2006 National League Championship Series

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The 2006 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2006 postseason pitting the top-seeded New York Mets and the third-seeded St. Louis Cardinals for the National League pennant. The Mets had home-field advantage due to their better record in the regular season. The Series began on October 12 and ended on October 19; it was scheduled to begin on October 11, but was postponed a day because of inclement weather. The Cardinals defeated the heavily favored Mets in seven games to advance to the 2006 World Series against the Detroit Tigers, who they would go on to defeat in five games. In the top of the 9th inning of Game 7 deadlocked in a 1–1 tie, the Cardinals took the lead with Yadier Molina's two-run home run off Mets reliever Aaron Heilman to put St. Louis ahead, 3–1. Adam Wainwright would then hold the Mets scoreless in the bottom of the 9th to give St. Louis their second pennant in three years and 17th in club history, placing them...

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