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Billy Bean standing with the NLCS logo at Dodger Stadium in 2016. The National League Championship Series (NLCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. It is contested by the winners of the two National League (NL) Division Series.
The trophy is named for Warren Giles, the league president from 1951 to 1969, and is presented immediately after each NL Championship Series (NLCS) by Warren's son Bill Giles, the honorary league president and former owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. [1] From 1876 through 1968, the pennant was awarded to the team with the best regular-season ...
This series marks the fourth postseason meeting between the Dodgers and the Mets. This NLCS marks a rematch of the 1988 NLCS, which the Dodgers won in seven games en route to their World Series title. The other previous postseason meetings were in the 2006 NLDS and, most recently, the 2015 NLDS, both of which the Mets won. They swept the former ...
Here's a look at the Mets' schedule for the 2024 National League Championship Series after taking down the Phillies in the NLDS.
The MLB playoffs are ongoing with the National League Championship Series and American League Championship Series. Here's how to watch.
The Arizona Diamondbacks qualified for the postseason as the sixth seed wild card entrant with an 84–78 record. In the Wild Card Series, they swept the third-seeded and National League Central division winner Milwaukee Brewers, and then swept and upset the second-seeded and National League West division winner 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series to reach the National League ...
From the pitcher's mound, Steve Avery threw 16 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings without giving up a run in the 1991 NLCS, [8] and John Smoltz amassed 19 strikeouts the following year. [9] Liván Hernández won the 1997 NLCS MVP after winning his only start and earning a win out of the bullpen in relief; he struck out 16 in 10 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings.
The 2001 NLCS began with a pitching matchup of multiple-Cy Young Award winners Randy Johnson and Greg Maddux. Reggie Sanders plated a run in the first with a single to give Arizona a 1–0 lead. The Diamondbacks went ahead 2–0 after Luis Gonzalez drove in Craig Counsell, who doubled with two outs with a single in the fifth. Though Maddux went ...