2021 National League Division Series
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| Dates: | October 8–14 | |||||||||
| Television: | TBS | |||||||||
| TV announcers: | Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Lauren Shehadi | |||||||||
| Radio: | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers: | Jon Sciambi and Kyle Peterson | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Ted Barrett (crew chief), Doug Eddings, Angel Hernandez, Pat Hoberg, Gabe Morales, Carlos Torres | |||||||||
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| Dates: | October 8–14 | |||||||||
| Television: | TBS | |||||||||
| TV announcers: | Don Orsillo, Jeff Francoeur and Matt Winer | |||||||||
| Radio: | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers: | Karl Ravech and Tim Kurkjian | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Mike Estabrook, Will Little, Alfonso Márquez (crew chief), Mike Muchlinski, Tony Randazzo, Quinn Wolcott | |||||||||
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The 2021 National League Division Series is the two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2021 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—determined by the NL Wild Card Game—will play in two series. These matchups are:
- (1) San Francisco Giants (NL West champions) vs. (4) Los Angeles Dodgers (Wild Card Game winner)
- (2) Milwaukee Brewers (NL Central champions) vs. (3) Atlanta Braves (NL East champions)
The higher seeded team of each series will host Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the lower seeded team will host Game 3 and (if necessary) 4.[1][2]
Contents
Background
Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value). Seeds one through three are determined by regular season winning percentages among division-winning teams. The final team will be the winner of the National League Wild Card Game, played between the league's fourth and fifth seeded teams.
The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the National League Central on September 26,[3] and secured the second-seed in the NL postseason via their 95–67 record. The Atlanta Braves clinched the National League East on September 30,[4] and secured the third-seed in the NL postseason via their 88–73 record. The Brewers and Braves were tied in the season series, with both winning three games each.
The San Francisco Giants clinched the National League West on October 3, the last day of the season.[5] With a 107–55 record, the Giants were the top seed in the National League postseason. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card Game, 3–1, to advance to the NLDS. The postseason match-up between the two rivals is the first in their history, and it is a continuation of their battle over the NL West crown over this summer. San Francisco won the season series over Los Angeles, 10–9.
The Giants are making their first postseason appearance since 2016. This is the Braves fourth straight postseason appearance, having won the NL East each of those seasons. The Brewers are making their fourth straight postseason appearance, extending a franchise record. Also extending a franchise streak of postseason appearances is the Dodgers, who are making their ninth straight appearance.
Matchups
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Series tied, 1–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 8 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 0, San Francisco Giants – 4 | Oracle Park | 2:39 | 41,934 |
| 2 | October 9 | Los Angeles Dodgers – 9, San Francisco Giants – 2 | Oracle Park | 3:27 | 42,275 |
| 3 | October 11 | San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodger Stadium | - | - |
| 4 | October 12 | San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodger Stadium | - | - |
| 5 | October 14 |
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants | Oracle Park | - | - |
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves
Atlanta leads the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 8 | Atlanta Braves – 1, Milwaukee Brewers – 2 | American Family Field | 3:00 | 40,852 |
| 2 | October 9 | Atlanta Braves – 3, Milwaukee Brewers – 0 | American Family Field | 3:23 | 43,812 |
| 3 | October 11 | Milwaukee Brewers – 0, Atlanta Braves – 3 | Truist Park | 3:20 | 41,479 |
| 4 | October 12 | Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves | Truist Park | - | - |
| 5 | October 14 |
Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers | American Family Field | - | - |
If necessary
San Francisco vs. Los Angeles
This is the first postseason match-up between the Dodgers and Giants and a continuation of the epic divisional race between the two rivals, which saw the Giants win a franchise-record 107 games and the Dodgers tie theirs at 106 wins. The Giants won the season series, 10–9.[6] The Dodgers and Giants divisional race became only the fourth time a pair of 100 win teams in the same division were separated by one game, the others being: 1915 Red Sox/Tigers; 1962 Giants/Dodgers; and 1993 Braves/Giants.[7]
There have been no official postseason match-ups between the two rivals in the modern era, but they have met each other before with high stakes on the line. When the teams were located in New York, they met in the 1951 National League tie-breaker series, due to both teams finishing with identical win–loss records of 96–58. It is most famous for the walk-off home run hit by Bobby Thomson of the Giants in the deciding game, which has come to be known as baseball's "Shot Heard 'Round the World". In California, and with identical 101–61 records after 162 games, the teams met with a pennant on the line in the 1962 National League tie-breaker series. The Giants closed out the series in Game 3 with a 6–4 victory to clinch their first pennant in San Francisco.
