World Series—2006

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1. Series MVP: David Eckstein.

1st Game—Detroit, Oct. 21
St. Louis 7, Detroit 2

St. Louis (N.L.)					Detroit (A.L.)
	AB	R	H	RBI		AB	R	H	RBI
Eckstein, ss	5	0	0	0	Granderson, cf	4	0	0	0
Duncan, dh	4	1	1	1	Monroe, lf	4	2	2	1
Wilson, ph-dh	1	0	0	0	Polanco, 2b	4	0	0	0
Pujols, 1b	3	2	1	2	Ordonez, rf	3	0	0	0
Edmonds, cf	4	1	2	1	Guillen, 1b	4	0	2	1
Rolen, 3b	4	2	2	1	Rodriguez, c	4	0	0	0
Encarnacion, rf	3	0	0	1	Casey, dh	3	0	0	0
Belliard, eb	4	0	0	0	Inge, 3b	3	0	0	0
Molina, c	4	1	1	0	Santiago, ss	2	0	0	0
Taguchi, lf	4	0	1	0	Thames, ph	1	0	0	0
					Perez, ss	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	7	8	6	32	2	4	2

Game Summary

					R	H	E
St. Louis	0 1 3	0 0 3	0 0 0	—	7	8	2
Detroit	1 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 1	—	2	4	3

St. Louis: 2B—Duncan, Rolen; HR—Rolen, Pujols; LOB—4. Detroit: 2B—Monroe, HR—Monroe; LOB—4.

Pitching Summary

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
St. Louis
Reyes (W, 1–0)	8.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	2.25
Looper	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Detroit
Verlander (L, 0–1)	5.0	6	7	6	2	8	2	10.80
Grilli	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Rodney	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Ledezma	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jones	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Walker	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

2nd Game—Detroit, Oct. 22
St. Louis 1, Detroit 3

Batting Summary

St. Louis (N.L.)					Detroit (A.L.)
	AB	R	H	RBI		AB	R	H	RBI
Eckstein, ss	4	0	0	0	Granderson, cf	5	0	0	0
Spiezio, dh	3	0	0	0	Monroe, lf	3	1	1	1
Pujols, 1b	3	0	0	0	Polanco, 2b	3	0	0	0
Rolen, 3b	4	1	2	0	Ordonez, rf	4	1	2	0
Encarnacion, rf	4	0	0	0	Guillen, 1b	3	1	3	1
Edmonds, cf	3	0	1	1	Rodriguez, c	4	0	0	0
Wilson, lf	3	0	0	0	Casey, dh	3	0	1	1
Molina, c	4	0	1	0	Inge, 3b	4	0	2	0
Miles, 2b	3	0	0	0	Santiago, ss	3	0	1	0
Totals	31	1	4	1	Totals	32	3	10	3

St. Louis: 2B—Edmonds; LOB—7. Detroit: 2B—Guillen; 3B—Guillen; HR—Monroe; LOB—10.

Game Summary

					R	H	E
St. Louis	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 1	—	1	4	1
Detroit	2 0 0	0 1 0	0 0 x	—	3	10	1

Pitching Summary

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
St. Louis
Weaver (L, 0–1)	5.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	5.40
Johnson	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Kinney	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Flores	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Thompson	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Wainwright	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Detroit
Rogers (W, 1–0)	8.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0.00
Jones (S, 1)	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00

3rd Game—St. Louis, Oct. 24
Detroit 0, St. Louis 5

Batting Summary

Detroit (A.L.)					St. Louis (N.L.)
	AB	R	H	RBI		AB	R	H	RBI
Granderson, cf	4	0	0	0	Eckstein, ss	4	1	2	0
Monroe, lf	4	0	0	0	Wilson, lf	3	1	1	0
Polanco, 2b	3	0	0	0	Pujols, 1b	4	1	1	0
Ordonez, rf	3	0	0	0	Rolen, 3b	4	1	1	0
Guillen, 1b	3	0	0	0	Belliard, 2b	4	0	0	0
Rodriguez, c	3	0	0	0	Edmonds, cf	2	0	1	2
Casey, 1b	3	0	2	0	Molina, c	3	0	1	0
Inge, 3b	3	0	1	0	Taguchi, rf	3	1	0	0
Rodney, p	0	0	0	0	Carpenter, p	3	0	0	0
Miner, p	0	0	0	0	Looper, p	0	0	0	0
Robertson, p	0	0	0	0
Gomez, ph	1	0	0	0
Ledezma, p	0	0	0	0
Zumaya, p	0	0	0	0
Grilli, p	0	0	0	0
Perez, 3b	0	0	0	0
Infante, ph	1	0	0	0
Totals	28	0	3	0	Totals	30	5	7	2

Game Summary

					R	H	E
Detroit	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	—	0	3	1
St. Louis	0 0 0	2 0 0	2 1 x	—	5	7	0

Detroit: LOB—2. St. Louis: 2B—Pujols, Edmonds, Molina; LOB—11

Pitching Summary

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Detroit
Robertson (L, 0–1)	5.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	3.60
Ledezma	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Zumaya	1.0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0.00
Grilli	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Rodney	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.75
Miner	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
St. Louis
Carpenter (W, 1–0)	8.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0.00
Looper	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

