# 2002 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2002 season was the team's 121st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 111th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97–65 during the season and won the National League Central by 13 games over the Houston Astros. In the playoffs, the Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the San Francisco Giants 4 games to 1 in the NLCS.
Second baseman Fernando Viña, shortstop Édgar Rentería, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds each won Gold Gloves this year.
On June 18, long-time broadcaster Jack Buck died at the age of 77, while four days later, pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, at age 33.

## Offseason

* December 11, 2001: Signed free agent pitcher Jason Isringhausen.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 | 38‍–‍43 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 89 | .447 | 24½ | 38‍–‍42 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 | 36‍–‍45 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 56 | 106 | .346 | 41 | 31‍–‍50 | 25‍–‍56 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2002 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 11–7 |
| Atlanta | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 15–3 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–12 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 6–6 |
| Cincinnati | 0–6 | 2–4 | 12–5 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 2–10 |
| Colorado | 5–14 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 8–12 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Florida | 1–5 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–8 |
| Houston | 3–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 11–6 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–6 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 6–13 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 10–9 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 12–6 |
| Milwaukee | 2–4 | 1–5 | 10–7 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 7–10 | 2–10 |
| Montreal | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| New York | 2–5 | 7–12 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 8–11 | — | 9–10 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
| Philadelphia | 3–4 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 10–9 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–11 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–11 | 3–9 |
| San Diego | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
| San Francisco | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 14–5 | — | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| St. Louis | 4–2 | 1–5 | 12–6 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 11–6 | 5–1 | 4–2 | — | 8–4 |

