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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

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Start Time: 7:35 p.m. Local
Attendance: 46,513
Venue: Busch Stadium III
Game Duration: 3:03
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 5 7 0
WP: Chris Carpenter (3-1) • LP: Nate Robertson (1-2)

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Curtis Granderson CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.222 0.280 0.511 0.791 0.000 0.000
Craig Monroe LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.293 0.348 0.756 1.104 0.000 0.000
Placido Polanco 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.364 0.417 0.409 0.826 0.000 0.000
Magglio Ordonez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.238 0.304 0.476 0.781 0.000 0.000
Carlos Guillen SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.400 0.455 0.650 1.105 0.000 0.000
Ivan Rodriguez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.125 0.182 0.225 0.407 0.000 0.000
Sean Casey 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.345 0.387 0.448 0.835 0.000 0.000
Brandon Inge 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.243 0.293 0.351 0.644 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
   Zach Miner P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Nate Robertson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Alexis Gomez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.700 1.100 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
   Joel Zumaya 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
   Neifi Perez 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Omar Infante PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 28 0 3 0 0 6 29 0.107 0.107 0.107 0.214 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 2 0 1 0 5 0.185 0.290 0.259 0.550 0.183 0.967
Preston Wilson LF 3 1 1 0 2 1 5 0.188 0.278 0.250 0.528 0.150 1.067
Albert Pujols 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 0.298 0.431 0.553 0.984 0.350 1.700
Scott Rolen 3B 4 1 1 0 1 1 5 0.250 0.327 0.386 0.713 0.067 0.233
Ronnie Belliard 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.261 0.320 0.283 0.603 0.000 0.000
Jim Edmonds CF 2 0 1 2 2 1 4 0.295 0.436 0.477 0.914 0.133 0.717
Yadier Molina C 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.319 0.373 0.511 0.883 0.000 0.050
So Taguchi RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.455 0.500 1.091 1.591 0.100 0.467
Chris Carpenter P 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.083 0.083 0.083 0.167 0.017 -0.200
   Braden Looper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 5 7 2 8 5 40 0.233 0.410 0.333 0.744 1.000 5.000

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
Nate Robertson, L (1-2) 5 5 2 2 3 3 0 5.17 23 93 54 33 5 16 6 11 3 0 49 0.008 1.08 0.28% 67.61 0.7
Wil Ledezma 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 2 10 5 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.012 0.47 -0.40% 29.20 -0.2
Joel Zumaya 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 2.25 6 24 11 7 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 -0.050 0.56 -1.71% 34.86 -1.7
Jason Grilli 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 3 11 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.015 0.27 0.52% 16.96 1.0
Fernando Rodney 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.80 4 17 6 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 -0.005 0.05 -0.18% 2.98 -1.1
Zach Miner 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 -0.001 0.13 -0.03% 7.95 0.6
Team Totals 8 7 5 3 8 5 0 3.38 40 163 86 53 11 22 12 14 4 0 49 5 1 -0.045 0.74 -1.52% 46.57 -0.7

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, W (3-1) 8 3 0 0 0 6 0 2.78 26 82 55 32 6 17 11 9 3 0 82 0.449 0.83 15.49% 52.34 4.3
Braden Looper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.24 3 11 7 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.007 0.09 0.23% 5.45 0.5
Team Totals 9 3 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 29 93 62 36 6 20 13 10 3 0 82 0 0 0.456 0.76 15.72% 47.65 4.8

Balks: None.
WP: Zach Miner (1); Chris Carpenter (1).
HBP: Zach Miner (1; Albert Pujols).
IBB: Jason Grilli (1; Jim Edmonds); Nate Robertson (1; Yadier Molina).
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, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 5,(2-2) BCBFS O DET Curtis Granderson Chris Carpenter 2% 52% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Craig Monroe Chris Carpenter 2% 54% Flyball: CF 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 5,(1-2) CFFBX O DET Placido Polanco Chris Carpenter 1% 55% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers’ Nate Robertson facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL David Eckstein Nate Robertson -2% 53% Bunt Groundout: C-1B 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL Preston Wilson Nate Robertson -2% 51% Lineout: 2B 0.0
b1 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) CBBFBX O STL Albert Pujols Nate Robertson -1% 50% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Magglio Ordonez Chris Carpenter 2% 52% Lineout: RF 0.0
t2 0-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O DET Carlos Guillen Chris Carpenter 2% 54% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t2 0-0 2 — 1,(0-0) X O DET Ivan Rodriguez Chris Carpenter 1% 55% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers’ Nate Robertson facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O STL Scott Rolen Nate Robertson -2% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 4,(1-2) BFCX O STL Ronnie Belliard Nate Robertson -2% 51% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b2 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) CFBBBB STL Jim Edmonds Nate Robertson 1% 52% Walk 0.0
b2 0-0 2 1– 10,(3-2) BBCBC>F>F>F>F>X O STL Yadier Molina Nate Robertson -2% 50% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 7-8-9
t3 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O DET Sean Casey Chris Carpenter 3% 53% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t3 0-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X DET Brandon Inge Chris Carpenter -3% 50% Single to CF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t3 0-0 1 1– 3,(2-0) BBX O DET Nate Robertson Chris Carpenter 2% 52% Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice; Inge to 2B 0.0
t3 0-0 2 -2- 1,(0-0) B DET Curtis Granderson Chris Carpenter 0% 51% Wild Pitch; Inge to 3B 0.0
t3 0-0 2 –3 3,(2-0) B.*BX O DET Curtis Granderson Chris Carpenter 4% 56% Groundout: 2B-1B 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers’ Nate Robertson facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL So Taguchi Nate Robertson -3% 53% Flyball: CF 0.0
b3 0-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL Chris Carpenter Nate Robertson -2% 51% Flyball: CF 0.0
b3 0-0 2 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O STL David Eckstein Nate Robertson -1% 50% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 2-3-4
t4 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBS O DET Craig Monroe Chris Carpenter 3% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CFX O DET Placido Polanco Chris Carpenter 2% 55% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t4 0-0 2 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O DET Magglio Ordonez Chris Carpenter 1% 56% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers’ Nate Robertson facing 2-3-4
b4 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X STL Preston Wilson Nate Robertson 4% 60% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.4667
b4 0-0 0 1– 5,(3-1) BBBCX STL Albert Pujols Nate Robertson 12% 72% Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Wilson to 3B 0.6333
b4 0-0 0 -23 4,(3-0) BBBB STL Scott Rolen Nate Robertson 2% 74% Walk 0.1333
b4 0-0 0 123 4,(1-2) BFFX O STL Ronnie Belliard Nate Robertson -7% 67% Groundout: 3B-C/Forceout at Hm; Pujols to 3B; Rolen to 2B -0.0
b4 0-0 1 123 5,(2-2) CBBFX RR STL Jim Edmonds Nate Robertson 17% 84% Double to RF (Ground Ball); Pujols Scores; Rolen Scores; Belliard to 3B 0.7167
b4 2-0 1 -23 4,(3-0) IIII STL Yadier Molina Nate Robertson 0% 85% Intentional Walk 0.05
b4 2-0 1 123 3,(1-1) BFX O STL So Taguchi Nate Robertson -5% 80% Popfly: SS -0.0
b4 2-0 2 123 2,(0-1) CX O STL Chris Carpenter Nate Robertson -5% 75% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 5-6-7
t5 0-2 0 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O DET Carlos Guillen Chris Carpenter 3% 78% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 0-2 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O DET Ivan Rodriguez Chris Carpenter 2% 80% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t5 0-2 2 — 3,(1-1) FBX DET Sean Casey Chris Carpenter -2% 78% Single to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t5 0-2 2 1– 5,(2-2) BBCCS O DET Brandon Inge Chris Carpenter 3% 81% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Tigers’ Nate Robertson facing 1-2-3
b5 2-0 0 — 6,(2-2) BCBCFX STL David Eckstein Nate Robertson 2% 83% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.0
