2013 National League Championship Series
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The 2013 National League Championship Series, the 44th
This was the fourth postseason meeting between the Cardinals and Dodgers, after the 1985 NLCS (Cardinals won 4–2), 2004 NLDS (Cardinals won 3–1), and 2009 NLDS (Dodgers won 3–0).
The Cardinals would go on to lose to the Boston Red Sox in the 2013 World Series in six games.
Matchup
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis won the series, 4–2.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 11 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 3 (13) | Busch Stadium | 4:47 | 46,691[1] |
2 | October 12 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 0, St. Louis Cardinals – 1 | Busch Stadium | 2:40 | 46,872[2] |
3 | October 14 | St. Louis Cardinals – 0, Los Angeles Dodgers – 3 | Dodger Stadium | 2:54 | 53,940[3] |
4 | October 15 | St. Louis Cardinals – 4, Los Angeles Dodgers – 2 | Dodger Stadium | 3:17 | 53,992[4] |
5 | October 16 | St. Louis Cardinals – 4, Los Angeles Dodgers – 6 | Dodger Stadium | 3:10 | 53,183[5] |
6 | October 18 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 0, St. Louis Cardinals – 9 | Busch Stadium | 2:59 | 46,899[6] |
Game summaries
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
WP: Lance Lynn (1–0) LP: Chris Withrow (0–1) |
Things got off to a rough start for Los Angeles when Hanley Ramirez was hit in the ribs by a 95-mph Joe Kelly fastball, which impacted his ability for the remainder of the series.[8] The Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs off of Joe Kelly on a double and two walks in the third inning when Juan Uribe's single scored two, but in the bottom of the inning, Zack Greinke allowed a two-out single to Kelly and walked Matt Carpenter before both men scored on Carlos Beltrán's double tying the game. Greinke allowed only two runs in eight innings, while striking out a season high ten batters, the first pitcher to strike out ten Cardinals in a post-season game since Denny Galehouse in the 1944 World Series.[9] The game went into extra innings and in the top of the tenth, Mark Ellis tripled with one out and tried to score on Michael Young's sacrifice fly, but was thrown out by Beltran to end the inning. In the bottom of the 13th, Beltran drove in the winning run with a line drive into the right-field corner that scored Daniel Descalso from second off of Kenley Jansen. The game was the third longest NLCS game ever (after game six in 1986 and game five in 1999), the Dodgers' longest post-season game since game two of the 1916 World Series and the Cardinals' longest ever. It was the longest NLCS Game 1 ever.[10]
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Michael Wacha (1–0) LP: Clayton Kershaw (0–1) Sv: Trevor Rosenthal (1) |
The Dodgers' offense was short-handed in game two because Hanley Ramírez sat out with injured ribs, the result of getting hit with a pitch in game one, and with Andre Ethier getting a day off for playing the entirety of Game 1's 13-inning affair. The game was a pitchers' duel as the Cardinals only got two hits off of Clayton Kershaw and two relievers. Jon Jay's sacrifice fly scored David Freese (after he doubled to lead off the inning) for the game's only run, in the bottom of the fifth. Due to a passed ball, Freese's run was unearned. The Dodgers managed five hits off Michael Wacha but were unable to get any runs. They loaded the bases in the sixth inning with one out, but Wacha struck out Yasiel Puig and Juan Uribe to end the threat. Trevor Rosenthal struck out the side (Puig, Uribe, and pinch hitter Ethier) in the ninth inning for the save and the Dodgers fell behind 2–0 in the series. Kershaw was the first starting pitcher in postseason history to allow no earned runs and two or fewer hits and lose the game.[12]
Game 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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In Game 3, Hyun-jin Ryu pitched seven shutout innings and the Dodgers managed to score off Adam Wainwright to take the game 3–0. In the fourth, Mark Ellis hit a leadoff double, then scored on Adrián González's double one out later. González then scored on Yasiel Puig's triple, his first hit of the series, after 11 hitless at-bats. Hanley Ramírez had two hits and an RBI single in the seventh in his return to the Dodgers lineup, despite a fractured rib.[13] It was the first postseason series since the 1948 World Series in which neither team hit a home run in the first three games.[14]
Game 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Lance Lynn (2–0) LP: Ricky Nolasco (0–1) Sv: Trevor Rosenthal (2) Home runs: STL: Matt Holliday (1), Shane Robinson (1) LAD: None |
Ramirez was still hobbled by the rib injury and struggled at the plate and in the field before leaving the game in the sixth inning. In the third,
Game 5
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A.J. Ellis (1), Adrián González 2 (2)
