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Series Summary

2006 World Series

Game 1, October 21
STL 7 Final
DET 2
Game 2, October 22
STL 1 Final
DET 3
Game 3, October 24
DET 0 Final
STL 5
Game 4, October 26
DET 4 Final
STL 5
Game 5, October 27
DET 2 Final
STL 4

Series Summary

Game Summary

Saturday, October 21, 2006
Start Time: 8:05 p.m. Local
Attendance: 42,479
Venue: Comerica Park
Game Duration: 2:54
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 8 2
Detroit Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 3
WP: Anthony Reyes (1-0) • LP: Justin Verlander (1-1)

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
David Eckstein SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.174 0.283 0.261 0.544 0.000 0.000
Chris Duncan DH 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 0.167 0.250 0.389 0.639 0.076 0.583
   Preston Wilson PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.192 0.222 0.269 0.491 0.000 0.000
Albert Pujols 1B 3 2 1 2 1 1 4 0.325 0.449 0.600 1.049 0.410 2.500
Jim Edmonds CF 4 1 2 1 0 2 4 0.282 0.404 0.436 0.840 0.093 0.417
Scott Rolen 3B 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 0.222 0.300 0.389 0.689 0.210 1.917
Juan Encarnacion RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.205 0.289 0.308 0.597 0.126 0.917
Ronnie Belliard 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.286 0.348 0.310 0.657 0.000 0.000
Yadier Molina C 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.325 0.372 0.525 0.897 0.076 0.583
So Taguchi LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.625 0.625 1.500 2.125 0.010 0.083
Anthony Reyes P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 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
Team Totals 36 7 8 5 2 10 38 0.222 0.263 0.444 0.708 1.000 7.000

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Curtis Granderson CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.278 0.341 0.639 0.980 0.000 0.000
Craig Monroe LF 4 2 2 1 0 0 4 0.324 0.368 0.794 1.163 0.000 1.500
Placido Polanco 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.421 0.463 0.474 0.937 0.000 0.000
Magglio Ordonez RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.229 0.308 0.514 0.822 0.000 0.000
Carlos Guillen 1B 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 0.382 0.432 0.588 1.021 0.000 0.500
Ivan Rodriguez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.152 0.216 0.273 0.489 0.000 0.000
Sean Casey DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.304 0.333 0.435 0.768 0.000 0.000
Brandon Inge 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.200 0.265 0.333 0.598 0.000 0.000
Ramon Santiago SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.000
   Marcus Thames PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.238 0.273 0.333 0.606 0.000 0.000
   Neifi Perez SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Justin Verlander P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jason Grilli P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Fernando Rodney P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Wil Ledezma P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Todd Jones P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jamie Walker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 32 2 4 2 1 5 33 0.125 0.152 0.250 0.402 0.000 2.000

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
Anthony Reyes, W (1-0) 8 4 2 2 1 4 1 3.00 29 91 67 45 8 14 5 19 3 0 69 0.205 0.60 6.94% 31.53 2.4
Braden Looper 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.68 4 22 15 12 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.009 0.11 0.31% 5.88 0.6
Team Totals 9 4 2 2 1 5 1 2.00 33 113 82 57 9 16 7 20 3 0 69 0 0 0.214 0.54 7.25% 28.42 3.0

Anthony Reyes faced 1 batter in the 9th inning.

Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers 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
Justin Verlander, L (1-1) 5 6 7 6 2 8 2 7.47 23 96 59 31 13 15 7 6 2 0 35 -0.284 0.70 -9.70% 36.49 -3.7
Jason Grilli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 11 7 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 -0.010 0.23 -0.33% 12.03 0.1
Fernando Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 3 12 10 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.004 0.05 0.14% 2.79 0.6
Wil Ledezma 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.45 4 15 9 5 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0.003 0.04 0.09% 2.36 0.6
Todd Jones 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 8 7 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.001 0.02 0.02% 0.87 0.3
Jamie Walker 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.15 1 7 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.01 0.01% 0.79 0.2
Team Totals 9 8 7 6 2 10 2 6.00 38 149 96 50 21 25 12 14 4 0 35 3 2 -0.286 0.45 -9.77% 23.64 -2.0

