2005 National League Division Series
The 2005 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2005 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Sunday, October 9, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
- (1) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champions, 100–62) vs. (3) San Diego Padres (Western Division champions, 82–80): Cardinals win series, 3–0.
- (2) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champions, 90–72) vs. (4) Houston Astros (Wild Card, 89–73): Astros win series, 3–1.
| 2005 National League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 4 – 8 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1, 3) ESPN2 (Game 2) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, and Gary Miller (Games 1, 3) Dave O'Brien, Steve Phillips, Eric Karros, and Duke Castiglione (Game 2) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Gary Cohen, Luis Gonzalez | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Ed Montague Bill Hohn Bruce Dreckman Jerry Layne Angel Hernandez Tim Timmons | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5 – 9 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1, 4) Fox (Games 2–3) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Dave O'Brien, Steve Phillips, Eric Karros (Game 1) Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons (Game 2) Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 3) Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe and Erin Andrews (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jim Durham, John Franco | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Joe Brinkman Marvin Hudson Jeff Nelson Gary Cederstrom Eric Cooper Sam Holbrook | ||||||||||||
The Cardinals and Astros went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Astros became the National League champion, and lost to the American League champion Chicago White Sox in the 2005 World Series.
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