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
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
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
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
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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:

• (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.^[1]

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.