St. Louis took charge of the game right away in the first inning when Albert Pujols hit a 2-out homerun off of starter Odalis Perez.
The Cardinals decided the game with a 5-run rally in the third inning (with two outs), when they added two more homeruns. With two outs, Larry Walker hit a solo-homerun to make it 2-0. Next, Albert Pujols singled and Scott Rolen walked and the two scored when Edgar Renteria hit a 2-run double, followed by a 2-run homerun from Jim Edmonds.
In the fourth inning, another homerun was hit when Mike Matheny led off with a fourbagger.
Los Angeles did something back in the fifth and sixth inning. In the fifth, Cesar Izturis and Jayson Werth hit back-to-back doubles with two outs to produce the first Dodger-run.
In the next inning, Adrian Beltre led off with a single and scored on a 2-out triple by Alex Cora.
St. Louis added a run in the seventh inning when lead-off hitter Larry Walker greeted new pitcher Giovanni Carrara (the fifth Dodger-pitcher) with his second homerun in the game. This was the fifth homerun for the Cardinals, tying a postseason record, which was established three times before. The last team to hit five homeruns in a postseason-game was the Oakland A's, who did in the 1989 World Series.
Los Angeles scored its third run in the ninth inning when Tom Wilson hit a 2-out homerun.
Winning pitcher Woody Williams pitched six strong innings.
(October 5)

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