Back Série de championnat de la Ligue nationale de baseball 2004 French 2004年のナショナルリーグチャンピオンシップシリーズ Japanese 2004年國家聯盟冠軍賽 Chinese
| 2004 National League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 13–21 | |||||||||
| MVP | Albert Pujols (St. Louis) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Tim Welke Eric Cooper Gary Darling Mike Winters Angel Hernandez Ed Rapuano | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons, Bob Brenly and Chris Myers | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell | |||||||||
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The 2004 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a playoff series in Major League Baseball’s 2004 postseason played from October 13 to 21 to determine the champion of the National League. It featured the Central Division champion and overall #1 seed St. Louis Cardinals, and the wild-card qualifying Houston Astros. This marked the first time in either Major League that two teams from the Central Division met in a Championship Series.
In a series in which all seven games were won by the home team, the Cardinals won 4–3 to advance to the World Series against the American League champion Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox reached their first World Series since 1986, with the Cardinals playing in their first since 1987. While the NLCS was an exciting back-and-forth series, it was overshadowed in media attention by Boston's 3-0 comeback in the ALCS.
The Cardinals would go on to lose in a sweep to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series in four games.