Jeff Weaver pitched the game of his life in game 5 allowing 1 ER in 8 innings on 4 hits with 9 strikeouts. David Eckstein led the way for the Cardinals with 2 hits and 2 RBIs all coming by way of well-placed infield grounders. Yadier Molina was 3 for 4 (.412 avg for the series) with 2 runs scored. Adam Wainwright got the final 3 outs including a strikeout to cap the Cardinals 10th World Series title.

After a washout on Wednesday night, game 4 finally got underway on Thursday night. Jeff Suppan fell behind early, but gutted out 6 innings while limiting the damage to 3 runs. The Cardinals got back in the game on some run scoring doubles from David Eckstein and Yadier Molina in the 3rd and 4th innings, then tied it at 3 in the 7th thanks to a slip by Tigers CF Curtis Granderson and a throwing error by reliever Fernando Rodney. Later in the 7th, Preston Wilson put the Cards on top with a 2-out RBI single but the Tigers equalized with a pair of doubles in the top of the 8th. With 2 outs in the 8th and a runner on 2nd, Eckstein came to the rescue again with a perfectly placed ball to the gap that was just out of Craig Monroe’s reach. Adam Wainwright slammed the door shut in the 9th and the Cardinals now stand 1 win shy of their 10th World Series title.

Chris Carpenter was awesome in his World Series debut pitching 8 shutout innings while throwing just 82 pitches. Jim Edmonds gave the Cardinals all the offense they needed with a 2-run double in the 4th. The Cards padded their lead in the 7th and 8th thanks to some costly fielding mistakes by the Tigers and cruised to a 5-0 win and a 2 games to 1 lead in the World Series.

Jeff Weaver pitched 6 strong innings for the Cardinals allowing just 2 runs. Tom Glavine looked sharp early for the Mets, but a 4th inning solo by Pujols got the Cardinals bats going and Glavine was out of the game by the 5th trailing 3-2. Chris Duncan provided an insurance run with a pinch-hit solo shot in the 6th. Adam Wainwright got the final 4 outs to give the Cards a 3-2 series lead heading back to Shea.

The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead on another clutch Spiezio triple. Mets starter Steve Trachsel was pulled with the bases loaded nobody out in the 2nd with the score already 3-0. Cardinals starter Jeff Suppan led off the 2nd with a solo HR and tossed 8 shutout innings. The Cardinals now lead the best of 7 series 2 games to 1.