2024 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Los Angeles Dodgers (3) Dave Roberts 98–64 (.605), GA: 5 San Diego Padres (2) Mike Shildt 93–69 (.574), GB: 5
Dates	October 5–11
Television	FS1 (Games 1–4) Fox (Game 5)
TV announcers	Joe Davis,John Smoltz,Ken Rosenthal, andTom Verducci (Game 5)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Roxy Bernstein andJessica Mendoza
Umpires	Dan Bellino (crew chief),Cory Blaser,Tripp Gibson,Adrian Johnson,John Libka,Mark Ripperger
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season New York Mets (3) Carlos Mendoza 89–73 (.549), GB: 6 Philadelphia Phillies (1) Rob Thomson 95–67 (.586), GA: 6
Dates	October 5–9
Television	Fox (Game 1) FS1 (Games 2–4)
TV announcers	Adam Amin,A. J. Pierzynski,Adam Wainwright, andTom Verducci
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi andDoug Glanville
Umpires	Rob Drake,Doug Eddings,Andy Fletcher,James Hoye (crew chief), Edwin Moscoso,Carlos Torres
NLWC	New York Mets overMilwaukee Brewers (2–1) San Diego Padres overAtlanta Braves (2–0)
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The2024 National League Division Series (NLDS) were twobest-of-five playoff series inMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2024 postseason to determine the participating teams of the2024 National League Championship Series (NLCS). These matchups are:

• (1)Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West champions) vs. (4)San Diego Padres (Wild Card Series winner). Dodgers win the series, 3–2.
• (2)Philadelphia Phillies (NL East champions) vs. (6)New York Mets (Wild Card Series winner). Mets win the series, 3–1.

The team with the better regular season record (higher seed) of each series hosts Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the lower seeded team hosts Games 3 and 4.^[1][2]

The Dodgers would go on to defeat theNew York Mets in theNLCS and then win theWorld Series over the Mets fellowSubway Series rivalNew York Yankees.

The top two division winners (first two seeds) are determined by regular seasonwinning percentages. The final two teams are the winners of theNational League Wild Card Series, played between the league's third to sixth-seeded teams.

TheLos Angeles Dodgers (98–64) clinched their 12th consecutive postseason berth on September 19, won theNational League West and earned a first-round bye on September 26, and clinched the best record in both NL and MLB on September 28, giving them home-field advantage through theWorld Series.^[3][4][5] With their 12th consecutive postseason appearance, the Dodgers currently hold the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports. They played theSan Diego Padres (93–69), who qualified for the postseason as the fourth seedwild card entrant. They swept the fifth-seededAtlanta Braves in the Wild Card Series for the Padres to return to the NLDS for the third time in the past five seasons. San Diego won the season series against Los Angeles, 8–5, and it was the first time the Padres won a season series against their rivals since 2010 (which is also the last year they won 90 games).^[6] This was a continuation of theDodgers-Padres rivalry and the third postseason meeting between the two teams. Their previous playoff meetings were in the2020 NLDS and the2022 NLDS in which the Dodgers swept the former series and the Padres won the latter series in one of the biggest upsets in postseason history. This was the fifth straight year for an all-National League West match-up in the NLDS.^[A]

ThePhiladelphia Phillies (95–67) clinched a postseason berth on September 20, won theNational League East on September 23, and clinched a first-round bye on September 25^{[7][8][9][10]} It was the Phillies third straight postseason and it represented their first appearance as NL East champions since2011. They played theNew York Mets (89–73), who qualified for the postseason as the sixth-seed wild card entrant due to their head-to-head record versus theAtlanta Braves, the team they finished tied with. New York, which was 11 games under .500 at one point in the season, was the third straight sixth seed to make it out of the Wild Card series round in the National League. They did this by defeating theMilwaukee Brewers in three games, due in part to aPete Alonso three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning that gave the Mets the lead and eventual series-win; this was their first NLDS trip since their pennant season of2015. The Phillies won the season series over the Mets, 7–6.^[11] This was the first postseason meeting of the Phillies and Mets, who have beenrivals since the creation of the Mets franchise in1962 but have had mutual winning seasons only ten times in 63 years of co-existence.^[12] This was also the third straight year the NLDS featured an all-National League East match-up, with the Braves versus Phillies occurring in2022 and2023.

