1998 National League Division Series

1998 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Atlanta Braves (3) Bobby Cox 106–56, .654, GA: 18
Chicago Cubs (0) Jim Riggleman 90–73, .552, GB: 12+12
DatesSeptember 30–October 3
TelevisionESPN (Game 1)
Fox (Game 2)
NBC (Game 3)
TV announcersJon Miller and Joe Carter (Game 1)
Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 2)
Bob Costas and Joe Morgan (Game 3)
RadioESPN
WSB (AM)
WGN
Radio announcersGary Cohen and Dave Campbell
Pete Van Wieren
Skip Caray
Don Sutton
Joe Simpson
Pat Hughes
Ron Santo
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
San Diego Padres (3) Bruce Bochy 98–64, .605, GA: 9+12
Houston Astros (1) Larry Dierker 102–60, .630, GA: 12+12
DatesSeptember 29–October 4
TelevisionESPN (Games 1–3)
Fox (Game 4)
TV announcersJon Miller and Joe Morgan (in Houston)
Jon Miller and Ray Knight (Game 3)
Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 4)
RadioESPN (National)
KFMB (Padres' broadcast)
KILT (Astros' broadcast)
Radio announcersESPN: Charley Steiner and Rick Sutcliffe
KFMB: Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler
KILT: Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby
UmpiresMike Winters, Bill Hohn, Jerry Layne, Randy Marsh, Frank Pulli, Wally Bell (Braves–Cubs, Games 1–2; Astros–Padres, Games 3–4)
Ed Rapuano, Jeff Kellogg, Gary Darling, Bob Davidson, Bruce Froemming, Angel Hernandez (Astros–Padres, Games 1–2; Braves–Cubs, Game 3)
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The 1998 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1998 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 29, and ended on Sunday, October 4, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:

The Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Padres defeated the Braves four games to two to become the National League champion, and lost to the American League champion New York Yankees in the 1998 World Series.

  1. ^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which for the first time was determined by playing record. Also for the first time, the team with home field advantage played the first two games at home, with potentially Game 5 at home as well; previously, the team with the home field "advantage" had played the first two games on the road, with the possibility of the final three games at home. The Cubs had won the wild card spot through a one-game playoff with the San Francisco Giants, winning 5–3 on September 28.