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 ...

Astros reliever Brad Lidge, sitting in the dugout after giving up Albert Pujols's three-run homer, later did not shy away from the blame.

Yes, that Albert Pujols. The guy who wrecked two years of Brad Lidge’s career with one swing. Here is the play-by-play from the Cardinals ninth inning: - B. Lidge relieved R. Madson - A.

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 ...

NEW YORK -- It wasn't a monster Albert Pujols home run in the NLCS. It wasn't anything that's likely to scar Brad Lidge for three years. The Phillies' closer became the losing pitcher in the All ...

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 ...

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 ...