Los Angeles won the series, 3–2.

New York won the series, 3–1.

This is the third postseason meeting between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. Their previous playoff meetings were in the2020 NLDS, which Los Angeles won in a three-game sweep,^[22] and the2022 NLDS, which San Diego won in four games in one of the biggest upsets in postseason history.^[23]

Game 1 featured startersDylan Cease for the Padres andYoshinobu Yamamoto for the Dodgers. The Padres jumped to an early lead in the top of the first whenLuis Arráez scored on an RBI groundout byJurickson Profar, thenManny Machado hit a two-run home run to extend the lead to three runs. In the bottom of the second,Shohei Ohtani hit his first playoff home run, a three-run shot to tie the game. In the top of the third,Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run RBI double to scoreJackson Merrill andFernando Tatís Jr., giving San Diego a 5–3 lead. In the bottom of the fourth,Tommy Edman scored on a wild pitch, bringing the Dodgers within one.Teoscar Hernández delivered a two-run single that scored Ohtani andMookie Betts, as the Dodgers took the lead for the first time in the game. In the bottom of the fifth,Will Smith scored from third while Edman grounded into double play, extending the Dodgers' lead to 7–5. In the top of the eighth,Blake Treinen escaped a two-out bases-loaded jam to preserve a 7–5 lead for the Dodgers and he then closed out the side with a five-out save, winning Game 1 for Los Angeles and a 1–0 series lead.^[24]

With the victory, the Dodgers won their first playoff game sinceGame 1 of the 2022 NLDS against the same opponent.

Game 2 started with a solo home run fromFernando Tatís Jr. offJack Flaherty in the top of the first to give the Padres the early lead. In the bottom of the first,Jurickson Profar robbedMookie Betts of a potential game-tying home run with a leaping catch. In the top of the second,David Peralta hit a two-run home run as the Padres extended their lead to 3–0. In the bottom of the second,Gavin Lux hit a sacrifice fly, scoringTeoscar Hernández, cutting the Padres' lead to 3–1. In the top of the sixth,Jackson Merrill hit an RBI single offAnthony Banda to score Tatís as the Padres extended their lead to 4–1. Prior to the bottom of the seventh, Dodgers fans appeared to throw objects on the field from the stands, apparently aimed at Profar, which caused an on-field delay for roughly 12 minutes with security officers, umpires, and some Padres teammates on the field addressed the situation.^[25][26] In the top of the eighth, Merrill hit a two-run home run offRyan Brasier to scoreManny Machado as the Padres further extended their lead to 6–1. Additionally, Merrill's home run was the first postseason home run of his career.Xander Bogaerts then hit a solo home run back-to-back offMichael Grove as the Padres further extended their lead to 7–1. In the top of the ninth,Kyle Higashioka hit a solo home run offEdgardo Henriquez to extend the Padres' lead to 8–1. Tatís then hit a two-run home run to scoreLuis Arráez giving the Padres a 10–1 lead. With that home run, the Padres set a postseason franchise record and tied an MLB postseason record with six home runs in a single game. The Padres are the first team in Major League Baseball history to hit six home runs in a single postseason game on the road.^[27] The Dodgers got one more run in the bottom of the ninth whenMax Muncy hit a solo home run offAlek Jacob. Jacob then closed the game by striking outGavin Lux for the final out of the game for the Padres to take Game 2 and even the series one game apiece.^[28]

The Dodgers scored first, withMookie Betts hitting a solo home run offMichael King in the top of the first. The Padres answered in the bottom of the second, starting withXander Bogaerts reaching first base via a fielder's choice and scoringManny Machado, followed by a double byDavid Peralta that scored bothJackson Merrill and Bogaerts. A sacrifice fly byKyle Higashioka scored Peralta, andFernando Tatís Jr. ended the inning with a two-run home run offWalker Buehler to make the score 6–1. In the top of the third,Teoscar Hernández hit agrand slam to shrink the Padres' lead to one run. Both bullpens kept the game scoreless the rest of the way, withRobert Suárez getting a four-out save for the Padres, giving them the lead in the series. Tatis' home run would prove to be the last runs the Padres scored in the series, and the season.^[29]

