2002 NLCS
| 2002 National League Championship Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 9 – 14 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Benito Santiago (San Francisco) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Randy Marsh, Jeff Nelson, Dale Scott, Jeff Kellogg, Tim Welke, Charlie Reliford | ||||||||||||
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| Television | Fox | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| San Francisco Giants (4) | Dusty Baker | 95–66, .590, GB: 2 1⁄2 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals (1) | Tony La Russa | 97–65, .599, GA: 13 |
The 2002 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 9 to 14 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals and the wild-card qualifying San Francisco Giants. It was a rematch of the 1987 NLCS, in which the Cardinals defeated the Giants in seven games. The Cardinals, by virtue of being a division winner, had the home field advantage.
The two teams were victorious in the NL Division Series (NLDS), with the Cardinals defeating the West Division champion Arizona Diamondbacks three games to none, and the Giants defeating the East Division champion and heavily favored Atlanta Braves three games to two.
The Giants won the series in five games but were defeated by the Anaheim Angels in seven games in the World Series.
San Francisco won the series, 4–1.
Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri
The Giants struck first in Game 1 off of Matt Morris with two on via Benito Santiago's single to score Kenny Lofton from second. Next inning, Morris struck out the first two batters he faced, then allowed a single to Lofton, who stole second and scored on Rich Aurilia's single. After Jeff Kent singled, Barry Bonds's triple scored two before Bonds scored on Santiago's single. The Cardinals got on the board in the bottom of the inning off of Kirk Rueter on Fernando Vina's groundout with runners on second and third, but home runs by Lofton in the third and David Bell in the fifth off of Morris gave the Giants a 7−1 lead. Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth off of Rueter, but the Giants got those runs back in the sixth on Santiago's home run off of Mike Crudale. The Cardinals cut the lead to 9−5 on Miguel Cairo's two-run home run in the bottom of the inning, then made it 9−6 on J. D. Drew's home run in the eighth off of Tim Worrell, but Robb Nen pitched a scoreless ninth for the save as the Giants went up 1−0 in the series.
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