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 ...

Lidge Is Off Key, but Faces the Music. Pujols's Home Run A Stunning Blow Off Formidable Closer. ... Brad Lidge, Houston's fearsome and forceful closer, entered to his chosen music, ...

It's not often that a home run makes not one but two cities shake. 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 ...

Houston Astros closing pitcher Brad Lidge reacts to a difficult ninth inning as St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols rounds third base in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series ...

See This Article In Its Original Context at Remember The Sonics! The Phillies-Cardinals game on Tuesday night was nothing spectacular for either side. Starting pitchers Brett Myers (5 ...

Our Homer History series features Jeff Passan recounting the Game 5 of the NLCS in 2005, when Albert Pujols crushed a ninth-inning homer off Brad Lidge.

Editor's Note: This story appears in the July 2 edition of ESPN The Magazine, on sale beginning June 20. He laughs when you ask him about Albert Pujols. He stands in front of his locker, being ...

St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols (5) and Houston Astros closer Brad Lidge (54) watch Pujol’s three-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Cardinals a 5-4 win in Game 5 of the National ...

PHILADELPHIA — Brad Lidge forgot about Albert Pujols’ mammoth playoff homer a long time ago. Maybe now that he has had a perfect season, people will stop reminding him of it. Lidge didn’t ...

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 ...