2002 National League Division Series
| 2002 National League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2 – 7 | ||||||||||||
| Television |
ABC Family (Game 1) Fox (Games 2, 4–5) FX (Game 3) |
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| TV announcers |
Dave O'Brien, Tony Gwynn (Game 1) Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons (Games 2, 4) Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 3) Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Game 5) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Gary Cohen, Rob Dibble | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1 – 5 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ABC Family | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers |
Chris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe (Games 1–2) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Game 3) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jim Durham, Buck Showalter | ||||||||||||
| Umpires |
Mike Reilly, Paul Emmel, Angel Hernandez, Jerry Layne, Tim Tschida, Ted Barrett (Braves–Giants, Games 1–2, 5; Diamondbacks–Cardinals, Game 3) Bruce Froemming, Bill Miller, Ron Kulpa, Gary Darling, Steve Rippley, Mark Hirschbeck (Diamondbacks–Cardinals, Games 1–2; Braves–Giants, Games 3–4) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| San Francisco Giants (3) | Dusty Baker | 95–66, .590, GB: 2½ | |
| Atlanta Braves (2) | Bobby Cox | 101–59, .631, GA: 19 |
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| St. Louis Cardinals (3) | Tony La Russa | 97–65, .599, GA: 13 | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks (0) | Bob Brenly | 98–64, .605, GA: 2½ |
The 2002 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2002 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Monday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams 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 and Giants went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Giants became the National League champion, and lost to the American League champion Anaheim Angels in the 2002 World Series.
San Francisco won the series, 3–2.
St. Louis won the series, 3–0.
The Atlanta Braves had won their eleventh straight division title. The San Francisco Giants were making their third appearance in the postseason since 1997. Barry Bonds was also looking for a little revenge because he was the left fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates when they lost to the Braves in two straight NLCS appearances.
Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia
In Game 1, Russ Ortiz faced Tom Glavine. In the top of the second, J.T. Snow hit a two-run double, then David Bell singled Snow home to make it 3–0 Giants. Glavine would help his own cause by hitting a two-run single to left field that almost tied the game thanks to an error by Bonds in the bottom half of the second. Later, a three-run inning, capped by Rich Aurilia's two-run double, seemed to silence the Braves as the Giants took a commanding 6–2 lead in the fourth. Glavine would leave after five innings and Benito Santiago would add insult to injury by doubling in two more runs in the sixth. However, with one out in the eighth, the Braves put together a mini rally that started with Gary Sheffield's solo homer. With one on and one out, Santiago dropped a foul fly ball hit by Javy López. He would then homer to put the Braves back in the game. In the ninth the Braves put the tying run at the plate for Sheffield, but he hit into a game-ending double play.
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