CARDS WIN WORLD SERIES BEHIND CHRIS CARPENTER

Game # 7 best of  7 Rangers (3) vs Cardinals (3)
Cardinals 6 Rangers 2
Win
Chris Carpenter                4           9 

Homeruns

Allen Craig                       4          4

David Freese HR sends Cards to game #7

Game # 6 best of  7 Rangers (3) vs Cardinals (2)
Cardinals 10 Rangers 9
Win
Jake Westbrook              1         2

Homeruns

Nelson Cruz                     8         14       9th all time
Lance Berkman                2          9
Adrian Beltre                    5         5
David Freese                    5         5       Clutch triple and HR to keep the Cards alive
Allen Craig                       3         3
Josh Hamilton                  1          6

Napoli has another clutch hit

Game #5 best of  7 Rangers (2) vs Cardinals (2)
Rangers 4 Cardinals 2
Win
Darren Oliver                   1            2         

Homeruns

Adrian Beltre                   4            4
Mitch Moreland               2           3

Derek Holland pitches a gem

Game #4 best of  7 Rangers (1) vs Cardinals (2)
Rangers 4 Cardinals 0
Win
Derek Holland                 2            3         

Homeruns

Mike Napoli                    3            5

Pujols 3 HR's gives Cards 2-1 series lead

Game #3 best of  7 Rangers (1) vs Cardinals (1)
Cardinals 16 Rangers 7
Win
Lance Lynn                      2            2          

Homeruns

Albert Pujols                   3, 4, 5     16, 17, 18     4th all time
Nelson Cruz                    7           13        10th all time
Michael Young                2            3
Allen Craig                      2            2

Mike Adams wins game #2

Game #2 best of  7 Rangers (0) vs Cardinals (1)
Rangers 2 Cardinals 1
Win
Mike Adams                    2            2          

Homeruns

Carpenter gives Cards 1-0 lead in World Series

Game #1 best of  7 Rangers (0) vs Cardinals (0)
Cardinals 3 Rangers 2
Win
Chris Carpenter                 3           8     Carpenter is 3-0 with a 3.52 ERA in the post season

Homeruns

Mike Napoli                     2            4                   

Cardinals in World series with help from Pujols HR

Game #6 best of  7 Brewers (2) vs Cardinals (3)
Cardinals 12 Brewers 6
Win
Marc Rzepczynski            1            1

Homeruns

Albert Pujols                     2            15         Tied Babe Ruth for 7th all time in HR's in postseason
David Freese                     4            4           
Rafael Furcal                     1            4
Corey Hart                       2             2
Rickie Weeks                   2             2
Jonathan Lucroy               1            1

Cabrera's 2 homers for Tigers not enough, Rangers to World Series

Game #6 best of  7 Tigers (2) vs Rangers (3)
Rangers 15 Tigers 5 Rangers off to world series
Win
Alexi Ogando                   2            2

Homeruns

Nelson Cruz                      6           12       MVP
Miguel Cabrera                 3, 4        7, 8
Jhonny Peralta                   2            4
Michael Young                  1            2       5 RBI
Austin Jackson                  1             1

Dotel picks up win in relief of Jaime GArcia

Game #5 best of  7 Brewers (2) vs Cardinals (2)
Cardinals win 7-1
Win
Octavio Dotel                   2            3  

Homeruns

Verlander and Delmon Young aid Tigers in win, force game 6

Game #5 best of  7 Tigers (1) vs Rangers (3)
Tigers win 7-5
Win
Justin Verlander               2            3  

Homeruns

Nelson Cruz                    5           11
Delmon Youn                 4, 5        4, 5
Ryan Raburn                  2             2
Alex Avila                      1            1



Game #4 best of  7 Brewers (1) vs Cardinals (2)
Brewers win 4-2
Win
Randy Wolf                     1            1  

Homeruns

Matt Holliday                   1            7
Allen Craig                       1            1

Nelson Cruz homers again, Carpenter wins again

Game #4 best of  7 Tigers (1) vs Rangers (2)
Rangers win 7-3
Win
Scott Feldman                 1           1

Homeruns

Nelson Cruz                    4           10
Brandon Inge                  1             2

Game #3 best of  7 Brewers (1) vs Cardinals (1)

Cards 4 Brewers 3

Win

Chris Carpenter              2              7

Homeruns

Mark Kotsay                  1              2

Fister gets Tigers back in series with help of 3 HRs

Game #3 best of  7 Tigers (0) vs Rangers (2)
Tigers win 5-2
Win
Doug Fister                      2             2

Homeruns

Miguel Cabrera                2             6
Victor Martinez                 2            4
Jhonny Peralta                  1             3

