2000 National League Division Series
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| Dates | October 4 – 8 | ||||||||||||
| Television |
ESPN (Games 1, 4) Fox (Games 2–3) |
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| TV announcers |
Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Games 1, 4) Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 2) Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 3) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Charley Steiner and Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 3 – 7 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers |
Jon Miller and Buck Martinez (Games 1, 3) Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Game 2) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Wayne Hagin and Mark Grace | ||||||||||||
| Umpires |
Jeff Kellogg, Gary Cederstrom, Ed Montague, Dan Morrison, Larry Young, Ted Barrett (Giants–Mets, Games 1–2; Cardinals–Braves, Game 3) Rich Rieker, Terry Craft, Jerry Crawford, Brian Gorman, Rocky Roe, Mike DiMuro (Cardinals–Braves, Games 1–2; Giants–Mets, Games 3–4) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Mets (3) | Bobby Valentine | 94–68, .580, GB: 1 | |
| San Francisco Giants (1) | Dusty Baker | 97–65, .599, GA: 11 |
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| St. Louis Cardinals (3) | Tony La Russa | 95–67, .586, GA: 10 | |
| Atlanta Braves (0) | Bobby Cox | 95–67, .586, GA: 1 |
The 2000 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2000 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 (Games 1, 2 and 5 at home), which was determined by playing record. The Cardinals were awarded home field advantage rather than the Braves due to their 4–3 advantage in head-to-head play.
The Cardinals and Mets went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Mets beat the Cardinals four games to one to advance to the 2000 World Series, where they would face the American League champion New York Yankees. With their division rival Atlanta Braves losing to the Cardinals, the Mets' run to the World Series became much easier.
New York won the series, 3–1.
St. Louis won the series, 3–0.
Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, California
In the first ever playoff game at Pacific Bell Park, Giants Pitcher Liván Hernández allowed one run and five hits over a 7 2⁄3 inning effort, backed by a three-run home run by Ellis Burks as the Giants cruised to an easy 5–1 victory.
Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, California
Behind strong pitching from Al Leiter and a two-run home run from Edgardo Alfonzo in the top of the ninth inning, the Mets carried a 4–1 lead into the last of the ninth. However, following a double by Barry Bonds and a single from Jeff Kent, pinch hitter J. T. Snow hit a towering three-run home run off of Mets reliever Armando Benítez to tie the game at four. The Mets would bounce back in the tenth inning, with Rookie Jay Payton singling home Darryl Hamilton with two out in the inning. The Giants would threaten again, and had the tying run on with two out and Bonds at the plate, but John Franco struck out Bonds looking on a wicked 3–2 changeup, giving the Mets a heart-stopping 5–4 victory and a 1–1 series moving to New York.
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