Justin Verlander faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.
WP: Jamie Walker (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: Justin Verlander (0; Albert Pujols, 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, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers’ Justin Verlander facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 7,(3-2) CBFBBFX O STL David Eckstein Justin Verlander -2% 48% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 6,(3-2) SSBBBX O STL Chris Duncan Justin Verlander -2% 46% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 5,(2-2) CBBCS O STL Albert Pujols Justin Verlander -1% 45% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Tigers 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CFBX O DET Curtis Granderson Anthony Reyes 2% 47% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CBFX DET Craig Monroe Anthony Reyes -4% 43% Double to LF (Ground Ball) 0.5
b1 0-0 1 -2- 2,(0-1) CX O DET Placido Polanco Anthony Reyes 3% 47% Popfly: 2B -0.0
b1 0-0 2 -2- 6,(3-2) B*BBCFB DET Magglio Ordonez Anthony Reyes -1% 46% Walk -0.0
b1 0-0 2 12- 4,(2-1) SBBX R DET Carlos Guillen Anthony Reyes -11% 35% Single to RF (Line Drive); Monroe Scores; Ordonez to 3B; Guillen to 2B/Adv on E9 0.5
b1 1-0 2 -23 2,(1-0) BX O DET Ivan Rodriguez Anthony Reyes 5% 40% Lineout: 2B -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Tigers 1.
Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Tigers’ Justin Verlander facing 4-5-6
t2 0-1 0 — 7,(2-2) FBBSFFS O STL Jim Edmonds Justin Verlander -3% 38% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 0-1 1 — 2,(1-0) BX R STL Scott Rolen Justin Verlander 10% 48% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
t2 1-1 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL Juan Encarnacion Justin Verlander -2% 46% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t2 1-1 2 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Ronnie Belliard Justin Verlander -1% 45% Groundout: SS-1B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 1-1, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 7-8-9
b2 1-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CSBT O DET Sean Casey Anthony Reyes 2% 47% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 1-1 1 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Brandon Inge Anthony Reyes 2% 49% Flyball: RF 0.0
b2 1-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O DET Ramon Santiago Anthony Reyes 1% 50% Popfly: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Tigers 1.
Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 1-1, Tigers’ Justin Verlander facing 8-9-1
t3 1-1 0 — 7,(2-2) CBCFFBX STL Yadier Molina Justin Verlander 4% 54% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.5833
t3 1-1 0 1– 3,(1-1) BC>X O STL So Taguchi Justin Verlander -2% 52% Groundout: C-1B; Molina to 2B 0.0833
t3 1-1 1 -2- 5,(2-2) BBCSC O STL David Eckstein Justin Verlander -4% 48% Strikeout Looking -0.0
t3 1-1 2 -2- 4,(2-1) BBFX R STL Chris Duncan Justin Verlander 11% 59% Double to RF (Ground Ball); Molina Scores 0.5833
t3 2-1 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X RR STL Albert Pujols Justin Verlander 17% 76% Home Run (Fly Ball); Duncan Scores 1.7501
t3 4-1 2 — 3,(0-2) CLT O STL Jim Edmonds Justin Verlander -1% 75% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-4, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 1-2-3
b3 1-4 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O DET Curtis Granderson Anthony Reyes 2% 78% Flyball: LF 0.0
b3 1-4 1 — 5,(2-2) FBFBX O DET Craig Monroe Anthony Reyes 2% 79% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b3 1-4 2 — 6,(1-2) FBFFFX O DET Placido Polanco Anthony Reyes 1% 80% Lineout: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Tigers 1.
Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tigers’ Justin Verlander facing 5-6-7
t4 4-1 0 — 5,(2-2) CFBBS O STL Scott Rolen Justin Verlander -1% 79% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 4-1 1 — 4,(3-0) BBBB STL Juan Encarnacion Justin Verlander 2% 80% Walk 0.0
t4 4-1 1 1– 6,(2-2) 1C1B1SBFS O STL Ronnie Belliard Justin Verlander -2% 79% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 4-1 2 1– 3,(0-2) FCS O STL Yadier Molina Justin Verlander -2% 77% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-4, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 4-5-6
b4 1-4 0 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Magglio Ordonez Anthony Reyes 3% 80% Flyball: CF 0.0
b4 1-4 1 — 4,(1-2) BFFC O DET Carlos Guillen Anthony Reyes 2% 82% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b4 1-4 2 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Ivan Rodriguez Anthony Reyes 1% 83% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Tigers 1.
Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tigers’ Justin Verlander facing 9-1-2
t5 4-1 0 — 3,(0-2) CFX O STL So Taguchi Justin Verlander -1% 81% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t5 4-1 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL David Eckstein Justin Verlander -1% 80% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t5 4-1 2 — 5,(2-2) BSSBS O STL Chris Duncan Justin Verlander -1% 80% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-4, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 7-8-9