The Padres startedDylan Cease on three days rest for the first time in his career,^[30] while the Dodgers opened withRyan Brasier in a bullpen game.^[31] The Padres were in position to take another series over the favored Dodgers in nearly identical fashion as in 2022; Los Angeles also was without injured all-star Freddie Freeman. Despite the apparent pitching disadvantage, the Dodgers bullpen held San Diego while Cease allowed aMookie Betts solo home run in the first, his second consecutive first-inning home run.^[32]Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out RBI single in the top of the second to chase Cease from the game, and Betts followed with another RBI single to extend the Dodgers' lead to 3–0.^[33] In the top of the third,Will Smith hit a two-run home run offBryan Hoeing to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5–0.^[34] In the top of the seventh,Tommy Edman hit a sacrifice bunt, scoringMax Muncy to extend the Dodgers' lead to 6–0.^[35]Gavin Lux then hit a two-run home run offWandy Peralta to increase the Dodgers' lead to 8–0.^[36] Eight Dodger relievers combined to shut out the Padres to force a winner-take-all Game 5 back in Los Angeles.^[37]

This was just the fourth winner-take-all postseason game in San Diego's history (their third in just five seasons) and Los Angeles' 17th such game (including their shared history in Brooklyn).

Game 5 marked the first matchup between two Japanese-born starting pitchers (Yu Darvish andYoshinobu Yamamoto) in the history of the Major League Baseball postseason.^[38] In the bottom of the second,Enrique Hernández hit a solo home run off Darvish to put the Dodgers on the board 1–0. Yamamoto allowed only two hits and one walk in five scoreless innings. In the bottom of the seventh,Teoscar Hernández hit a solo home run off Darvish to extend the Dodgers' lead to 2–0.Blake Treinen closed out the Padres to seal the series with a second consecutive shutout for the Dodgers to advance to theNLCS for the first time since2021.^[39]

The Dodgers held the Padres scoreless for the last 24 innings of the series.^[40]

2024NLDS (3–2):Los Angeles Dodgers beatSan Diego Padres

This was the first postseason meeting between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets.

In the bottom of the first,Kyle Schwarber hit a leadoff home run offKodai Senga for the Phillies early lead. The game went 1–0 for most of the game until the top of the eighth when the Mets tied the game at 1–1 withMark Vientos hitting an RBI single offJeff Hoffman to scoreHarrison Bader. The Mets then took the lead at 2–1 whenBrandon Nimmo hit an RBI single offMatt Strahm to scoreFrancisco Lindor.Pete Alonso then hit a sacrifice fly to score Vientos to extend the Mets' lead to 3–1.J. D. Martinez hit an RBI single to score Nimmo, thenStarling Marte hit a sacrifice fly to scoreJose Iglesias to further extend the Mets' lead to 5–1. In the top of the ninth, Nimmo hit an RBI single offTanner Banks to bring in another insurance run for Bader to score, extending the Mets' lead to 6–1. In the bottom of the ninth,Kody Clemens hit an RBI double to scoreJ. T. Realmuto, cutting the Phillies' deficit to 6–2. The Mets got the final out of the inning when Schwarber hit a fly ball toTyrone Taylor, which resulted in the Mets taking Game 1 of the series and a 1–0 series lead.^[41]

In a decisive game two that could see the Phillies put in an 0-2 hole before the two game stretch in Queens, they called onCristopher Sánchez against the Mets'Luis Severino. In the top of the third,Mark Vientos started the scoring by hitting a two-run home run off Sanchez for the Mets to take a 2–0 lead, scoringFrancisco Lindor. This go-ahead home run marked Vientos' first postseason home run. After three more scoreless frames from the Phillies, in the top of the sixth,Pete Alonso extended the lead to 3–0 with a solo home run offJosé Ruiz. In the bottom of the sixth, it once again looked like Philadelphia would go quietly, with Severino getting the first two outs. But following aTrea Turner single, the Phillies got on the board whenBryce Harper hit a two-run home run to cut the Mets' lead to 3–2.Nick Castellanos then hit a solo home run back-to-back off Severino to tie the game at 3–3. The Mets would respond in the top of the seventh, breaking the tie with a solo home run fromBrandon Nimmo offOrion Kerkering, and with that home run, the Mets retook the lead at 4–3.

