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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

Saturday, October 14, 2006
Start Time: 7:16 p.m. Local
Attendance: 47,053
Venue: Busch Stadium III
Game Duration: 2:53
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
St. Louis Cardinals 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 0
WP: Jeff Suppan (1-1) • LP: Steve Trachsel (0-1)

New York Mets

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Jose Reyes SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 0.000 0.000
Paul Lo Duca C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.364 0.423 0.455 0.878 0.000 0.000
Carlos Beltran CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.190 0.370 0.333 0.704 0.000 0.000
Carlos Delgado 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.400 0.423 0.840 1.263 0.000 0.000
David Wright 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.190 0.320 0.286 0.606 0.000 0.000
Shawn Green RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.294 0.400 0.412 0.812 0.000 0.000
Jose Valentin 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.105 0.227 0.105 0.333 0.000 0.000
Endy Chavez LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.222 0.222 0.278 0.500 0.000 0.000
Steve Trachsel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Darren Oliver P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Michael Tucker PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.000
   Roberto Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 0 3 0 1 4 30 0.103 0.133 0.172 0.306 0.000 0.000

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
David Eckstein SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 0.115 0.233 0.115 0.349 0.063 0.500
Preston Wilson RF 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0.250 0.294 0.313 0.607 0.187 1.383
Albert Pujols 1B 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 0.360 0.448 0.560 1.008 0.104 0.883
Jim Edmonds CF 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.261 0.393 0.391 0.784 0.013 0.333
Scott Spiezio LF 4 0 1 2 0 2 4 0.286 0.333 0.643 0.976 0.146 0.800
   So Taguchi LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 0.000 0.000
Scott Rolen 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.118 0.250 0.176 0.426 0.004 0.050
Ronnie Belliard 2B 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0.304 0.407 0.348 0.755 0.004 0.050
Yadier Molina C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.348 0.375 0.435 0.810 0.000 0.000
Jeff Suppan P 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.500 0.500 2.000 2.500 0.480 1.000
   Chris Duncan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.091 0.231 0.091 0.322 0.000 0.000
   Josh Kinney P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 5 8 4 6 4 37 0.276 0.400 0.448 0.848 1.000 5.000

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
Steve Trachsel, L (0-1) 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 14.54 12 43 21 10 0 11 3 3 0 0 19 -0.298 1.10 -5.13% 34.44 -4.3
Darren Oliver 6 3 0 0 1 3 0 3.68 22 72 48 34 2 12 14 4 2 0 3 2 0.038 0.24 0.63% 7.65 3.1
Roberto Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 10 7 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.02 0.03% 0.52 0.5
Team Totals 8 8 5 5 6 4 1 5.62 37 125 76 49 2 25 18 9 2 0 19 3 2 -0.259 0.51 -4.47% 16.03 -0.7

Steve Trachsel faced 4 batters in the 2nd inning.

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, W (1-1) 8 3 0 0 1 4 0 2.19 27 99 69 42 6 21 11 11 3 0 79 0.235 0.44 4.03% 13.87 4.3
Josh Kinney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 17 12 9 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.007 0.09 0.12% 2.72 0.5
Team Totals 9 3 0 0 1 4 0 0.00 30 116 81 51 7 23 11 14 3 0 79 0 0 0.242 0.41 4.15% 12.79 4.8

Balks: None.
WP: Darren Oliver (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: Steve Trachsel (1; David Eckstein, 1st base).