4th Game—St. Louis, Oct. 26
Detroit 4, St. Louis 5

Batting Summary

Detroit (A.L.)					St. Louis (N.L.)
	AB	R	H	RBI		AB	R	H	RBI
Granderson, cf	5	1	1	0	Eckstein, ss	5	1	4	2
Monroe, lf	5	0	0	0	Duncan, rf	2	0	0	0
Guillen, ss	3	1	1	0	Taguchi, ph-rf-lf	1	1	0	0
Ordonez, rf	5	0	0	0	Pujols, 1b	2	0	0	0
Casey, 1b	4	1	3	2	Edmonds, cf	4	0	0	0
Rodriguez, c	4	1	3	1	Rolen, 3b	4	1	2	0
Polanco, 2b	4	0	0	0	Wilson, lf	3	0	1	1
Inge, 3b	3	0	2	1	Wainwright, p	0	0	0	0
Bonderman, p	2	0	0	0	Molina, c	2	0	1	1
Rodney, p	0	0	0	0	Miles, 2b	3	2	1	0
Gomez, ph	1	0	0	0	Suppan, p	2	0	0	0
Zumaya, p	0	0	0	0	Rodriguez, ph	1	0	0	0
					Kinney, p	0	0	0	0
					Johnson, p	0	0	0	0
					Encarnacion, rf	1	0	0	0
Totals	36	4	10	4	Totals	30	5	9	4

Game Summary

					R	H	E
Detroit	0 1 2	0 0 0	0 1 0	—	4	10	1
St. Louis	0 0 1	1 0 0	2 1 x	—	5	9	0

Detroit: 2B—Granderson, Rodriguez, Inge; HR: Casey; LOB—9. St. Louis: 2B—Eckstein, Rolen, Molina; LOB—9.

Pitching Summary

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Detroit
Bonderman	5.1	6	2	2	4	4	0	3.38
Rodney	1.2	2	2	0	1	4	0	3.00
Zumaya (L, 0–1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.50
St. Louis
Suppan	6.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	4.50
Kinney	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Johnson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Looper	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.86
Wainwright (W, 1–0)	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00

5th Game—St. Louis, Oct. 27
Detroit 2, St. Louis 4

Batting Summary

Detroit (A.L.)					St. Louis (N.L.)
	AB	R	H	RBI		AB	R	H	RBI
Granderson, cf	3	0	1	0	Eckstein, ss	4	1	2	2
Monroe, lf	4	0	0	0	Duncan, rf	2	0	0	0
Zumaya, p	0	0	0	0	Wilson, lf	0	0	0	0
Guillen, ss	4	0	0	0	Pujols, 1b	3	0	1	0
Ordonez, rf	4	1	0	0	Edmonds, cf	4	0	0	0
Casey, 1b	4	1	3	2	Rolen, 3b	3	0	1	1
Santiago, pr	0	0	0	0	Belliard, 2b	4	0	0	0
Rodriguez, c	4	0	0	0	Molina, c	4	2	3	0
Polanco, 2b	3	0	0	0	Taguchi, lf-rf	3	1	1	0
Inge, 3b	4	0	1	0	Weaver, p	3	0	0	0
Verlander, p	2	0	0	0	Spiezio, ph	1	0	0	0
Gomez, ph	1	0	0	0	Wainwright, p	0	0	0	0
Rodney, p	0	0	0	0
Thames, lf	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	2	5	2	Totals	31	4	8	3

Game Summary

					R	H	E
Detroit	0 0 0	2 0 0	0 0 0	—	2	5	2
St. Louis	0 1 0	2 0 0	1 0 x	—	4	8	1

Detroit: 2B—Inge, Casey; HR—Casey; LOB—6. St. Louis: LOB—8.

Pitching Summary

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Detroit
Verlander (L, 0–2)	6.0	6	3	1	3	4	0	5.73
Rodney	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.50
Zumaya	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.00
St. Louis
Weaver (W, 1–1)	8.0	4	2	1	1	9	1	2.77
Wainwright (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00

Record of World Series Games

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World Series—2006

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1. Series MVP: David Eckstein.

1st Game—Detroit, Oct. 21St. Louis 7, Detroit 2

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2nd Game—Detroit, Oct. 22St. Louis 1, Detroit 3

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3rd Game—St. Louis, Oct. 24Detroit 0, St. Louis 5

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4th Game—St. Louis, Oct. 26Detroit 4, St. Louis 5

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5th Game—St. Louis, Oct. 27Detroit 2, St. Louis 4

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Pitching Summary

1st Game—Detroit, Oct. 21
St. Louis 7, Detroit 2

2nd Game—Detroit, Oct. 22
St. Louis 1, Detroit 3

3rd Game—St. Louis, Oct. 24
Detroit 0, St. Louis 5

4th Game—St. Louis, Oct. 26
Detroit 4, St. Louis 5

5th Game—St. Louis, Oct. 27
Detroit 2, St. Louis 4