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Find out more. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos. Game 1 featured the "underdog" Redbirds playing in the less than friendy confines of Comerica Park. With two out, a runner on second, the third inning, Tiger ace Justin Verlander fell behind to Chris Duncan when the St.
Louis designated hitter doubled down the right-field line to score Yadier Molina to give the Cardinals a lead. Slugger extraordinaire Albert Pujols then hit Verlander's next pitch, a fastball away, into the right-field seats for an opposite-field home run and a St. Louis lead. Pujols' shot changed the complexion of the game and left the Tigers in a significant hole they wouldn't climb out of on this night.
Detroit closer Todd Jones said after the game, "Pujols, the alien over there, hit that home run it and took the crowd out of it. He's one of those two or three guys who are out of this world when it comes to hitting. Christy Mathewson appeared on the mound for Game 2, or at least a pitcher who is starting to look a lot like the World Series ace who finished with twenty-seven scoreless innings pitched.
Kenny Rogers ran up his postseason total to twenty-three after eight more zeroes appeared next to his name this game then acknowledged Big Six in his postgame interview, "I'm no Christy Mathewson, that's for sure.
I've had scoreless streaks before. I'm so glad it's happening for us as a team, it helps us win. But I will never put myself in the category of someone like that or even remotely close.
I know I'm just trying to be a good pitcher and make as many good pitches as I can. Unfazed by the chilly weather, it was 43 degrees at game time, the RedBird ace needed only eighty-two pitches to record twenty-four outs. Brandon Inge 1 single and Sean Casey 2 singles accounted for all the Tiger offense as no other player even made their way on to first base.
Rain moved the start of Game 4 from October 25th to October 26, and Sean Casey didn't mind the day of rest. Early in Game 4, it looked like Casey was on his way to single-handedly carrying the Tigers to a victory. He drove in the first two Tigers runs with a second-inning solo homer and then with a single in the third. The managerial chess game appeared to swing in favor of Jim Leyland who had moved the boiling Casey hitting. Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols said, "They make some errors, we take advantage" and combining that with three key doubles by David Eckstein made a defecit into a thriller which put the Cardinals in close reach of their first world championship in twenty-four years.
Jeff Weaver gave yet another brilliant playoff performance during Game 5, hurling eight innings, allowing just four hits, and only two runs to score — one of which was earned. Weaver, once known for postseason letdowns before , pitched as effectively as any Cardinals starter this October.
The Cardinals won, taking a series lead. Rodriguez, who had been hitless in the previous 3 games, also went 3-for In the bottom of the third, the Cardinals struck back with a run-scoring double by David Eckstein , scoring Aaron Miles who had the first stolen base of the series by either team.
Yadier Molina doubled in Scott Rolen in the fourth to cut the Tiger lead to The score remained that way, until the bottom of the seventh, when Eckstein led off with a double over the head of Curtis Granderson , who had slipped on the wet Busch Stadium outfield.
Eckstein then scored on a sacrifice bunt by So Taguchi that was thrown over the head of Placido Polanco covering first by Fernando Rodney , and that tied the score, Later that same inning, Preston Wilson hit a single to left with two outs that scored Taguchi from 3rd. The Tigers tied the game in the top of the eighth on a Brandon Inge double that scored Ivan Rodriguez.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Cardinals would regain and keep the lead when Miles scored on a double by Eckstein just off the glove of the outfielder. On a day in which it rained much of the day but stopped early enough to not delay the game, the Cardinals won to clinch the championship 4 games to 1, making this the first 5-game series since the Yankees-Mets Series in Justin Verlander pitched a sloppy first inning for Detroit, walking three and tying a World Series record for a single inning by throwing two wild pitches.
He avoided allowing any runs, however, thanks to a good play by shortstop Carlos Guillen to get the third out on what was almost an infield hit. The Cardinals took the lead in the second inning on a lead-off single by Yadier Molina followed by two advancing groundouts, and then an infield single by David Eckstein.
Detroit third baseman Brandon Inge made a good play to stop the ball off Eckstein's bat, but then made a poor throw to first which got by the first baseman and allowed Eckstein to advance to second. The throwing error was the seventh error of the series by the Tigers, also giving them at least one error in every game to that point.
This popup turned out to be much more troublesome than it first appeared: right fielder Chris Duncan dropped the ball, apparently distracted by center fielder Jim Edmonds who was also going after the ball. The Cardinals would threaten immediately in the bottom of the inning, however, with Yadier Molina and So Taguchi each singling to put runners at first and second with one out.
Pitcher Jeff Weaver then came up and attempted to bunt the runners over to second and third. The bunt was fielded cleanly by the pitcher Justin Verlander, but he attempted to force out the lead runner at third and threw the ball into the left-field foul area. This allowed Molina to score to tie it up, with Taguchi and Weaver arriving safely at third and second. The throwing error by Verlander was the fifth error by Detroit pitchers in the World Series, having committed one per game, setting a new World Series record.
The next batter, David Eckstein, grounded out to score the runner from third, and St. Louis secured their lead, Chris Duncan misplayed another ball in the top of the sixth for a Sean Casey two-out double, but this time the runner would be stranded as Ivan Rodriguez then struck out to end the inning. A David Eckstein single followed by a Preston Wilson walk in the bottom of the seventh put runners at first and second with none out for the heart of the Cardinals order: Pujols, Edmonds, and Rolen.
Pujols popped out and Edmonds flied out, so it appeared Detroit might hold the Cardinals to a one-run lead. Instead, Scott Rolen singled and scored Eckstein, doubling the Cardinals lead to Jeff Weaver had pitched a one-two-three eighth, and the Cardinals went to the ninth three outs away from their first World Series title in 24 years.
The man called on to get those three outs would be Adam Wainwright , who had won the job of closer after the star free agent brought to St.
Louis in , Jason Isringhausen , had season-ending surgery. He proceeded to work a full count but then grounded out.
The second batter, Sean Casey, worked a full count and then doubled to bring the tying run to the plate. The third batter, Ivan Rodriguez , got ahead in the count but grounded back to Wainwright on the next pitch, putting the Cardinals one out away. The fourth batter, Placido Polanco , fell behind , but then worked a walk to put the tying run on.
The fifth batter, Brandon Inge , fell behind , again putting the Cardinals one strike from a World Series championship. He did not extend the drama any longer, as he swung and missed at the next pitch making it the first World Series to end on a strikeout since the World Series , giving the World Series title to the Cardinals. The final play of the season was made at pm Central Standard time. After the game, Wainwright, who threw a curveball for strike three to win the pennant and a slider to Inge to win the Series, said "I'll probably never throw another curve or slider again without thinking of those two pitches.
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