The Phillies would likewise turn the tables again. In the bottom of the eighth, Philadelphia rallied againstEdwin Díaz, putting two runners on before retaking the lead whenBryson Stott hit a two-run triple, flipping the script and giving the Phillies a 5-4 lead. The Phillies then extended the lead to 6–4 whenJ. T. Realmuto reached first base on a fielder's choice, scoring Stott. But again, the Mets would then return the favor againstMatt Strahm down to their final three outs. Following a Lindor single, Vientos hit his second home run of the game to score two more runs for the Mets, tying the game at 6–6. In the bottom of the ninth, the back-and-forth affair looked to be going to extra innings whenTylor Megill got the first two outs. But consecutive full count walks to Turner andBryce Harper set up Castellanos to be the hero. He would deliver, blasting a line drive down the left field line that Nimmo could only watch sail past him to the wall. Turner easily flied home for the Phillies to take Game 2 and even the series one game apiece.^[42]

Game 3 would start the Phillies'Aaron Nola againstSean Manaea in front of a raucous New York crowd. Manaea would deliver for the Mets, holding the Phillies scoreless for the first seven innings. Nola was unable to keep up, giving up solo home runs toPete Alonso in the second andJesse Winker in the fourth gave the Mets a 2–0 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, the Mets chased Nola from the game after loading the bases to start the inning. With two outs,Starling Marte then hit a two-run RBI single, scoringBrandon Nimmo and Alonso to extend the Mets' lead to 4–0. In the bottom of the seventh, the Mets once again put runners around the diamond with two outs, andJose Iglesias hit an RBI single to score two more runs from Nimmo andHarrison Bader before the Phillies tagged Alonso out at home to put a merciful end the inning. The Phillies would finally get some traffic in the eighth, scoring two runs via RBI singles fromBryce Harper andNick Castellanos as the Phillies cut the lead 6–2. In the bottom of the eighth, the Mets scored another run asFrancisco Lindor hit an RBI double, scoringJ. D. Martinez and extending their lead to 7–2.Ryne Stanek then closed out the game as the Mets took a 2–1 series lead.^[43]

In a pivotal affair, the Phillies would call onRanger Suarez against the Mets' grizzledJose Quintana. In what would become a recurring theme for the Phillies, Suarez would immediately run into trouble in the first, loading the bases with one out before fanning bothJose Iglesias andJ.D. Martinez. In the home second,Starling Marte andTyrone Taylor led off with hits to put two runners on with no out. After two more strikeouts from Suarez,Mark Vientos once again loaded the bases, but Suarez once again got out of trouble by gettingBrandon Nimmo to ground out.

In the top of the fourth inning, the Phillies, quiet thus far, would finally strike.Alec Bohm reached first base on a fielder's choice byMark Vientos, scoringBryce Harper and putting the Phillies on the board, 1–0. The Mets responded by once again putting the first two runners on against Suarez in the fifth, prompting the Phillies to end Suarez's dramatic performance.Jeff Hoffman then came in and retired the rest of the Mets. However, the next inning, Hoffman would unravel, loading the bases with zero outs on a single, walk and hit-by-pitch. After gettingFrancisco Álvarez to ground into a fielder's choice at home that kept the Mets off the board, the Phillies called onCarlos Estévez to faceFrancisco Lindor. But the Phillies tightroping would finally end, with Lindor hitting agrand slam to right center to give the Mets a 4-1 lead.^[44]

The Mets would get a smooth seventh and eighth fromDavid Peterson, but the Phillies would mount one last rally in the ninth.Edwin Díaz was brought in to close the series, but started by walkingJ. T. Realmuto andBryson Stott, putting the tying run to the plate with nobody out. But Díaz would then gather himself, getting the next two outs before facingKyle Schwarber for the final showdown. On a 1-2 count, Diaz struck out the power-hitter swinging for his first postseason save as the Mets advanced to their first NLCS since their2015 pennant season. The victory also marked the first time that the Mets clinched a playoff series at Citi Field.^[45]

2024NLDS (3–1):New York Mets beatPhiladelphia Phillies

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