2002 National League Division Series

2002 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season San Francisco Giants (3) Dusty Baker 95–66, .590, GB: 2+1⁄2 Atlanta Braves (2) Bobby Cox 101–59, .631, GA: 19
Dates	October 2–7
Television	ABC Family (Game 1) Fox (Games 2, 4–5) FX (Game 3)
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)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Gary Cohen, Rob Dibble
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season St. Louis Cardinals (3) Tony La Russa 97–65, .599, GA: 13 Arizona Diamondbacks (0) Bob Brenly 98–64, .605, GA: 2+1⁄2
Dates	October 1–5
Television	ABC Family
TV announcers	Chris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe (Games 1–2) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Game 3)
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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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:

• (1) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champion, 101–59) vs. (4) San Francisco Giants (Wild Card, 95–66); Giants win series, 3–2.
• (2) Arizona Diamondbacks (Western Division champion, 98–64) vs. (3) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champion, 97–65); Cardinals win series, 3–0.^[1]

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.