2004 National League Championship Series

The 2004 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 13 to 21, 2004 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals and the wild-card qualifying Houston Astros. This marked the first time in either major league that two teams from the Central Division met in a Championship Series.

Game 5, October 18

The Astros defeat the Cardinals 3-0. Jeff Kent drives in the winning runs with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. Astros starter Brandon Backe takes a perfect game into the fifth inning, when he walked Cardinals center fielder Jim Edmonds, and allows only one hit (a single to second baseman Tony Womack) in eight innings. Houston leads the best-of-seven series 3-2.

Related Topics:
Brandon Backe - Perfect game - Jim Edmonds - Tony Womack

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