Game 1, October 4
Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
| St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Chris Carpenter (1–0) LP: Jake Peavy (0–1) Home runs: SD: Eric Young (1) STL: Jim Edmonds (1), Reggie Sanders (1) |
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It was a matchup between Jake Peavy and eventual 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter. In the bottom of the first, Jim Edmonds's one-out solo homer put the Cardinals up 1–0. Then in the bottom of the third, Peavy's control slipped away as a wild pitch and a two-run single by Reggie Sanders gave the Cards a 4–0 lead. But Sanders would provide more offense with a grand slam in the fifth. That would make the score 8–0 and give Sanders six RBIs in the game. The Padres would not go quietly though. They would scratch out a run in the seventh on a sac fly, then one more on a solo homer by Eric Young in the eighth. After the Padres put runners on the corners in the ninth, Jason Isringhausen came on to close the deal. But four consecutive hits with two outs would make the score 8–5 and would load the bases with the go-ahead run at the plate. Ramón Hernández would not deliver as he would strike out to end the game.
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