2005 National League Division Series

2005 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
St. Louis Cardinals (3) Tony La Russa 100–62, .617, GA: 11
San Diego Padres (0) Bruce Bochy 82–80, .506, GA: 5
DatesOctober 4 – 8
TelevisionESPN (Games 1, 3)
ESPN2 (Game 2)
TV announcersJon Miller, Joe Morgan, and Gary Miller (Games 1, 3)
Dave O'Brien, Steve Phillips, Eric Karros, and Duke Castiglione (Game 2)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersGary Cohen, Luis Gonzalez
UmpiresEd Montague
Bill Hohn
Bruce Dreckman
Jerry Layne
Angel Hernandez
Tim Timmons
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Houston Astros (3) Phil Garner 89–73, .549, GB: 11
Atlanta Braves (1) Bobby Cox 90–72, .556, GA: 2
DatesOctober 5 – 9
TelevisionESPN (Games 1, 4)
Fox (Games 2–3)
TV announcersDave 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)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJim Durham, John Franco
UmpiresJoe Brinkman
Marvin Hudson
Jeff Nelson
Gary Cederstrom
Eric Cooper
Sam Holbrook
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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:

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.

  1. ^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which was determined by playing record. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Cardinals played the Padres, rather than the wild card Astros, because the Cardinals and Astros are in the same division.