What an outing by Jeff Weaver. I was pretty skeptical when we picked him up but boy did he come through tonight. The only guy who could hit him was Sean Casey and he couldn’t do it by himself.
The Cardinals got on the board first when David Eckstein singled home Yadier Molina in the second inning. In the top of the fourth, Sean Casey hit a two run shot to give the Tigers the lead, at least momentarily. Then in the bottom of the fourth, another error by a Tigers’ pitcher directly resulted in one run and indirectely resulting in another. The Cardinals added a run in the seventh when Scott Rolen singled home David Eckstein with two outs, but that run turned out to be unneccesary.
The Tigers did make some noise in the ninth. The Tigers had runners at the corners with two outs but Adam Wainwright struck out Brandon Inge to end it. Jeff Weaver gave up the two runs on only four hits and a walk with nine strikeouts. Wainwright picked up the save with the shutout ninth.
How sweet it is. The Cardinals are World Series champions.
October 29th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Jeff,
Thank you for the great blog this year! I’ve been reading off and on this season and have enjoyed the cardinal history lesson. It ended with the perfect post, just like in ‘26. Go Cards!!!!!
Thanks again!
October 30th, 2006 at 11:45 am
A great week for Cards nation