### Game log

2002 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (97–65) :
April: (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Rockies10–2MorrisHampton48,3971–0
2April 3Rockies3–6NeagleStephensonJiménez26,5571–1
3April 4Rockies1–6ThomsonBenes27,6911–2
4April 5@ Astros5–1StechschulteMlicki27,1892–2
5April 6@ Astros8–4MorrisCruz36,2553–2
6April 7@ Astros6–7StoneHackman28,2063–3
7April 9Brewers6–5VeresCabreraIsringhausen28,4884–3
8April 10Brewers6–5IsringhausenVizcaino28,2715–3
9April 11Brewers6–5VeresCabreraKline28,1656–3
10April 12Astros7–3MorrisMiller34,1207–3
11April 13Astros2–1IsringhausenStone41,5528–3
12April 14Astros4–5ReynoldsStephensonWagner38,6098–4
13April 15@ D'Backs5–14HellingBenes32,1168–5
14April 16@ D'Backs3–5JohnsonB. SmithMyers37,5058–6
15April 17@ D'Backs8–4MorrisSchillingIsringhausen35,1479–6
16April 18@ Brewers5–7CabreraHackmanDeJean17,7179–7
17April 19@ Brewers1–6QuevedoTimlinVizcaino23,8659–8
18April 20@ Brewers3–5VizcainoVeresDeJean30,6009–9
19April 21@ Brewers3–5NeugebauerB. SmithDeJean24,5929–10
20April 23@ Mets3–4D'AmicoMorrisBenitez33,3339–11
21April 24@ Mets4–2KileLeiterIsringhausen22,93810–11
22April 25@ Mets6–7StricklandVeresBenitez24,63710–12
23April 26@ Expos7–6StechschulteOhkaVeres8,54511–12
24April 27@ Expos5–0MatthewsChen6,28812–12
25April 28@ Expos2–5OhkaMorrisHerges9,78012–13
26April 30Marlins2–7BurnettKile32,63612–14 :
May: (18–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Marlins6–4T. SmithDempsterIsringhausen29,75513–14
28May 2Marlins6–9TejeraVeresNúñez36,13213–15
29May 3Braves2–11HammondStechschulteSmoltz40,75813–16
30May 4Braves3–2SimontacchiLopezIsringhausen42,45514–16
31May 5Braves2–4MadduxKileSmoltz39,50914–17
32May 6@ Cubs5–6FasseroTimlin35,08314–18
33May 7@ Cubs0–8WoodB. Smith35,74814–19
34May 8@ Cubs3–2MorrisCruzIsringhausen33,47315–19
35May 10@ Reds4–2StechschulteWhiteIsringhausen29,00816–19
36May 11@ Reds1–8ReitsmaKile25,00616–20
37May 12@ Reds10–8StechschulteGravesIsringhausen20,62217–20
38May 13Cubs3–0MorrisWood45,72018–20
39May 14Cubs11–2TimlinCruz47,03519–20
40May 15Cubs4–1StechschulteBereIsringhausen40,71920–20
41May 17Reds3–1KileSullivanIsringhausen36,10321–20
42May 18Reds3–7RijoMorris40,48321–21
43May 19Reds10–1StephensonAcevedo42,99222–21
44May 20Reds7–3WilliamsHaynes35,56023–21
45May 21Astros3–1SimontacchiHernandezIsringhausen33,44224–21
46May 22Astros3–2VeresStone32,48125–21
47May 23Astros5–4HackmanDotelIsringhausen38,77226–21
48May 24@ Pirates2–5WellsStephenson25,20326–22
49May 25@ Pirates6–3WilliamsAndersonIsringhausen26,20127–22
50May 26@ Pirates7–3SimontacchiFogg31,98928–22
51May 27@ Astros4–3StechschulteOswaltIsringhausen30,54329–22
52May 28@ Astros4–1MorrisReynoldsIsringhausen25,37630–22
53May 29@ Astros5–10ReddingStephenson27,18230–23
54May 31Pirates1–3FoggW. WilliamsM. Williams38,14830–24 :
June: (12–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Pirates9–4KileArroyo43,29531–24
56June 2Pirates2–5LoweMorrisM. Williams37,24331–25
57June 4@ Reds8–5SimontacchiHamilton19,18932–25
June 5@ RedsPostponed (Rain) Makeup date: August 27
58June 6@ Reds2–3HaynesWilliamsGraves23,10232–26
59June 7@ Royals12–6KileByrd34,19433–26
60June 8@ Royals11–3MorrisAffeldt40,01634–26
61June 9@ Royals2–3Ro. HernandezTimlin26,90534–27
62June 10@ Mariners0–10MoyerB. Smith45,69934–28
63June 11@ Mariners7–4WilliamsBaldwin44,98335–28
64June 12@ Mariners0–5PiñeiroKile45,61235–29
65June 14Royals3–0MorrisAsencioKline40,51036–29
66June 15Royals5–3SimontacchiSuppanVeres47,45337–29
67June 16Royals5–1WilliamsMay47,52238–29
68June 18Angels7–2KileAppier39,38639–29
69June 19Angels6–2MorrisSele35,43240–29
70June 20Angels2–3SchoeneweisB. SmithPercival36,38540–30
71June 21@ Cubs1–2LieberWilliams38,48640–31
June 22@ CubsPostponed (death of P Darryl Kile) Makeup date: August 31
72June 23@ Cubs3–8WoodSimontacchi37,64740–32
73June 25Brewers0–2RuschMorris33,07440–33
74June 26Brewers5–2WilliamsWrightIsringhausen32,68641–33
75June 27Brewers2–7VizcainoStechschulte31,13641–34
76June 28Reds3–2SimontacchiReitsmaIsringhausen38,56442–34
77June 29Reds2–4DessensHackmanGraves46,27242–35
78June 30Reds8–12SullivanIsringhausen39,86142–36 :
July: (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Padres7–3WilliamsPérez30,11343–36
80July 2Padres11–5CrudaleJarvis29,62244–36