b5 1-4 0 — 6,(0-2) CSFFFX O DET Sean Casey Anthony Reyes 3% 82% Flyball: CF 0.0
b5 1-4 1 — 7,(2-2) BFFBFFS O DET Brandon Inge Anthony Reyes 2% 84% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 1-4 2 — 6,(2-2) CBFFBS O DET Ramon Santiago Anthony Reyes 1% 85% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Tigers 1.
Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tigers’ Justin Verlander facing 3-4-5
t6 4-1 0 — 6,(3-2) BCBBFB STL Albert Pujols Justin Verlander 2% 87% Walk 0.75
t6 4-1 0 1– 4,(3-1) BBBC1 STL Jim Edmonds Justin Verlander 3% 90% Pujols Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Pujols to 3B 0.4167
t6 4-1 0 –3 7,(3-2) BBBC1.FFX R STL Jim Edmonds Justin Verlander 2% 92% Single to RF (Line Drive); Pujols Scores 0
t6 5-1 0 1– 2,(0-1) FX STL Scott Rolen Justin Verlander 3% 95% Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to RF Line); Edmonds to 3B 0.9166
  Jason Grilli replaces Justin Verlander pitching
t6 5-1 0 -23 5,(2-2) .BFSBX RR STL Juan Encarnacion Jason Grilli 2% 98% Fielder’s Choice 3B; Edmonds Scores/Adv on E5 (throw to Hm); Rolen Scores/Adv on E5/unER/No RBI; Encarnacion to 2B 0.9167
t6 7-1 0 -2- 1,(0-0) X O STL Ronnie Belliard Jason Grilli -1% 97% Groundout: P-1B -0.0
t6 7-1 1 -2- 4,(2-1) CB22BX O STL Yadier Molina Jason Grilli 0% 97% Flyball: CF -0.0
t6 7-1 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X O STL So Taguchi Jason Grilli 0% 96% Popfly: C -0.0
  3 runs, 2 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-7, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 1-2-3
b6 1-7 0 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Curtis Granderson Anthony Reyes 1% 97% Popfly: 3B 0.0
b6 1-7 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O DET Craig Monroe Anthony Reyes 1% 98% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b6 1-7 2 — 3,(0-2) CSX O DET Placido Polanco Anthony Reyes 0% 98% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-1, Tigers’ Fernando Rodney facing 1-2-3
  Fernando Rodney replaces Jason Grilli pitching
t7 7-1 0 — 3,(0-2) .CFX O STL David Eckstein Fernando Rodney 0% 98% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t7 7-1 1 — 5,(1-2) CBCFS O STL Chris Duncan Fernando Rodney 0% 98% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 7-1 2 — 4,(1-2) CBFX O STL Albert Pujols Fernando Rodney 0% 98% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-7, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 4-5-6
b7 1-7 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O DET Magglio Ordonez Anthony Reyes 1% 98% Popfly: 1B 0.0
b7 1-7 1 — 2,(1-0) BX DET Carlos Guillen Anthony Reyes -1% 98% Single to 2B (Ground Ball) 0.0
b7 1-7 1 1– 2,(0-1) CX O DET Ivan Rodriguez Anthony Reyes 1% 99% Flyball: LF 0.0
b7 1-7 2 1– 3,(1-1) SBX O DET Sean Casey Anthony Reyes 1% 99% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-1, Tigers’ Wil Ledezma facing 4-5-6
  Wil Ledezma replaces Fernando Rodney pitching
t8 7-1 0 — 7,(3-2) .CBSBFBX STL Jim Edmonds Wil Ledezma 0% 99% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
t8 7-1 0 1– 4,(2-1) BCBX O STL Scott Rolen Wil Ledezma 0% 99% Popfly: SS 0.0
t8 7-1 1 1– 3,(1-1) BSX O STL Juan Encarnacion Wil Ledezma 0% 99% Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
t8 7-1 2 1– 1,(0-0) X O STL Ronnie Belliard Wil Ledezma 0% 99% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-7, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 8-9-1
b8 1-7 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBX O DET Brandon Inge Anthony Reyes 1% 99% Flyball: RF 0.0
  Marcus Thames pinch hits for Ramon Santiago (SS) batting 9th
b8 1-7 1 — 2,(0-1) .SX O DET Marcus Thames Anthony Reyes 0% 100% Popfly: SS 0.0
b8 1-7 2 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Curtis Granderson Anthony Reyes 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-1, Tigers’ Todd Jones facing 8-9-1
  Todd Jones replaces Wil Ledezma pitchingNeifi Perez replaces Marcus Thames (PH) playing SS batting 9th
t9 7-1 0 — 3,(0-2) ..CSX O STL Yadier Molina Todd Jones 0% 100% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t9 7-1 1 — 2,(0-1) CX STL So Taguchi Todd Jones 0% 100% Single to 3B (Line Drive) 0.0
t9 7-1 1 1– 3,(1-1) CBX O STL David Eckstein Todd Jones 0% 100% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  Jamie Walker replaces Todd Jones pitchingPreston Wilson pinch hits for Chris Duncan (DH) batting 2nd
t9 7-1 2 1– 2,(0-1) ..SB STL Preston Wilson Jamie Walker 0% 100% Wild Pitch; Eckstein to 2B 0.0
t9 7-1 2 -2- 7,(3-2) ..SB.SBFBS O STL Preston Wilson Jamie Walker 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 1.
Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-7, Cardinals’ Anthony Reyes facing 2-3-4
b9 1-7 0 — 1,(0-0) .X R DET Craig Monroe Anthony Reyes -1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
  Braden Looper replaces Anthony Reyes pitching
b9 2-7 0 — 2,(0-1) .CX O DET Placido Polanco Braden Looper 1% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b9 2-7 1 — 8,(3-2) FFBFBBFS O DET Magglio Ordonez Braden Looper 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b9 2-7 2 — 7,(3-2) BFBFFBX DET Carlos Guillen Braden Looper 0% 100% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball) -0.0
b9 2-7 2 1– 5,(1-2) CFBFX O DET Ivan Rodriguez Braden Looper 0% 100% Flyball: CF -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Tigers 2.