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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 higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage.'' ''NOTE: The Cardinals were matched against the Padres rather than the wild card Astros because the Cardinals and Astros are in the same division.'' The two victorious teams went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The winner will become the National League champion, and will face the Chicago White Sox in the 2005 World Series . Umpires: Ed Montague , Bill Hohn , Bruce Dreckman , Jerry Layne , Angel Hernandez , Tim Timmons (Cardinals-Padres); Joe Brinkman , Marvin Hudson , Jeff Nelson , Gary Cederstrom , Eric Cooper , Sam Holbrook (Astros-Braves) RESULTS St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres St. Louis wins the series, 3-0. |
Game 1, October 4, 2005 Busch Stadium , St. Louis, Missouri Game 2, October 5, 2005 Busch Stadium , St. Louis, Missouri Game 3, October 7, 2005 PETCO Park , San Diego, California Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros Houston wins the series, 3-1. |
Game 1, October 5, 2005 Turner Field , Atlanta, Georgia Game 2, October 6, 2005 Turner Field , Atlanta, Georgia Game 3, October 8, 2005 Minute Maid Park , Houston, Texas Game 4, October 9, 2005 The final game of the series lasted eighteen innings and set records as the longest game in the history of Major League Baseball's postseason, both in terms of time and number of innings. Although the Braves started out with an early lead and were even ahead 6-1 in the eighth, a grand slam by Lance Berkman in the eighth and a solo home run by Brad Ausmus sent the game to extra innings. The second half of the game included three innings of relief by Roger Clemens , appearing in relief for only the second time in his career (and appearing this time only because the Astros were out of pitchers). Chris Burke hit the game ending home run in the bottom of the eighteenth, giving Houston the series victory and sending them to the NLCS to face the St. Louis Cardinals . In addition to being the longest postseason game in MLB history, it was also the only postseason game to include two grand slams, Lance Berkman's and Adam LaRoche 's. Minute Maid Park , Houston, Texas |
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