2 0 — 3,(0-2) CFX STL Ronnie Belliard Chad Bradford -6% 75% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t7 0-2 0 1– 5,(1-2) CB>FF1X O STL Yadier Molina Chad Bradford 5% 81% Flyball: CF 0.0
  Guillermo Mota replaces Chad Bradford pitching and batting 9thChris Duncan pinch hits for Chris Carpenter (P) batting 9th
t7 0-2 1 1– 4,(1-2) ..B1CF1X OO STL Chris Duncan Guillermo Mota 8% 88% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2.
Bottom of the 7th, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-0, Cardinals’ Braden Looper facing 7-8-9
  Braden Looper replaces Chris Duncan (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b7 2-0 0 — 1,(0-0) .X O NYM Jose Valentin Braden Looper -1% 87% Bunt Groundout: P-1B 0.0
b7 2-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O NYM Endy Chavez Braden Looper -1% 87% Flyball: LF 0.0
  Michael Tucker pinch hits for Guillermo Mota (P) batting 9th
b7 2-0 2 — 5,(1-2) .BFCFX NYM Michael Tucker Braden Looper 1% 87% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.5833
b7 2-0 2 1– 5,(2-2) B1F>F11B1>P NYM Jose Reyes Braden Looper 1% 88% Tucker Steals 2B 0.5833
b7 2-0 2 -2- 6,(3-2) B1F>F11B1>P.>X NYM Jose Reyes Braden Looper 1% 88% Single to SS (Ground Ball); Tucker to 3B 0
b7 2-0 2 1-3 1,(0-0) >B NYM Paul Lo Duca Braden Looper 0% 89% Reyes Steals 2B 0.7501
b7 2-0 2 -23 3,(2-0) >B.BX RR NYM Paul Lo Duca Braden Looper 8% 97% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Tucker Scores; Reyes Scores 0
  Tyler Johnson replaces Braden Looper pitching and batting 9th
b7 4-0 2 1– 6,(3-2) .BBCFB>X NYM Carlos Beltran Tyler Johnson 0% 97% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Lo Duca to 2B 0.0833
b7 4-0 2 12- 3,(1-1) FBX O NYM Carlos Delgado Tyler Johnson -1% 96% Groundout: 1B unassisted -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 4.
Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Mets’ Aaron Heilman facing 1-2-3
  Aaron Heilman replaces Michael Tucker (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t8 0-4 0 — 4,(1-2) .CBFX O STL David Eckstein Aaron Heilman 1% 98% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t8 0-4 1 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Scott Spiezio Aaron Heilman 1% 98% Popfly: SS 0.0
t8 0-4 2 — 3,(1-1) BCX STL Albert Pujols Aaron Heilman -1% 98% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
t8 0-4 2 1– 4,(1-2) CCBS O STL Jim Edmonds Aaron Heilman 1% 99% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 4.
Bottom of the 8th, Mets Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals’ Tyler Johnson facing 5-6-7
b8 4-0 0 — 5,(2-2) BCFBX O NYM David Wright Tyler Johnson 0% 99% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b8 4-0 1 — 1,(0-0) H NYM Shawn Green Tyler Johnson 0% 99% Hit By Pitch 0.0
b8 4-0 1 1– 2,(1-0) B1>X O NYM Jose Valentin Tyler Johnson 0% 99% Groundout: 3B-1B; Green to 2B 0.0
b8 4-0 2 -2- 5,(3-1) BBBCX O NYM Endy Chavez Tyler Johnson 0% 98% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 4.
Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Mets’ Billy Wagner facing 5-6-7
  Billy Wagner replaces Aaron Heilman pitching and batting 9th
t9 0-4 0 — 5,(2-2) .BBCFX STL Juan Encarnacion Billy Wagner -2% 97% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.4167
t9 0-4 0 1– 5,(1-2) CCBFX STL Scott Rolen Billy Wagner -5% 91% Double to LF (Fly Ball); Encarnacion to 3B 0.5833
t9 0-4 0 -23 4,(1-2) BCSX O STL Ronnie Belliard Billy Wagner 4% 95% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0833
t9 0-4 1 -23 1,(0-0) X O STL Yadier Molina Billy Wagner 3% 98% Flyball: CF 0.0
  So Taguchi pinch hits for Tyler Johnson (P) batting 9th
t9 0-4 2 -23 5,(1-2) .CSBFX RR STL So Taguchi Billy Wagner -2% 96% Double to LF (Line Drive); Encarnacion Scores; Rolen Scores 0.9167
t9 2-4 2 -2- 4,(2-1) BBCX O STL David Eckstein Billy Wagner 4% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4.