Final in 14
Chi Cubs leads 1-0 (as of 6/2)
| Game 1: Friday, June 2 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 5 | Final in 14 |
| St. Louis | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, June 3 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 8 | Final |
| St. Louis | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, June 4 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 6 | Final |
| St. Louis | 9 | |
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8:10 PM ET, June 2, 2006
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
W: R. Dempster (1-3)
L: J. Hancock (1-2)
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Pierre CF | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | ||
| T Womack 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .342 | ||
| b-P Nevin PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| N Perez PR-2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 | ||
| M Barrett C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .288 | ||
| T Walker 1B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .298 | ||
| A Ramirez 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .238 | ||
| J Jones RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .290 | ||
| D Aardsma P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| S Eyre P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| R Dempster P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | ||
| M Murton LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .280 | ||
| a-J Mabry PH-LF-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | ||
| R Cedeno SS | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .296 | ||
| S Marshall P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .136 | ||
| B Howry P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| S Williamson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| W Ohman P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| R Novoa P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-F Bynum PH-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 | ||
| Totals | 52 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| a-walked for M Murton in the 8th b-walked for T Womack in the 9th c-singled to center for R Novoa in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Barrett (8, S Ponson); J Pierre (10, J Hancock) HR: J Jones (10, 5th inning off S Ponson 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Jones (29), J Pierre (5), T Walker (27) S: N Perez 2-out RBI: J Pierre GIDP: J Jones, T Walker, R Cedeno Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: T Womack 1, R Dempster 1, J Jones 1, T Walker 1, M Barrett 1, M Murton 1 Team LOB: 13 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: T Womack (1, 2nd base by S Ponson); F Bynum (1, 2nd base by S Ponson2nd base by B Thompson/Y Molina); R Cedeno (4, 2nd base by S Ponson2nd base by B Thompson/Y MolinaHome by R Flores) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (R Cedeno-T Womack-T Walker). | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Marshall | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 95-58 | 4.80 | |
| B Howry (B, 4) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27-16 | 2.39 | |
| S Williamson | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-4 | 3.48 | |
| W Ohman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-1 | 5.09 | |
| R Novoa | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-2 | 5.01 | |
| D Aardsma | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27-19 | 6.75 | |
| S Eyre | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41-25 | 1.86 | |
| R Dempster (W, 1-9) | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30-18 | 3.29 | |
| Totals | 14.0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 231-143 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: A Pujols (By B Howry); A Miles (By S Eyre) HBP: T Perez (By S Marshall) Batters faced: S Marshall 27; B Howry 5; S Williamson 3; W Ohman 1; R Novoa 1; D Aardsma 7; S Eyre 10; R Dempster 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Marshall 10-4; B Howry 1-0; S Williamson 0-1; W Ohman 0-1; R Novoa 0-1; D Aardsma 3-1; S Eyre 2-1; R Dempster 3-3 Game Scores: S Marshall 52 | ||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| D Eckstein SS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .329 | ||
| H Luna LF | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .330 | ||
| A Pujols 1B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .310 | ||
| S Rolen 3B | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .331 | ||
| J Encarnacion RF | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .239 | ||
| S Taguchi CF | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .293 | ||
| Y Molina C | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .195 | ||
| A Miles 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .296 | ||
| S Ponson P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | ||
| R Flores P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| A Wainwright P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||
| a-T Perez PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| T Johnson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Looper P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||
| b-J Rodriguez PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .337 | ||
| J Isringhausen P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Thompson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||
| c-L Bigbie PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| J Hancock P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | ||
| d-G Bennett PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .169 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 33 | |||
| a-hit by pitch for A Wainwright in the 7th b-flied out to left for B Looper in the 8th c-reached on infield single to third for B Thompson in the 10th d-struck out swinging for J Hancock in the 14th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: H Luna (7, B Howry); S Rolen (16, B Howry) RBI: S Taguchi (19), S Rolen 2 (30), A Miles (7) SF: A Miles 2-out RBI: S Taguchi, S Rolen 2 GIDP: H Luna Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Eckstein 4, J Encarnacion 2, Y Molina 2, A Miles 1 Team LOB: 17 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: H Luna (3, 2nd base by S Marshall/M Barrett) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: S Ponson (1, throw); S Rolen (5, ground ball) DP: 4 (D Eckstein-A Pujols, D Eckstein, S Ponson-A Miles-D Eckstein-A Pujols, D Eckstein-A Miles-A Pujols). PB: Y Molina. | ||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Ponson | 6.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 97-56 | 2.93 | |
| R Flores | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14-7 | 3.94 | |
| A Wainwright | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 2.00 | |
| T Johnson (H, 12) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-2 | 4.50 | |
| B Looper (H, 15) | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13-6 | 3.52 | |
| J Isringhausen (B, 10) | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20-10 | 2.91 | |
| B Thompson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-9 | 2.59 | |
| J Hancock (L, 3-3) | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 56-34 | 2.79 | |
| Totals | 14.0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 222-126 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: M Barrett (By J Hancock); A Ramirez (By J Hancock) Batters faced: S Ponson 25; R Flores 4; A Wainwright 1; T Johnson 1; B Looper 4; J Isringhausen 7; B Thompson 3; J Hancock 15 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 10-5; R Flores 0-0; A Wainwright 1-0; T Johnson 0-1; B Looper 2-0; J Isringhausen 2-0; B Thompson 1-1; J Hancock 7-1 Game Scores: S Ponson 47 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| CHC | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | J Jones homered to right. | 1 | 0 | |
| 5th | J Pierre singled to center, R Cedeno scored, J Pierre to second advancing on throw. | 2 | 0 | |
| 6th | S Taguchi singled to right, A Pujols scored, S Rolen to second. | 2 | 1 | |
| 7th | S Rolen doubled to left, T Perez and H Luna scored, A Pujols to third. | 2 | 3 | |
| 8th | A Miles hit sacrifice fly to center, S Taguchi scored. | 2 | 4 | |
| 9th | T Walker safe at first on error by third baseman S Rolen, F Bynum and N Perez scored, M Barrett to second. | 4 | 4 | |
| 14th | T Walker grounded out to first, J Pierre scored, M Barrett to second. | 5 | 4 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO |
| Attendance | 45,799 (104.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 5:04 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Andy Fletcher, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - Adam Dowdy, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg |