One of the most dramatic moments in baseball history occurred exactly 12 years ago Tuesday, when Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit a monstrous three-run homer off Astros closer Brad Lidge in ...

And if you look out to your right, we can see Albert Pujols' home run still flying by.'" As it turns out, Astros catcher Brad Ausmus was behind it all—a moment that reinforced Lidge's belief ...

On Oct. 17, 2005, Albert Pujols did just that with a mammoth blast off Houston closer Brad Lidge. Pujols didn't hit the bull. He did Crash Davis one better. He hit the train tracks on top of the ...

CHICAGO – Six days before, it was Albert Pujols. Last night, it was one of the sport’s lightest-hitting players who took Brad Lidge deep to cost the Astros the game. Lidge gave up Scott ...

The home run we'll always remember: Albert Pujols off Brad Lidge in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS. Brian Bahr/Getty Images Pujols' home run off Lidge has a longevity beyond the play's championship impact.

LOUIS – Albert Pujols delivered ... On Oct. 17, 2005, Pujols came up to the plate against reliable Houston Astros closer Brad Lidge, who needed just one more out to send the Houston Astros ...

I still remember the silence. It was October 2005, Game 5 of the NLCS between the Cardinals and Astros, and I was standing in the back of the press box at Minute Maid Park in Houston, shoulder-to ...

Brad Lidge’s first season with the Philadelphia ... But after allowing a homer to St. Louis’ Albert Pujols in the NLCS, Lidge wasn’t the same. Houston still beat the Cardinals to advance ...

Brad Lidge is ... no conversation with Lidge could not include the moment that might unfairly define his Astros tenure: the three-run homer he allowed to Albert Pujols in Game 5 of the 2005 ...

Astros closer Brad Lidge isn't the only one tired of answering questions about the homer he gave up to Albert Pujols in the playoffs last year. So is Albert Pujols. Shortly after the Astros beat ...