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chad qualls pitched two hitless innings before brad lidge retired the first two batters in the ninth and walked john rodriguez rodriguez then moved to second on defensive indifference before scoring on john mabry s double which was the first run allowed by lidge against the cardinals since may 29 2003 however he got the next batter to fly out to center to give the astros a 2 1 series lead it was the 5th league championship series game won by clemens in his career and his 12th overall postseason game win game 4 edit sunday october 16 2005 3 46 pm cst at minute maid park in houston texas 73 f 23 c roof closed team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 r h e st louis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 houston 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 2 6 0 wp chad qualls 1 0 lp jason marquis 0 1 sv brad lidge 3 home runs stl none hou jason lane 1 brandon backe provided a strong outing and the astro bullpen continued its strong performance the cardinals struck first in the fourth when david eckstein drew a leadoff walk moved to third on jim edmonds s double and scored on albert pujols s sacrifice fly but the astros tied in the bottom of the inning on jason lane s home run off of jeff suppan the astros loaded the bases in the seventh off of jason marquis on two walks and an error when morgan ensberg s sacrifice fly put them up 2 1 tony la russa and jim edmonds were both ejected for arguing balls and strikes on separate instances larussa in the bottom of the seventh edmonds in the top of the eighth at a key moment edmonds s ejection came with a 3 2 count two outs and a runner on base edmonds was replaced by pinch hitter john rodríguez who flied out to deep center field to end the scoring threat the cardinals once again had an opportunity to tie the game or take the lead in the ninth inning against closer brad lidge albert pujols and larry walker led off the inning with back to back singles putting runners at first and third base with no outs reggie sanders grounded to third pujols went home on contact and was thrown out at the plate larry walker advanced to third when the astros failed to call timeout after the play at the plate john mabry ended the threat by grounding into a double play la russa s ejection marked the first time a manager was ejected from a postseason game since 1998 when mike hargrove was thrown out of a game between his cleveland indians and the new york yankees houston was one game away from the franchise s first visit to the world series after a 2 1 game 4 win game 5 edit monday october 17 2005 7 29 pm cst at minute maid park in houston texas 73 f 23 c roof closed team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 r h e st louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 houston 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 2 wp jason isringhausen 1 0 lp brad lidge 0 1 home runs stl albert pujols 2 hou lance berkman 1 the astros struck first in game 5 on craig biggio s rbi single in the second off of starter chris carpenter but the cardinals loaded the bases on two hits and a walk off of andy pettitte when mark grudzielanek s two run single put them up 2 1 lance berkman gave excited astros fans a 4 2 lead with one swing on a pitch from carpenter in the bottom of the seventh inning the astros were one strike away from claiming their first national league pennant and trip to the fall classic before david eckstein singled with no one on base jim edmonds walked and albert pujols hit a dramatic towering three run home run off astros closer brad lidge that bounced off the side of the closed minute maid park roof before landing on the railroad tracks in left field stunning the crowd into silence the home run gave the cardinals a 5 4 lead in the top of the ninth inning jason isringhausen retired the astros in order in the bottom of the inning the cardinals guaranteed that another game would be played at historic busch stadium ii the win also broke the cardinals seven game losing streak in road nlcs games the astros series lead was trimmed to 3 2 game 6 edit wednesday october 19 2005 7 29 pm cst at busch stadium ii in st louis missouri 71 f 22 c mostly cloudy team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 r h e houston 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 11 0 st louis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 wp roy oswalt 2 0 lp mark mulder 0 2 home runs hou jason lane 2 stl none the astros were trying to shake off the effects of the loss in game 5 which was the fifth time in their history that they had lost a close out game in the nlcs 1980 and 2004 were the other two at the end of the game it ended with the astros having won their first national league pennant in 44 seasons of existence with a decisive 5 1 win over the cardinals the astros scored a run in the third when the cardinals mark mulder threw a wild pitch to craig biggio with runners on second and third then biggio s rbi single scored another jason lane s home run in the fourth put them up 3 0 roy oswalt pitched seven strong innings allowing only a sacrifice fly to john rodriguez in the fifth the astros scored one run in the sixth on adam everett s sacrifice bunt off of jason marquis and another in the seventh on morgan ensberg s rbi single off of julián tavárez this was the final game at busch stadium ii this would also be the astros last postseason win as a member of the nl as they would get swept in the world series move to the al in 2013 and would not win another postseason game until the 2015 american league wild card game roy oswalt was named the series mvp in two starts he went 2 0 with a 1 29 era in fourteen innings composite box edit 2005 nlcs 4 2 houston astros over st louis cardinals team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 r h e houston astros 0 2 2 4 1 3 7 2 1 22 55 3 st louis cardinals 2 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 4 16 39 5 total attendance 286 431 average attendance 47 739 aftermath edit a close division title race in 2006 would represent unofficial end of the astros and cardinals rivalry that developed when the astros moved to