b5 2-0 0 1– 5,(2-2) 1SBF1BS O STL Preston Wilson Nate Robertson -2% 81% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 2-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) BCX O STL Albert Pujols Nate Robertson -2% 79% Popfly: SS 0.0
b5 2-0 2 1– 5,(2-2) F11BBS1X STL Scott Rolen Nate Robertson 1% 80% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Eckstein to 2B 0.0
b5 2-0 2 12- 4,(1-2) SFBC O STL Ronnie Belliard Nate Robertson -3% 77% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 9-1-2
  Alexis Gomez pinch hits for Nate Robertson (P) batting 9th
t6 0-2 0 — 3,(1-1) .BFX O DET Alexis Gomez Chris Carpenter 3% 81% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t6 0-2 1 — 3,(0-2) CCS O DET Curtis Granderson Chris Carpenter 2% 83% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 0-2 2 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O DET Craig Monroe Chris Carpenter 1% 84% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Tigers’ Wil Ledezma facing 6-7-8
  Wil Ledezma replaces Alexis Gomez (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b6 2-0 0 — 5,(2-2) .CFBBS O STL Jim Edmonds Wil Ledezma -1% 83% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 2-0 1 — 5,(3-1) CBBBX STL Yadier Molina Wil Ledezma 3% 85% Double to RF (Fly Ball) 0.0
  Joel Zumaya replaces Wil Ledezma pitching and batting 9th
b6 2-0 1 -2- 5,(2-2) .BFBFS O STL So Taguchi Joel Zumaya -2% 83% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 2-0 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X O STL Chris Carpenter Joel Zumaya -2% 81% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 3-4-5
t7 0-2 0 — 3,(0-2) FFX O DET Placido Polanco Chris Carpenter 4% 85% Lineout: 1B 0.0
t7 0-2 1 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O DET Magglio Ordonez Chris Carpenter 2% 87% Flyball: RF 0.0
t7 0-2 2 — 3,(1-1) BFX O DET Carlos Guillen Chris Carpenter 1% 88% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Tigers’ Joel Zumaya facing 1-2-3
b7 2-0 0 — 6,(3-2) CBBFBB STL David Eckstein Joel Zumaya 2% 90% Walk 0.5
b7 2-0 0 1– 5,(3-1) C*BBBB STL Preston Wilson Joel Zumaya 2% 92% Walk; Eckstein to 2B 0.5
b7 2-0 0 12- 3,(2-0) BBX RR STL Albert Pujols Joel Zumaya 5% 98% Reached on E1 (throw to 3B) (Ground Ball); Eckstein Scores/unER; Wilson Scores/unER; Pujols to 2B 1.0
b7 4-0 0 -2- 4,(1-2) SBFX O STL Scott Rolen Joel Zumaya 0% 98% Groundout: 2B-1B; Pujols to 3B 0.0
  Jason Grilli replaces Joel Zumaya pitching and batting 9th
b7 4-0 1 –3 3,(1-1) .PFX O STL Ronnie Belliard Jason Grilli -1% 97% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b7 4-0 2 –3 4,(3-0) IIII STL Jim Edmonds Jason Grilli 0% 97% Intentional Walk 0.0
b7 4-0 2 1-3 4,(1-2) FBFX O STL Yadier Molina Jason Grilli -1% 96% Groundout: P-1B -0.0
  2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 4.
Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-4, Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter facing 6-7-8
t8 0-4 0 — 4,(1-2) CFBS O DET Ivan Rodriguez Chris Carpenter 1% 98% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t8 0-4 1 — 3,(1-1) CBX DET Sean Casey Chris Carpenter -1% 96% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
t8 0-4 1 1– 5,(2-2) CBBFX OO DET Brandon Inge Chris Carpenter 3% 99% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 4.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-0, Tigers’ Fernando Rodney facing 8-9-1
  Fernando Rodney replaces Brandon Inge (3B) pitching and batting 8thNeifi Perez replaces Jason Grilli (P) playing 3B batting 9th
b8 4-0 0 — 6,(3-2) ..CSBBBB STL So Taguchi Fernando Rodney 0% 99% Walk 0.4666
b8 4-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX O STL Chris Carpenter Fernando Rodney 0% 99% Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Taguchi to 2B -0.2
b8 4-0 1 -2- 4,(2-1) FB*BX STL David Eckstein Fernando Rodney 0% 99% Single to RF (Line Drive); Taguchi to 3B 0.4667
b8 4-0 1 1-3 5,(3-1) BBC*BB STL Preston Wilson Fernando Rodney 0% 99% Walk; Eckstein to 2B 0.1
  Zach Miner replaces Fernando Rodney pitching and batting 8th
b8 4-0 1 123 6,(1-2) .SBSFFB R STL Albert Pujols Zach Miner 0% 100% Wild Pitch; Taguchi Scores; Eckstein to 3B; Wilson to 2B 0.0667
b8 5-0 1 -23 7,(2-2) .SBSFFB.H STL Albert Pujols Zach Miner 0% 100% Hit By Pitch 0
b8 5-0 1 123 1,(0-0) X OO STL Scott Rolen Zach Miner 0% 99% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B 0.1
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 5.
Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Cardinals’ Braden Looper facing 9-1-2
  Braden Looper replaces Chris Carpenter pitching and batting 9thOmar Infante pinch hits for Neifi Perez (3B) batting 9th
t9 0-5 0 — 4,(2-1) ..CBBX O DET Omar Infante Braden Looper 0% 100% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t9 0-5 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O DET Curtis Granderson Braden Looper 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
t9 0-5 2 — 5,(1-2) BCCFX O DET Craig Monroe Braden Looper 0% 100% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Cardinals 5.