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BFX O NYM Jose Reyes Jeff Suppan 2% 52% Popfly: SS 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O NYM Paul Lo Duca Jeff Suppan 2% 54% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 3,(0-2) CCX NYM Carlos Beltran Jeff Suppan -1% 53% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t1 0-0 2 1– 5,(2-2) FFB*B1*B NYM Carlos Delgado Jeff Suppan -1% 52% Beltran Steals 2B 0.0
t1 0-0 2 -2- 6,(3-2) FFB*B1*B.X O NYM Carlos Delgado Jeff Suppan 3% 55% Groundout: P-1B 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Mets’ Steve Trachsel facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX STL David Eckstein Steve Trachsel 3% 58% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.0
b1 0-0 0 1– ,(0-0) 1 O STL Preston Wilson Steve Trachsel -6% 53% Eckstein Picked off 1B (P-1B) 0.55
b1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) 1.BFCBFBB STL Preston Wilson Steve Trachsel 2% 55% Walk 0
b1 0-0 1 1– 2,(1-0) B1X STL Albert Pujols Steve Trachsel 3% 59% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Wilson to 2B 0.55
b1 0-0 1 12- 1,(0-0) X O STL Jim Edmonds Steve Trachsel -4% 54% Foul Popfly: 3B (3B into Foul Terr.) -0.0
b1 0-0 2 12- 2,(1-0) BX RR STL Scott Spiezio Steve Trachsel 18% 72% Triple to RF (Fly Ball); Wilson Scores; Pujols Scores 0.8
b1 2-0 2 –3 5,(3-1) BCBBB STL Scott Rolen Steve Trachsel 1% 73% Walk 0.05
b1 2-0 2 1-3 6,(3-2) CBBFB>B STL Ronnie Belliard Steve Trachsel 2% 74% Walk; Rolen to 2B 0.05
b1 2-0 2 123 3,(0-2) CCC O STL Yadier Molina Steve Trachsel -5% 69% Strikeout Looking -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Behind 0-2, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 5-6-7
t2 0-2 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O NYM David Wright Jeff Suppan 2% 72% Flyball: RF 0.0
t2 0-2 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O NYM Shawn Green Jeff Suppan 2% 73% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t2 0-2 2 — 3,(0-2) CFS O NYM Jose Valentin Jeff Suppan 1% 74% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Mets’ Steve Trachsel facing 9-1-2
b2 2-0 0 — 4,(0-2) CCFX R STL Jeff Suppan Steve Trachsel 7% 82% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0001
b2 3-0 0 — 6,(3-2) CBBBCB STL David Eckstein Steve Trachsel 2% 84% Walk 0.5
b2 3-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) 1X STL Preston Wilson Steve Trachsel 5% 88% Single to P (Ground Ball); Eckstein to 3B 0.8333
b2 3-0 0 1-3 4,(3-0) 1B*B*BB STL Albert Pujols Steve Trachsel 2% 90% Walk; Wilson to 2B 0.3333
  Darren Oliver replaces Steve Trachsel pitching and batting 9th
b2 3-0 0 123 2,(1-0) .*BB R STL Jim Edmonds Darren Oliver 3% 93% Wild Pitch; Eckstein Scores; Wilson to 3B; Pujols to 2B 0.3333
b2 4-0 0 -23 3,(2-0) .*BB.X RO STL Jim Edmonds Darren Oliver 0% 93% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Wilson Scores; Pujols to 3B 0
b2 5-0 1 –3 5,(2-2) BFBFX O STL Scott Spiezio Darren Oliver -2% 91% Groundout: 2B-1B -0.0
b2 5-0 2 –3 5,(2-2) BBCFX O STL Scott Rolen Darren Oliver -1% 90% Groundout: P-1B -0.0
  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 8-9-1
t3 0-5 0 — 4,(1-2) BCFX O NYM Endy Chavez Jeff Suppan 1% 92% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t3 0-5 1 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O NYM Darren Oliver Jeff Suppan 1% 92% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 0-5 2 — 3,(1-1) CBX NYM Jose Reyes Jeff Suppan -1% 91% Triple to RF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t3 0-5 2 –3 3,(0-2) CFS O NYM Paul Lo Duca Jeff Suppan 2% 93% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Mets’ Darren Oliver facing 7-8-9
b3 5-0 0 — 5,(3-1) BBF.BX STL Ronnie Belliard Darren Oliver 1% 94% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.0
b3 5-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) 1X O STL Yadier Molina Darren Oliver -1% 93% Flyball: LF 0.0
b3 5-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) L1BX O STL Jeff Suppan Darren Oliver 0% 93% Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; Belliard to 2B 0.0
b3 5-0 2 -2- 2,(0-1) CX O STL David Eckstein Darren Oliver -1% 92% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 4th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 3-4-5
t4 0-5 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O NYM Carlos Beltran Jeff Suppan 1% 93% Flyball: RF 0.0
t4 0-5 1 — 3,(1-1) FBX O NYM Carlos Delgado Jeff Suppan 1% 94% Flyball: CF 0.0
t4 0-5 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O NYM David Wright Jeff Suppan 1% 94% Lineout: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Mets’ Darren Oliver facing 2-3-4