Nelson Cruz slam in extras gives Rangers 2-0 lead, Pujols 4-5 cards even series

Oct 10/2011

Game #2 best of Tigers (0) vs Rangers (1)
Rangers win 7-3
Win
Mike Adams                     1           1

Homeruns

Nelson Cruz                     2, 3        8, 9      Clutch performer
Ryan Raburn                    1             1

Game #2 best of Cardinals (0) vs Brewers (1)

Cardinals win 12-3

Win

Lance Lynn                        1           1

Homeruns

Albert Pujols                     1           14      8th all time
Prince Fielder                    3           4
David Freese                     3           3
Rickie Weeks                    1            1

Greinke gives brewers 1-0 lead in NLDS

Oct 9/2011

Game #1 best of 7 Cardinals vs Brewers


Win
Zack Greinke                   1            1      Moves the Brewers into the early lead in the series.

Homeruns

Prince Fielder                   2           3
David Freese                    2           2
Ryan Braun                      2           2
Yuniesky Betancourt        1            1

Rangers defeat Verlander, Ogando picks up win

Oct 8/2011

Game #1 best of 7 Tigers vs Rangers


Win
Alexi Ogando                   1           1        Comes in and delivers to give the early lead in series

Homeruns

Nelson Cruz                     1           7        His HR is the difference in this one run game

Canadian John Axford gets win to move Brewers to NLDS champioship

Game #5 best of 5 Brewers knock out Diamondbacks
Diamondbacks (2) vs Brewers (2)
Win
John Axford                     1            1

Homeruns

Justin Upton                     2           2

Game #5 best of 5 Cards win series

Cardinals (2) vs Phillies (2)

Win

Chris Carpenter               1            6      Complete game 3 hit shutout to lead Cards to next round

Homeruns

None

Doug Fister wins game to send Tigers to ALCS

Game #5 best of 5 Tigers beat Yankees
Tigers (2) vs Yankees (2)
Win
Doug Fister                      1           1

Homeruns

Robinson Cano                 2          8
Delmon Young                  3          3
Don Kelly                         1          1

Ryan Roberts grand slam forces game 5

Game #4 best of 5 
Phillies (2) vs Cards (1)
Win
Edwin Jackson                  1          1     1st win comes in 4th start.

Homeruns

David Freese                    1          1

Game #4 best of 5 

Brewers (2) vs Diamondbacks (1)

Win

Micah Owings                 1           1

Homeruns

Chris Young                      2, 3      4, 5

Ryan Roberts                    2          2    Grand Slam

Aaron Hill                         1           1

Carlos Gomez                   1           1

Adrian Beltre's 3 HR game takes Rangers to ALCS Series

Game #4 best of 5 Rangers clinch series in win
Rangers (2) vs Rays (1)
Win
Matt Harrison                  1          1     Harrison's first post season win moves the Rangers past the Rays.

Homeruns

Ian Kinsler                      1           4
Adrian Beltre                1, 2, 3    1, 2, 3    What a clutch performance by someone I think is a future HOFer

Game #3 best of 5 

Phillies (1) vs Cards (1)

Win

Cole Hamels                   1           7     Another clutch performance by Cole, 6 innings of shut out ball

Homeruns

Ben Francisco                 1           2

Game #4 best of 5 

Yankees (1) vs Tigers (2)

Win

A J Burnett                     1            2

Homeruns

Victor Martinez              1             3

Game #3 best of 5 

Brewers (2) vs Diamondbacks (0)

Win

Josh Collmenter               1           1    First career post season start, first win

Homeruns

Paul Goldschmidt            2            2     Rookie hits grand slam and drives in 5
Cory Hart                       1            1

Justin Verlander pitches Tigers to 2-1 series lead

Game #3 best of 5 
Rangers (1) vs Rays (1)
Win
Colby Lewis                    1          4    Clutch playoff performer, has now started 5 games and is 4-0 with an ERA around 2.00, that;s what you need in October

Homeruns

Mike Napoli                    1          3
Desmond Jennings           1,2      1, 2

Game #3 best of 5 

Yankees (1) vs Tigers (1)

Win

Justin Verlander              1           1       Struck out 11 to put the Tiegrs up 2-1 in the series            

Homeruns

Delmon Young               2            2

Scherzer and Cabrera lead Tigers past Yankees

Game #2 best of 5 
Tigers (0) vs Yankees (1)
Win
Max Scherzer                  1          1     One win, one start

Homeruns

Miguel Cabrera               1          5      Fist year in playoffs since 2003
Curtis Granderson           1          5
Nick Swisher                  1          4

Game #2 best of 5 

Diamondbacks (0) vs Brewers (1)