81July 3Padres4–1SimontacchiLawrenceIsringhausen41,53345–36
82July 4Dodgers3–2T. SmithIshiiIsringhausen39,42146–36
83July 5Dodgers5–6PérezMorrisGagné41,44746–37
84July 6Dodgers2–4QuantrillKlineGagné42,82546–38
85July 7Dodgers12–6MatthewsDaal33,77747–38
86July 12@ Padres3–4HoltzVeresHoffman23,79447–39
87July 13@ Padres2–1CrudaleReedIsringhausen48,96348–39
88July 14@ Padres4–1B. SmithB. J. JonesIsringhausen24,04549–39
89July 15@ Dodgers4–2T. SmithDaalIsringhausen31,89950–39
90July 16@ Dodgers9–2HackmanNomo37,98851–39
91July 17@ Giants4–5WorrellVeresNen44,35551–40
92July 18@ Giants5–1MorrisSchmidt44,11852–40
93July 19@ Pirates9–12SauerbeckVeres23,81252–41
94July 20@ Pirates6–15BensonT. Smith35,10152–42
95July 21@ Pirates8–4FinleyFoggKline27,99953–42
96July 22@ Giants5–3HackmanWorrellIsringhausen40,60754–42
97July 23@ Giants4–0MorrisSchmidt40,45355–42
98July 24@ Giants4–6RueterBenesNen41,00555–43
99July 25@ Giants4–3T. SmithJensenIsringhausen41,50356–43
100July 26Cubs8–4FinleyLieber48,73057–43
101July 27Cubs3–7WoodSimontacchi47,11057–44
102July 28Cubs10–9VeresAlfonseca47,58358–44
103July 30@ Marlins5–0BenesTejera8,18759–44
104July 31@ Marlins5–8BeckettT. SmithLooper7,58759–45 :
August: (17–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Marlins0–4BurnettFinley7,34659–46
106August 2@ Braves5–11GlavineSimontacchi45,51259–47
107August 3@ Braves1–6MarquisMorris46,35659–48
108August 4@ Braves1–2SmoltzVeres33,68659–49
109August 6Expos1–10YoshiiFinley34,12659–50
110August 7Expos1–4OhkaSimontacchiStewart33,17959–51
111August 8Expos5–3MorrisReamesIsringhausen33,40360–51
112August 9Mets1–2LeiterMatthewsBenitez44,29960–52
113August 10Mets5–4VeresReedIsringhausen44,93461–52
114August 11Mets9–0FinleyAstacio36,89662–52
115August 12@ Pirates10–6SimontacchiMeadows15,70063–52
116August 13@ Pirates9–5MorrisAndersonIsringhausen17,60964–52
117August 14@ Pirates7–3BenesWells18,79165–52
118August 15@ Pirates11–5KlineM. Williams20,50366–52
119August 16@ Phillies0–4WolfFinley31,11766–53
120August 17@ Phillies5–1SimontacchiCoggin20,24267–53
121August 18@ Phillies5–1MorrisPadilla58,49368–53
122August 19Pirates7–2BenesWells31,62669–53
123August 20Pirates0–8BensonHackman34,99769–54
124August 21Pirates4–1FinleyFoggIsringhausen26,80670–54
125August 22Pirates5–4MolinaM. Williams26,60671–54
126August 23Phillies4–5AdamsJoseph35,72471–55
127August 24Phillies0–4PadillaBenesMesa41,03371–56
128August 25Phillies3–5SilvaIsringhausenMesa31,85071–57
129August 27 (1)@ Reds4–5ReitsmaSimontacchiGraves71–58
130August 27 (2)@ Reds5–0FinleyDessens19,57072–58
131August 28@ Reds9–2KlineEstes17,54473–58
132August 29@ Reds0–7HaynesWilliams20,50373–59
133August 30@ Cubs6–3WrightZambranoVeres36,31174–59
134August 31 (1)@ Cubs8–1HackmanPrior37,87475–59
135August 31 (2)@ Cubs10–4BenesBere37,63976–59 :
September: (21–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Cubs4–5CruzFinleyAlfonseca37,73976–60
137September 2Reds3–5EstesStephensonGraves37,06476–61
138September 3Reds3–1WilliamsHaynesVeres26,64177–61
139September 4Reds10–5HackmanChen25,36378–61
140September 6Cubs11–2Andy BenesAlan Benes38,66179–61
141September 7Cubs6–5FasseroAlfonseca46,77980–61
142September 8Cubs3–1SimontacchiWoodKline45,26581–61
143September 9@ Brewers3–0WilliamsDigginsKline16,35182–61
144September 10@ Brewers8–3MorrisFranklin17,53983–61
145September 11@ Brewers4–3FasseroSheetsIsringhausen16,90784–61
146September 12@ Astros3–6DotelVeresWagner26,36584–62
147September 13@ Astros3–2WhiteGordonIsringhausen33,67285–62
148September 14@ Astros2–1WilliamsMunroIsringhausen39,33386–62
149September 15@ Astros0–8MillerMorris32,45686–63
150September 17@ Rockies11–4FasseroMercker25,83387–63
151September 18@ Rockies8–5WhiteSpeierKline25,33088–63
152September 19@ Rockies12–6SimontacchiJennings25,56789–63
153September 20Astros9–3WhiteMunro34,99090–63
154September 21Astros3–6MillerMorris40,36590–64
155September 22Astros7–3FinleySaarloos38,70691–64
156September 23D'Backs13–1WrightHelling30,56892–64
157September 24D'Backs3–2IsringhausenFetters30,01993–64
158September 25D'Backs6–1StephensonSchilling32,21294–64
159September 26Brewers9–1MorrisDiggins27,29995–64
160September 27Brewers1–2SheetsWhiteDeJean32,18695–65
161September 28Brewers3–1FinleyRuschIsringhausen35,90696–65
162September 29Brewers4–0CrudaleVizcaino40,25097–65 :