b4 5-0 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O STL Preston Wilson Darren Oliver 0% 94% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b4 5-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CFBX STL Albert Pujols Darren Oliver 1% 94% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
b4 5-0 1 1– 4,(1-2) FBFC O STL Jim Edmonds Darren Oliver -1% 94% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b4 5-0 2 1– 3,(0-2) FF1C O STL Scott Spiezio Darren Oliver -1% 93% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 5th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 6-7-8
t5 0-5 0 — 5,(2-2) CBBSX O NYM Shawn Green Jeff Suppan 1% 95% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t5 0-5 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O NYM Jose Valentin Jeff Suppan 1% 95% Single to RF (Line Drive); Valentin out at 2B/RF-SS 0.0
t5 0-5 2 — 3,(0-2) CFX O NYM Endy Chavez Jeff Suppan 0% 96% Popfly: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Mets’ Darren Oliver facing 6-7-8
b5 5-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X STL Scott Rolen Darren Oliver 1% 96% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
b5 5-0 0 1– 5,(3-1) B*BCB>B STL Ronnie Belliard Darren Oliver 1% 97% Walk; Rolen to 2B 0.0
b5 5-0 0 12- 3,(0-2) F>FX O STL Yadier Molina Darren Oliver -1% 96% Lineout: SS 0.0
b5 5-0 1 12- 1,(0-0) X O STL Jeff Suppan Darren Oliver 0% 96% Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Rolen to 3B; Belliard to 2B 0.0
b5 5-0 2 -23 4,(1-2) BCFX O STL David Eckstein Darren Oliver -1% 95% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 6th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 9-1-2
t6 0-5 0 — 3,(0-2) SCS O NYM Darren Oliver Jeff Suppan 1% 96% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 0-5 1 — 7,(3-2) BFBBFFX O NYM Jose Reyes Jeff Suppan 1% 97% Lineout: RF 0.0
t6 0-5 2 — 5,(1-2) FBFFX O NYM Paul Lo Duca Jeff Suppan 0% 97% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Mets’ Darren Oliver facing 2-3-4
b6 5-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Preston Wilson Darren Oliver 0% 97% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b6 5-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL Albert Pujols Darren Oliver 0% 97% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b6 5-0 2 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Jim Edmonds Darren Oliver 0% 97% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 7th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 3-4-5
t7 0-5 0 — 5,(3-1) BBBCX O NYM Carlos Beltran Jeff Suppan 1% 98% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
t7 0-5 1 — 4,(1-2) BCTX O NYM Carlos Delgado Jeff Suppan 1% 98% Flyball: LF 0.0
t7 0-5 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O NYM David Wright Jeff Suppan 0% 98% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Mets’ Darren Oliver facing 5-6-7
b7 5-0 0 — 3,(0-2) CCS O STL Scott Spiezio Darren Oliver 0% 98% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b7 5-0 1 — 8,(3-2) BBCSFFBX O STL Scott Rolen Darren Oliver 0% 98% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b7 5-0 2 — 5,(2-2) FBCBX O STL Ronnie Belliard Darren Oliver 0% 98% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 8th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Jeff Suppan facing 6-7-8
  So Taguchi replaces Scott Spiezio playing LF batting 5th
t8 0-5 0 — 7,(3-2) .BBCFFBB NYM Shawn Green Jeff Suppan -1% 97% Walk 0.0
t8 0-5 0 1– 4,(0-2) CFFX O NYM Jose Valentin Jeff Suppan 1% 98% Flyball: RF 0.0
t8 0-5 1 1– 4,(2-1) BBCX O NYM Endy Chavez Jeff Suppan 1% 99% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  Michael Tucker pinch hits for Darren Oliver (P) batting 9th
t8 0-5 2 1– 4,(2-1) .*BBCX O NYM Michael Tucker Jeff Suppan 0% 99% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Mets’ Roberto Hernandez facing 8-9-1
  Roberto Hernandez replaces Michael Tucker (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b8 5-0 0 — 6,(2-2) .CFBFBX O STL Yadier Molina Roberto Hernandez 0% 99% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  Chris Duncan pinch hits for Jeff Suppan (P) batting 9th
b8 5-0 1 — 2,(1-0) .BX O STL Chris Duncan Roberto Hernandez 0% 99% Flyball: CF 0.0
b8 5-0 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL David Eckstein Roberto Hernandez 0% 99% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Josh Kinney facing 1-2-3
  Josh Kinney replaces Chris Duncan (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t9 0-5 0 — 8,(2-2) .CBSFFBFX O NYM Jose Reyes Josh Kinney 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
t9 0-5 1 — 4,(1-2) CBFX O NYM Paul Lo Duca Josh Kinney 0% 100% Flyball: CF 0.0
t9 0-5 2 — 5,(2-2) FBBFX O NYM Carlos Beltran Josh Kinney 0% 100% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 5.