2006 National League Division Series

2006 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Mets (3) Willie Randolph 97–65, .599, GA: 12
Los Angeles Dodgers (0) Grady Little 88–74, .543, GB: 0
DatesOctober 4–7
TelevisionESPN (Game 1)
Fox (Games 2–3)
TV announcersGary Thorne, Joe Morgan, Steve Phillips and David Amber (Game 1)
Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons (Game 2)
Thom Brennaman, Tim McCarver and Chris Myers (Game 3)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDan Shulman, Dave Campbell
UmpiresJohn Hirschbeck
Ted Barrett
Eric Cooper
Ron Kulpa
Mike Winters
Brian O'Nora
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
St. Louis Cardinals (3) Tony La Russa 83–78, .516, GA: 1+12
San Diego Padres (1) Bruce Bochy 88–74, .543, GA: 0
DatesOctober 3–8
TelevisionESPN (Games 1–2)
ESPN2 (Game 3)
Fox (Game 4)
TV announcersChris Berman, Orel Hershiser and Duke Castiglione (Games 1–2)
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Erin Andrews (Game 3)
Thom Brennaman, Tim McCarver and Ken Rosenthal (Game 4)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersWayne Hagin, Luis Gonzalez
UmpiresGerry Davis
Bill Welke
Brian Gorman
Greg Gibson
Wally Bell
Marty Foster
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The 2006 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2006 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which was determined by playing record. The Padres were awarded the Western Division title over the Dodgers due to their winning the season series against Los Angeles 13–5.

The Mets and the Cardinals met in the NL Championship Series, with the Cardinals becoming the National League champion and going on to defeat the American League champion Detroit Tigers in the 2006 World Series.