There are various connections between the two clubs, mainly due to the presence of Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi. Zaidi was the Dodgers GM from 2014–2018. Giants manager Gabe Kapler was the Dodgers Director of Player Development from 2014–2017, where he had a hand in helping develop many of the current Dodgers homegrown players.[8]
Their 213 combined regular season wins are the most in MLB postseason series history, beating out the 1998 World Series between the 114–48 Yankees and 98–64 Padres (212 combined victories).[9]
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| San Francisco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Logan Webb (1-0) LP: Walker Buehler (0–1) Home runs: LAD: None SF: Buster Posey (1), Kris Bryant (1), Brandon Crawford (1) Attendance: 41,934 Boxscore |
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Walker Buehler started for the Dodgers but the Giants pounced on him in the first inning, with a two-run homer by Buster Posey. Buehler recovered after that and kept the Giants from scoring again until allowing a solo homer by Kris Bryant in the seventh. Overall he allowed the three runs in 6 1⁄3 innings on six hits and one walk, while striking out five. The Giants added one more run on a homer by Brandon Crawford off Alex Vesia in the eighth. Meanwhile, Logan Webb pitched for the Giants and completely dominated the Dodgers, allowing five hits in 7 2⁄3 scoreless innings while striking out 10. The Giants took game one, 4–0.[10]
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Julio Urías (1–0) LP: Kevin Gausman (0–1) Home runs: LAD: Will Smith (1) SF: None Attendance: 42,275 Boxscore |
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Julio Urías started the second game for the Dodgers and only allowed one run on three hits in five innings, with five strikeouts. Kevin Gausman for the Giants allowed four runs in 5 1⁄3 innings. The Dodgers scored the first two runs in the second on RBI singles by Urías and Mookie Betts with the Giants getting one back in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Donovan Solano. The Dodgers then scored four runs in the sixth on back-to-back doubles by Cody Bellinger and A. J. Pollock and they added three more in the eighth on a Will Smith homer and RBI singles by Matt Beaty and Corey Seager off of relievers Zack Littell and Jarlin García. The Giants scored on a Crawford single off Joe Kelly in the sixth but lost the game 9–2 to even up the series.[11]
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| San Francisco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Los Angeles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: SF: Alex Wood (0–0) LAD: Max Scherzer (0–0) |
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Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| San Francisco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: SF: TBD LAD: TBD |
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Composite line score
2021 NLDS (1–1): San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers are tied
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
| San Francisco Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total attendance: 84,209 Average attendance: 42,105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee vs. Atlanta
This is the first postseason matchup between the Braves and the Brewers. The two teams each won three games in the six-game regular season series.[6]
In terms of historical ramifications, the Braves franchise was based in Milwaukee from 1953 to 1965, and each team retired the jersey of Hank Aaron, who started and ended his career in the city of Milwaukee. While in the city, the Braves won the 1957 World Series, which was the franchise's second championship and last for 38 years. To date, it is the only World Series championship the city of Milwaukee has won.
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Adrian Houser (1–0) LP: Charlie Morton (0–1) Sv: Josh Hader (1) Home runs: ATL: Joc Pederson (1) MIL: Rowdy Tellez (1) Attendance: 40,852 Boxscore |
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Game 1 of the series featured a pitcher's duel between Charlie Morton and Corbin Burnes. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the 7th, when Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run home run off of Morton to give Milwaukee the lead. In the 8th, Joc Pederson hit a pinch hit solo home run to put the Braves on the board. The Braves made things interesting in the 9th against All-Star closer Josh Hader, but he closed the door after getting former Brewer Orlando Arcia to groundout to Kolten Wong. With the loss, the Braves fell to 4-12 in Game 1 of playoff series since 2000, with three of those wins coming in 2020.[12]
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Max Fried (1–0) LP: Brandon Woodruff (0–1) Sv: Will Smith (1) Home runs: ATL: Austin Riley (1) MIL: None Attendance: 43,812 Boxscore |
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Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Ian Anderson (1–0) LP: Adrian Houser (1–1) Sv: Will Smith (2) Home runs: MIL: None ATL: Joc Pederson (2) Attendance: 41,479 Boxscore |
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Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Milwaukee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Atlanta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: MIL: TBD ATL: TBD |
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Composite line score
2021 NLDS (2–1): Atlanta Braves leads Milwaukee Brewers.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total attendance: 126,143 Average attendance: 42,048 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
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External links
- 2021 Major League Baseball season
- National League Division Series
- October 2021 sports events in the United States
- Atlanta Braves postseason
- Milwaukee Brewers postseason
- San Francisco Giants postseason
- Los Angeles Dodgers postseason
- 2020s in Milwaukee
- 2021 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 2021 in sports in Wisconsin
- 2021 in sports in California
