2002 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

The '2002 National League Championship Series' was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 9 to October 14 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals and the wild-card qualifying San Francisco Giants. It was a rematch of the 1987 NLCS, in which the Cardinals defeated the Giants in seven games. The Cardinals, by virtue of being a division winner, had the home field advantage.
The two teams were victorious in the NL Division Series (NLDS), with the Cardinals defeating the Western Division champion Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0, and the Giants defeating the Eastern Division champion Atlanta Braves 3 games to 2.
The Giants won the series in five games but were defeated by the Anaheim Angels in seven games in the World Series.
'Managers:' Tony La Russa (St. Louis), Dusty Baker (San Francisco)
'Umpires:' Randy Marsh, Jeff Nelson, Dale Scott, Jeff Kellogg, Tim Welke, Charlie Reliford
'Series MVP:' Benito Santiago (San Francisco)
'Television:' Fox (Joe Buck and Tim McCarver announcing)

Contents

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Quote of the series

Game 1

October 9: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
'San Francisco'	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	'9'	'11'	'0'
St. Louis	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	'6'	'11'	'0'
'W': Kirk Rueter (1-0)   'L': Matt Morris (0-1)   'S': Robb Nen (1)
'HR': 'SFG' – Kenny Lofton (1), David Bell (1), Benito Santiago (1)  'STL' – Albert Pujols (1), Miguel Cairo (1), J. D. Drew (1)

Game 2

October 10: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
'San Francisco'	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	'4'	'7'	'0'
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	'1'	'6'	'0'
'W': Jason Schmidt (1-0)   'L': Woody Williams (0-1)   'S': Robb Nen (2)
'HR': 'SFG' – Rich Aurilia 2 (2)  'STL' – Eduardo Perez (1)

Game 3

October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
'St. Louis'	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	'5'	'6'	'1'
San Francisco	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	'4'	'10'	'0'
'W': Chuck Finley (1-0)   'L': Jay Witasick (0-1)   'S': Jason Isringhausen (1)
'HR': 'STL' – Mike Matheny (1), Jim Edmonds (1), Eli Marrero (1)  'SFG' – Barry Bonds (1)

Game 4

October 13: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	'3'	'12'	'0'
'San Francisco'	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	'4'	'4'	'1'
'W': Tim Worrell (1-0)   'L': Rick White (0-1)   'S': Robb Nen (3)
'HR': 'SFG' – Benito Santiago (2)

Game 5

October 14: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	'1'	'9'	'0'
'San Francisco'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	'2'	'7'	'0'
'W': Tim Worrell (2-0)   'L': Matt Morris (0-2)

Quote of the series

-- Jon Miller's radio call of the Giants' series-ending hit.