2008 National League Division Series
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| Dates | October 1 – 4 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | , Ron Darling, Tony Gwynn | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Miller, Rick Sutcliffe | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Dale Scott, Paul Emmel, Jeff Nelson, Tom Hallion, Gerry Davis, Jim Reynolds | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1 – 5 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Brian Anderson, Joe Simpson, John Smoltz | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Michael Kay, Steve Phillips | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Dana DeMuth, Mark Wegner, Brian Runge, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Joyce, Paul Nauert | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers (3) | Joe Torre | 84–78, .519, GA: 2 | |
| Chicago Cubs (0) | Lou Piniella | 97–64, .602, GA: 7½ |
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| Philadelphia Phillies (3) | Charlie Manuel | 92–70, .568, GA: 3 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers (1) | Dale Sveum | 90–72, .556, GB: 7½ |
The 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2008 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 1 and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
The underdog Dodgers swept the Cubs to advance to the NLCS, while the Phillies defeated the Brewers by three games to one. The series marked the first postseason series victory for the Dodgers since winning the 1988 World Series, and the first such victory for the Phillies since the 1993 NLCS.
Los Angeles won the series, 3–0.
Philadelphia won the series, 3–1.
Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
The Dodgers swiped Game 1 from the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Mark DeRosa gave the Cubs an early lead in the second inning with an opposite-field home run. James Loney's fifth inning grand slam proved to be too much for the Cubs as they didn't score after that. Derek Lowe settled in after giving up the home run to DeRosa by going six innings, giving up two earned runs. Manny Ramírez and Russell Martin provided insurance with late-inning home runs. Ryan Dempster struggled for much of the night giving up seven walks and four earned runs.
Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
The Dodgers took advantage of sloppy Cubs fielding as the entire infield committed four errors—one by each starting infielder—totalling up to five unearned runs, including four in a five-run second inning—combined with Chad Billingsley's 6 2⁄3 innings of one-run pitching and Manny Ramírez' second home run in the series, his record-stretching 26th postseason dinger gives the Dodgers a 2–0 series lead.
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