2004 – The Cardinals build a 2-0 lead in the N.L.C.S. with a 6-4 verdict in the rain. Houston’s 3-0 lead, buoyed by homers from Carlos Beltran and Morgan Ensberg,  is washed away in a four-run Redbird fifth inning. Dan Miceli then serves up the decisive runs on back-to-back blasts by Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen in the eighth.