 He then lobbed the ball to Albert Pujols, who caught it to send the Cardinals to the NLCS for the first time since 2006.The Milwaukee Brewers took the first game of the NLCS 9–6, but the Cardinals rebounded to take the next two games.The teams split the next two, and on Sunday, October 16, the Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, for their 18th NL Pennant, and became the only team to play in three of the last ten World Series.