Win

Takashi Saito                   1           1

Homeruns

Chris Young                     1          3
Paul Goldschmidt             1          1    1st career playoff AB is a HR
Justin Upton                     1          1
Ryan Braun                      1          1

Game #2 best of 5 

Cardinals (0) vs Phillies (1)

Win

 Octavio Doter                1           1

Homeruns

 None

Gallardo pitches gem for Brewers

Game #1 best of 5 
Diamondbacks vs Brewers
Win
Yovani Gallardo              1           1    Dominant performance with 9 K's in 8 IP, now 1-1 record

Homeruns

Prince Fielder                  1          2
Ryan Roberts                  1          1     Homers in first ever post season game



Game #1 best of 5 
Cardinals vs Phillies
Win
Roy Halladay                  1         3

Homeruns

Lance Berkman              1          8     3 run HR
Ryan Howard                1          8      3 run HR
Raul Ibanez                   1          3




Game #1 best of 5 
Tigers vs Yankees
Win
Ivan Nova                      1         1

Homeruns

Robinson Cano               1          7         Grand Slam         
Delmon Young                1         1

Game #2 best of 5 

Rays (1)  vs Rangers (0)

Win

Derek Holland                 1         2

Homeruns

Evan Longoria                 1         8

Mitch Moreland               1        2

Matt Joyce                      1         1       

Matt Moore dominates to give Rays 1-0 lead over Rangers

Game #1 best of 5 
Rays vs Rangers
Win


Matt Moore                       1          1       First postseason start and gets the win, only second start ever allowing just 2 hits over 7 innings of shutout ball.



Homeruns


Johnny Damon                   1         10
Kelly Shoppach                 1,2       1,2

Longoria walk off HR puts Rays in post season, carpenter pitches Cards in too

Sept 28/2011

Wins

Chris Carpenter                  11       144       266th    Pitches the Cards into the post season, amazing

Ted Lilly                             12       125       374th
Carl Pavano                        9         106 
Miguel Batista                     5         101
Zack Greinke                     16         76
Gio Gonzalez                      16        38
Shawn Camp                      6          25
Wade Leblanc                    5          17
Jim Johnson                        6          13
Mike Adams                       5          13
Stephen Strasburg               1           6
Jake McGee                        5          5
Ryan Perry                          2          5
Drew Pomeranz                  2           2
Justin De Fratus                  1           1




Homeruns

Andruw Jones                   13        420    45th   

Mark Teixeira                   38, 39   313, 314   115th
Dan Uggla                         36        190    320th
Matt Kemp                       39        128  
Evan Longoria                  30, 31   112, 113   Two homers late one being a walk off HR in extra innings to put the Rays in the playoffs!!!!

Prince Fielder hits 3 HR, Javier Vazquez wins 165th now in top 200 all time

Sept 27/2011

Wins

Javier Vazquez                  13      165    200th  Another outstanding performance by the former Expos hurler

Mark Buehrle                    13      161    216th
Roy Oswalt                      9         159    222nd
LaTroy Hawkins               3         63
Matt Garza                       10       52
Trevor Cahill                    12        40
Colby Lewis                     14        38
Max Scherzer                   15        36
Micah Owings                  8          32
Madison Bumgarner         13        20
Anthony Swarzak             4           7
Jake McGee                     4          4
Sam Lecure                      2          4
Eduardo Sanchez              3          3

Homeruns

Alfonso Soriano                26       340     88th
Aramis Ramirez                26       315     113th
Adrian Beltre                    32       310     118th
Miguel Cabrera                 30       277     163rd
Prince Fielder             36, 37, 38   228, 229, 230     241st

Chase Utley                      11       188    329th
Jimmy Rollins                    16       170    370th
Joey Votto                       29        119
Russell Martin                   18        72

James Shields leads the Rays into first place tie

Sept 26/2011

Wins

Cliff Lee                           17     119      418th
James Sheilds                   16       72
Jason Vargas                    10      28
Mat Latos                         9        27

Ryan Vogelsong               13       23
Doug Fister                      11       20     Another shutout performance by Fister, he and Verlander make a good one, two punch going into the playoffs
Dana Eveland                    3       19
Mark Melancon                8        10
Logan Ondrusek               5        10
Felipe Paulino                   4        10      
Daniel McCutchen            5         8  
Troy Patton                       2        2
Atahualpa Severino            1        1
Dylan Axelrod                   1        1
Mark Hamburger              1         1

Homeruns

Chipper Jones                  18      454        33rd

Adrian Beltre                    31     309        119th
Jimmy Rollins                   15      169       375th
Robinson Cano                28      144       465th
Matt Kemp                     38       127