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The Dodgers staved off elimination in Game 5 as Zack Greinke pitched seven strong innings and the bats came alive. In the second, the Dodgers hit four singles off of Joe Kelly, the last two of which by Juan Uribe and Greinke scored a run each. The Cardinals tied the game in the third when Matt Carpenter singled, then scored on Carlos Beltrán's triple before Beltran scored on Matt Holliday's double. Adrián González's home run in the bottom of the inning put the Dodgers up 3−2. They added to their lead on home runs by Carl Crawford in the fifth, A. J. Ellis in the seventh off of Edward Mujica and González in the eighth off of John Axford. The four homers tied a Dodger post-season record that had previously been accomplished in Game 2 of the 1977 World Series and Game 1 of the 1978 NLCS.[16] The Cardinals managed two runs off Kenley Jansen in the ninth on RBI singles by Matt Adams and Pete Kozma, but the Dodgers held on to win 6–4 and send the series back to St. Louis.[17]
Game 6
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Michael Wacha (2–0) LP: Clayton Kershaw (0–2) |
Hoping to force a game seven, the
The Cardinals scored in the third inning when
The Cardinals added five runs in the fifth inning. Molina singled to right field and reached second base on Puig's second throwing error of the night.
Winning pitcher Michael Wacha was named the NLCS MVP after winning both of his starts with a 0.00 ERA, holding the Dodgers to a .149 batting average against (BAA), two walks and 13 SO in 13+2⁄3 scoreless IP. He became the fourth rookie to win a postseason series MVP award, following Larry Sherry (1959 World Series), Mike Boddicker (1983 NLCS), and Liván Hernández (1997 NLCS and 1997 World Series).[19][20]
The victory earned the Cardinals their 19th pennant as a franchise and their second World Series appearance in three years.
Composite line score
2013 NLCS (4–2): St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 301,577 Average attendance: 50,263 |
Aftermath
Days after their NLCS defeat, Dodgers general manager
The Cardinals and Dodgers met again during the
The two teams met again in the postseason in the 2021 National League Wild Card Game, with the Dodgers winning in the ninth on a two-run Chris Taylor walk-off home run.[24]
References
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- ^ "Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Los Angeles - October 14, 2013". MLB.com. October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Los Angeles - October 15, 2013". MLB.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ "Boxscore:St. Louis vs. Los Angeles - October 16, 2013". MLB.com. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ^ "Boxscore:Los Angeles vs. St. Louis - October 18, 2013". MLB.com. October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Los Angeles at St. Louis Cardinals – October 11, 2013 | MLB.com Play-by-Play". MLB.com. October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "Hanley bruises rib to add to laundry list of injuries". MLB.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "Carlos Beltran sends Cards past Dodgers in 13th to open NLCS". ESPN. November 11, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ Stark, Jayson (October 12, 2013). "Carlos Beltran does it again". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ "Los Angeles at St. Louis Cardinals – October 12, 2013 | MLB.com Play-by-Play". MLB.com. October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ "Michael Wacha, Cardinals blank Dodgers for 2-0 NLCS lead". ESPN. November 12, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ "Hyun-Jin Ryu outduels Adam Wainwright as Dodgers win Game 3". ESPN. October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ Stark, Jayson (October 16, 2013). "Matt Holliday delivers a timely gift". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ "Matt Holliday, Cardinals bring Dodgers to brink". ESPN. October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "Cardinals 4 Dodgers 6". USA Today. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "Adrian González, Zack Greinke help Dodgers stay alive". ESPN. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "Kershaw, Dodgers stunned by rare ugly start". Anthony DiComo. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ Kruth, Cash (October 18, 2013). "St. Louis Cardinals rookie Michael Wacha named NLCS MVP". www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Hummel, Rick (October 18, 2013). "Cardinals reach Series for 4th time in 10 season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Mattingly's job in jeopardy after awkward press conference". New York Post. Associated Press. October 22, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ McDonald, Darragh. "Don Mattingly Won't Return As Marlins Manager In 2023". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ Mitchell, Houston (July 30, 2020). "Dodgers Dugout: Joe Kelly wins the hearts of Dodgers fans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Eisenberg, Jeff. "Dodgers survive tense NL wild-card game, top Cardinals on Chris Taylor's walk-off homer". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
External links
- 2013 National League Championship Series at Baseball Reference