2002 National League Championship Series

Infobox LCS


year = 2002
champion = San Francisco Giants (4)
champion_manager = Dusty Baker
champion_games = 95-66, .590, GB: 2½
runnerup = St. Louis Cardinals (1)
runnerup_manager = Tony La Russa
runnerup_games = 97-65, .599, GA: 13
date = October 9–October 14
MVP = Benito Santiago (San Francisco)
television = FOX
announcers = Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
radio_network = ESPN Radio
umpires = Randy Marsh, Jeff Nelson, Dale Scott, Jeff Kellogg, Tim Welke, Charlie Reliford
LDS1 = San Francisco Giants over Atlanta Braves (3-2)
LDS2 = St. Louis Cardinals over Arizona Diamondbacks (3-0)The by|2002 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 9 to October 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 Western Division champion Arizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 0, and the Giants defeating the Eastern Division champion Atlanta Braves 3 games to 2.

The Giants won the series in five games but were defeated by the Anaheim Angels in seven games in the World Series.

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an Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals

San Francisco wins the series, 4-1

Game summaries

Game 1

Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=San Francisco|RoadAbr=SFG
R1=1|R2=4|R3=1|R4=0|R5=1|R6=2|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=9|RH=11|RE=0
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=2|H6=2|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=6|HH=11|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Kirk Rueter (1-0)|LP=Matt Morris (0-1)|SV=Robb Nen (1)
RoadHR=Kenny Lofton (1), Benito Santiago (1), David Bell (1)|HomeHR=Albert Pujols (1), Miguel Cairo (1), J. D. Drew (1)|

Game 2

Thursday, October 10, 2002 at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=San Francisco|RoadAbr=SFG
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=4|RH=7|RE=0
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=1|HH=6|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jason Schmidt (1-0)|LP=Woody Williams (0-1)|SV=Robb Nen (2)
RoadHR=Rich Aurilia 2 (2)|HomeHR=Eduardo Perez (1)|

Game 3

Saturday, October 12, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=2|R4=1|R5=1|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=6|RE=1
Home=San Francisco|HomeAbr=SFG
H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=3|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=10|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Chuck Finley (1-0)|LP=Jay Witasick (0-1)|SV=Jason Isringhausen (1)
RoadHR=Jim Edmonds (1), Eli Marrero (1), Mike Matheny (1)|HomeHR=Barry Bonds (1)|

Game 4

Sunday, October 13, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=2|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=3|RH=12|RE=0
Home=San Francisco|HomeAbr=SFG
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=2|H9=X|HR=4|HH=4|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Tim Worrell (1-0)|LP=Rick White (0-1)|SV=Robb Nen (3)
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Benito Santiago (2)|

Game 5

Monday, October 14, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, CaliforniaLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=9|RE=0
Home=San Francisco|HomeAbr=SFG
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=1|HR=2|HH=7|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Tim Worrell (2-0)|LP=Matt Morris (0-2)|SV=|

Composite Box

2002 NLCS (4-1): San Francisco Giants over St. Louis CardinalsLinescore
Road=San Francisco Giants
R1=2|R2=5|R3=1|R4=0|R5=6|R6=4|R7=0|R8=3|R9=2|RR=23|RH=39|RE=1
Home=St. Louis Cardinals
H1=2|H2=1|H3=2|H4=1|H5=3|H6=3|H7=1|H8=2|H9=1|HR=16|HH=44|HE=1Total Attendance: 231,896 Average Attendance: 46,379|

Quote of the series

-- Jon Miller's radio call of the Giants' series-ending hit.

Notes