the national league central in 1994 from 1996 to 2006 either the st louis cardinals or the houston astros won the national league central every year except for 2003 7 both teams also played each other in dramatic and compelling national league championship series in 2004 and 2005 jeff luhnow an important figure in assembling the cardinals and astros rosters post 2005 after the 2006 season both teams had older rosters but went in opposite directions the astros embarked on a long re build and eventually moved from the national league to the american league after the 2012 season to get themselves on the winning track again the astros hired cardinals farm director jeff luhnow to be the team s general manager during the 2011 2012 off season the astros would make the playoffs again in 2015 and finally win their first world series in franchise history in 2017 however luhnow s practices and ethics were called into question almost immediately after winning the world series in 2018 luhnow came under fire when he traded for roberto osuna who was serving a suspension for 75 games for domestic assault during the 2018 post season another controversial incident popped up as an astros intern named kyle mclaughlin was found taking cell phone video of the indians dugout during the astros and indians alds matchup in regards to osuna luhnow s assistant brandon taubman made inappropriate and sexist remarks to female reporters after the astros clinched the 2019 pennant things came to a head on january 13 2020 when luhnow and a j hinch houston s on field manager were suspended for the entire 2020 season by mlb s commissioner rob manfred for failing to prevent the astros from cheating by electronically stealing signs during the 2017 and 2018 seasons manfred harshly criticized the culture of the astros baseball operations department saying that its emphasis on results over other considerations fostered an environment that made it possible for the sign stealing to continue for as long as it did with a new manager in dusty baker and general manager in james click the astros would reach the american league championship series in 2020 2021 and 2022 continuing the run of the previous three seasons to become the first american league team to reach the alcs six years in a row reaching the world series twice and winning it all in 2022 after winning a postseason only three times while in the national league 1962 2012 they won a postseason series fourteen times from 2015 to 2022 four more postseason wins than the next closest team the los angeles dodgers during this stretch the cardinals would win the world series in 2006 ending a 24 year title drought and would also continuously be championship contenders in the subsequent years afterwards by drafting and developing well the cardinals 2009 draft which was overseen by future astros gm jeff luhnow saw them take key contributors such as shelby miller joe kelly matt carpenter trevor rosenthal and matt adams sports illustrated called their 2009 draft one of the most celebrated drafts in recent memory 8 because of their 2009 draft the cardinals never went through a long downturn of bad baseball like the astros did they would make five straight postseason appearances from 2011 2015 which included four straight nlcs appearances from 2011 to 2014 and win another world series in 2011 on the 2011 cardinals championship team was former astros stalwart lance berkman who had a career rebirth upon signing with the cardinals in 2010 in 2011 berkman was an all star and the national league comeback player of the year berkman played a key part in the cardinals winning the 2011 world series hitting a game tying single in the bottom of the tenth inning of game 6 with the cardinals just one strike away from elimination after he retired in 2013 berkman was inducted into the houston astros hall of fame while the rivalry on the field cooled off after 2005 2006 and died when the astros moved to the american league there was still bad blood between the teams front offices due to the astros hiring jeff luhnow away from the cardinals in 2011 a former luhnow assistant named chris correa suspected former co workers of taking intellectual property developed while with st louis with them to their new employer in houston using passwords provided when the ex employees turned in their cardinals issued computers correa hacked houston s internal systems and found what he apparently believed was compelling evidence to support his concern correa later testified under oath that he came forward to cardinals colleagues with his discovery but the organization chose not to press the matter with chairman bill dewitt jr later confirming the cardinals decision correa however continued to access houston s database and repeatedly gathered information from houston about players including scouting reports medical records and projected bonuses which he used directly in the execution of his job with the cardinals eventually correa was caught in 2014 after he tried to anonymously leak the astros trade discussions and other confidential information to deadspin com in hopes to embarrass his former co workers 9 instead in july 2016 correa was sentenced to 46 months in prison for hacking houston s database mlb ordered the cardinals to pay 2 million in damages to the astros and surrender to houston their two top remaining picks in the 2017 amateur draft 56 and 75 overall correa also received a lifetime ban from baseball 10 11 notes edit 2005 nlcs game 1 houston astros vs st louis cardinals retrosheet retrieved september 13 2009 2005 nlcs game 2 houston astros vs st louis cardinals retrosheet retrieved september 13 2009 2005 nlcs game 3 st louis cardinals vs houston astros retrosheet retrieved september 13 2009 2005 nlcs game 4 st louis cardinals vs houston astros retrosheet retrieved september 13 2009 2005 nlcs game 5 st louis cardinals vs houston astros retrosheet retrieved september 13 2009 2005 nlcs game 6 houston astros vs st louis cardinals retrosheet retrieved september 13 2009 rajan greg june 13 2016 moments from the astros cardinals rivalry chron retrieved december 15 2020 reiter ben ben reiter 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