2004 National League Championship Series
GAME 3
Houston Astros 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Championship Series Game Played on Saturday, October 16, 2004 (D) at Enron Field
STL N 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 HOU N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 5 8 0
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB K PO A Womack 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Walker rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 Edmonds cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 Renteria ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Sanders lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Matheny c 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 Anderson ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Haren p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eldred p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mabry ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 2 3 12 24 9
FIELDING - DP: 1.
BATTING - HR: Walker (2,1st inning off Clemens 0 on, 1 out); Edmonds (1,2nd inning off Clemens 0 on, 0 out). HBP: Anderson (1,by Lidge).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB K PO A Biggio lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beltran cf 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 Berkman rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 Kent 2b 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Bruntlett ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Vizcaino ss,2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 Clemens p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Palmeiro ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 8 5 3 5 27 7
BATTING - 2B: Beltran (1,off Suppan). HR: Kent (2,1st inning off Suppan 1 on, 2 out); Beltran (3,8th inning off Haren 0 on, 0 out); Berkman (2,8th inning off King 0 on, 1 out).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H HR R ER BB K Suppan L(0-1) 6 5 1 3 3 2 3 Haren 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 1 King 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 Eldred 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 8.0 8 3 5 5 3 5
Houston Astros IP H HR R ER BB K Clemens W(1-0) 7 4 2 2 2 2 7 Lidge SV(1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 3 12
WP: Clemens (1). HBP: Lidge (1,Anderson).
Umpires: Gary Darling, Mike Winters, Angel Hernandez, Ed Rapuano, Eric Cooper, Tim Welke
Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 42896
Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Womack 2b Biggio lf 2. Walker rf Beltran cf 3. Pujols 1b Bagwell 1b 4. Rolen 3b Berkman rf 5. Edmonds cf Kent 2b 6. Renteria ss Ensberg 3b 7. Sanders lf Vizcaino ss 8. Matheny c Ausmus c 9. Suppan p Clemens p CARDINALS 1ST: Womack popped to shortstop; Walker homered; Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); Rolen popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Biggio singled to left; Beltran walked [Biggio to second]; Bagwell grounded into a double play (third to first) [Biggio out at third, Beltran to second]; Berkman singled to center [Beltran scored]; Kent homered [Berkman scored]; Ensberg flied to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 3. CARDINALS 2ND: Edmonds homered; Renteria grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanders grounded out (shortstop to first); Matheny singled to left; Suppan grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 2ND: Vizcaino grounded out (second to first); Ausmus flied to right; Clemens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Womack grounded out (pitcher to first); Walker flied to left; Pujols flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 3RD: Biggio flied to center; Beltran doubled to left; Bagwell singled to left [Beltran to third]; Berkman popped to third; Kent walked [Bagwell to second]; Ensberg flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Rolen singled to right; Edmonds flied to left; Clemens threw a wild pitch [Rolen to second]; Renteria struck out; Sanders walked; Matheny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 4TH: Vizcaino grounded out (second to first); Ausmus grounded out (shortstop to first); Clemens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Suppan flied to right; Womack struck out; Walker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Biggio struck out; Beltran struck out; Bagwell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Pujols struck out; Rolen walked; Edmonds struck out; Renteria flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Berkman flied to center; Kent flied to center; Ensberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Sanders struck out; Matheny grounded out (shortstop to first); CEDENO BATTED FOR SUPPAN; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: HAREN REPLACED CEDENO (PITCHING); Vizcaino popped to third; Ausmus struck out (catcher to first); PALMEIRO BATTED FOR CLEMENS; Palmeiro singled to left; Biggio grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 8TH: LIDGE REPLACED BIGGIO (PITCHING); PALMEIRO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Womack flied to right; Walker struck out; Pujols singled to left; Rolen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: Beltran homered; Bagwell popped to first; KING REPLACED HAREN (PITCHING); Berkman homered; Kent struck out; ELDRED REPLACED KING (PITCHING); Ensberg walked; Vizcaino grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 5. CARDINALS 9TH: BRUNTLETT REPLACED KENT (PLAYING SS); VIZCAINO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Edmonds walked; Edmonds advanced to second because of defensive indifference [Edmonds to second]; Renteria was called out on strikes; Sanders was called out on strikes; ANDERSON BATTED FOR MATHENY; Anderson was hit by a pitch; MABRY BATTED FOR ELDRED; Mabry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 2 5 0 7 Astros 5 8 0 5