### Transactions

* June 9: Released pitcher José Rodríguez.
* July 29: Traded third baseman Plácido Polanco, pitcher Mike Timlin, and pitcher Bud Smith to the Philadelphia Phillies for third baseman Scott Rolen, Doug Nickle and cash.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Mike Matheny | 110 | 315 | 77 | .244 | 3 | 35 |
| 1B | Tino Martinez | 150 | 511 | 134 | .262 | 21 | 75 |
| 2B | Fernando Viña | 150 | 622 | 168 | .270 | 1 | 54 |
| SS | Édgar Rentería | 152 | 544 | 166 | .305 | 11 | 83 |
| 3B | Plácido Polanco | 94 | 342 | 97 | .284 | 5 | 27 |
| LF | Albert Pujols | 157 | 590 | 185 | .314 | 34 | 127 |
| CF | Jim Edmonds | 144 | 476 | 148 | .311 | 28 | 83 |
| RF | J.D. Drew | 135 | 424 | 107 | .252 | 18 | 56 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Eli Marrero | 131 | 397 | 104 | .262 | 18 | 66 |
| Scott Rolen | 55 | 205 | 57 | .278 | 14 | 44 |
| Miguel Cairo | 108 | 184 | 46 | .250 | 2 | 23 |
| Kerry Robinson | 124 | 181 | 47 | .260 | 1 | 15 |
| Mike DiFelice | 70 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 4 | 19 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 96 | 154 | 31 | .201 | 10 | 26 |
| Wilson Delgado | 12 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 2 | 5 |
| So Taguchi | 19 | 15 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
| Iván Cruz | 17 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Coolbaugh | 5 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Matt Morris | 32 | 210.1 | 17 | 9 | 3.42 | 171 |
| Jason Simontacchi | 24 | 143.1 | 11 | 5 | 4.02 | 72 |
| Woody Williams | 17 | 103.1 | 9 | 4 | 2.53 | 76 |
| Andy Benes | 18 | 97.0 | 5 | 4 | 2.78 | 64 |
| Chuck Finley | 14 | 85.1 | 7 | 4 | 3.80 | 83 |
| Darryl Kile | 14 | 84.2 | 5 | 4 | 3.72 | 50 |
| Josh Pearce | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 1 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Luther Hackman | 43 | 81.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.11 | 46 |
| Travis Smith | 12 | 54.0 | 4 | 2 | 7.17 | 32 |
| Bud Smith | 11 | 48.0 | 1 | 5 | 6.94 | 22 |
| Garrett Stephenson | 12 | 45.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.40 | 34 |
| Jamey Wright | 4 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.80 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jason Isringhausen | 60 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 2.48 | 68 |
| Dave Veres | 71 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3.48 | 68 |
| Steve Kline | 66 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.39 | 41 |
| Mike Crudale | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 47 |
| Mike Matthews | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.39 | 32 |
| Mike Timlin | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.51 | 35 |
| Gene Stechschulte | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.78 | 21 |
| Rick White | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.82 | 14 |
| Jeff Fassero | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 12 |
| Gabe Molina | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 4 |
| Kevin Joseph | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
| Matt Duff | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 4 |
| Nerio Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 |
| José Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |

## NLDS

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0
| Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Stadium | Series |
| 1 | Arizona | 2 | St. Louis | 12 | October 1 | Bank One Ballpark | 1-0 (STL) |
| 2 | Arizona | 1 | St. Louis | 2 | October 3 | Bank One Ballpark | 2-0 (STL) |
| 3 | St. Louis | 6 | Arizona | 3 | October 5 | Busch Stadium | 3-0 (STL) |

## NLCS
### 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 |
| WP: Kirk Rueter (1-0) LP: Matt Morris (0-1) Sv: Robb Nen (1) Home runs: 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 |
| WP: Jason Schmidt (1-0) LP: Woody Williams (0-1) Sv: Robb Nen (2) Home runs: SFG: Rich Aurilia 2 (2) STL: Eduardo Pérez (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 12: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco
| 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 |
| WP: Chuck Finley (1-0) LP: Jay Witasick (0-1) Sv: Jason Isringhausen (1) Home runs: STL: Mike Matheny (1), Jim Edmonds (1), Eli Marrero (1) SFG: Barry Bonds (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 13: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco
| 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 |
| WP: Tim Worrell (1-0) LP: Rick White (0-1) Sv: Robb Nen (3) Home runs: STL: None SFG: Benito Santiago (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 14: Pac Bell Park, San Francisco
| 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 |
| WP: Tim Worrell (2-0) LP: Matt Morris (0-2) |||||||||||||

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Memphis Redbirds | Pacific Coast League | Gaylen Pitts |
| AA | New Haven Ravens | Eastern League | Mark DeJohn |
| A | Potomac Cannons | Carolina League | Joe Cunningham, Jr. |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Danny Sheaffer |
| A-Short Season | New Jersey Cardinals | New York–Penn League | Tommy Shields |
| Rookie | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Brian Rupp |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peoria