2022 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season San Diego Padres (3) Bob Melvin 89–73 (.549), GB: 22 Los Angeles Dodgers (1) Dave Roberts 111–51 (.685), GA: 22
Dates	October 11–15
Television	FS1
TV announcers	Adam Amin,A. J. Pierzynski, andTom Verducci
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi andDoug Glanville
Umpires	Lance Barksdale,Scott Barry,Mark Carlson (crew chief),Tripp Gibson,Chris Segal,John Tumpane
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Philadelphia Phillies (3) Rob Thomson 87–75 (.537), GB: 14 Atlanta Braves (1) Brian Snitker 101–61 (.623), GA: 0
Dates	October 11–15
Television	Fox (Games 1 and 2) FS1 (Games 3 and 4)
TV announcers	Joe Davis,John Smoltz, andKen Rosenthal
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Karl Ravech andTim Kurkjian
Umpires	Ryan Blakney,Chad Fairchild,Nic Lentz,Bill Miller (crew chief),David Rackley,Stu Scheurwater
NLWC	San Diego Padres overNew York Mets (2–1) Philadelphia Phillies overSt. Louis Cardinals (2–0)
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The2022 National League Division Series (NLDS) were the twobest-of-five playoff series inMajor League Baseball’s (MLB)2022 postseason to determine the participating teams of the2022 National League Championship Series (NLCS). These matchups were:

• (1)Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West champions) vs. (5)San Diego Padres (Wild Card Series winner): Padres win series 3–1.
• (2)Atlanta Braves (NL East champions) vs. (6)Philadelphia Phillies (Wild Card Series winner): Phillies win series 3–1.

The Division Series saw both top seeds lose in the round for the third time in four years.

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 (111–51) became the first team to clinch a playoff berth on September 13, their tenth straight postseason appearance, which is the third-longest streak in MLB history.^[1] They then clinched theNational League West on September 14,^[2][3] a first-round bye from theNational League Wild Card Series on September 19,^[4][5] the 1 seed in the National League on September 25,^[6][7][8] and the best record on September 30, earning them home-field advantage throughout the entire playoffs.^[9][10] They played against theSan Diego Padres (89–73), who clinched their first division series appearance since2020 and just their second since2006 by defeating theNew York Mets in three games in the Wild Card Series. The Dodgers won the season series against the Padres 14–5 during the regular season.^[11]

TheAtlanta Braves (101–61) clinched their fifth straight postseason appearance on September 21 and clinched theNational League East and first-round bye as the 2 seed on October 4, the second-to-last day of the season.^[12][13] The Braves had trailed theNew York Mets for virtually the whole season, but they eventually overtook them on the last weekend of the season via a three-game sweep atTruist Park, winning the season series 10–9.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} They played against thePhiladelphia Phillies (87–75), who clinched their first division series berth and appearance since2011 by defeating theSt. Louis Cardinals in a two-game sweep in the Wild Card Series.^[A] Atlanta went 11–8 during the season series against Philadelphia.^[19]

San Diego won the series, 3–1.

Philadelphia won the series, 3–1.

This was the second postseason meeting between Los Angeles and San Diego, following their 2020National League Division Series match-up, which was won by Los Angeles in a three-game sweep. During the regular season, the Dodgers finished in first place in theNational League West, while the Padres finished 22 games back in second place. This is a continuation of theDodgers–Padres rivalry, which has heated up in recent years.^{[28][29][30][31]}

Julio Urías made his first career postseason Game 1 start for the Dodgers againstMike Clevinger of the Padres.Trea Turner homered in the first to give the Dodgers an early lead, which they added to quickly, scoring five runs off Clevinger in2+2⁄3 innings. The Padres came back to score three runs in the fifth inning to tighten the game, including a Wil Myers home run. It remained scoreless the rest of the way and the Dodgers won the first game, 5–3.^[32]

Game 2 markedYu Darvish's first postseason start atDodger Stadium since he started for the Dodgers in Game 7 of the2017 World Series, which the Dodgers lost to theHouston Astros.^[33] Injured Dodgers pitcherWalker Buehler threw out the ceremonial first pitch.Clayton Kershaw started for the Dodgers.Manny Machado andFreddie Freeman each hit solo home runs in the first inning. Los Angeles took the lead the next inning on a solo homer byMax Muncy, but the Padres regained it in the third inning, thanks to a Machado double, scoringHa-Seong Kim, and aJake Cronenworth ground out, scoringJuan Soto. The game was tied up again in the bottom of the inning, whenTrea Turner hit a solo home run. San Diego took the lead again whenJurickson Profar singled to right field off of relieverBrusdar Graterol, scoring Cronenworth and making it 4–3, right after Turner had botched what would have been an inning-ending double play. The lead would have been bigger if not for an improbable barehanded play by Graterol to getWil Myers out at home, thwarting a bunt attempt byTrent Grisham.

The Dodgers were close to scoring many times during the rest of the game, but ultimately they did not capitalize. In the bottom of the sixth, with baserunners on the corners and nobody out,Robert Suarez relieved Darvish and proceeded to strike outJustin Turner, then induced an inning-ending double play to keep the Dodgers out of the scoreboard. In the bottom of the seventh, Los Angeles had the bases loaded but scored no runs. In the top of the eighth, Cronenworth hit a home run that made it 5–3 San Diego. Padres closerJosh Hader earned a four-out save, his first in more than two years,^[34] as he kept the game scoreless the rest of the way. The Padres won to even up the series at a game apiece, in what was their first win against the Dodgers in the postseason.^[35]

InPetco Park's first playoff game before fans since the2006 NLDS,Tony Gonsolin started for the Dodgers, whileBlake Snell started for the Padres. The Padres took the early lead in the bottom of the first inning, asJake Cronenworth drove inJuan Soto from second base. Gonsolin lasted only1+1⁄3 innings after a shaky start.Trent Grisham hit a solo home run off ofAndrew Heaney to double the lead in the fourth, and the Dodgers cut the lead back to one with aMookie Betts sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth. San Diego did not record any hits since the bottom of the fourth, but its bullpen held the Dodgers scoreless, includingJosh Hader with his second save in a row. The Dodgers finished the game 0-for-9 withrunners in scoring position, including a bases-loaded jam in the third where they came up emptyhanded. With the win, the Padres took a 2–1 series lead, their first in the National League Division Series since1998, and their first of the season against LA after playing at least two games.

Game 4 commenced following a 31-minute rain delay,Tyler Anderson started for Los Angeles whileJoe Musgrove started for San Diego. Former Padres pitcherJake Peavy threw out theceremonial first pitch.

Musgrove worked around aFreddie Freeman double in the first whenTrent Grisham made a ranging catch of a fly ball to end the inning. Tyler Anderson then worked around aManny Machado single in the bottom of the inning. The top of the third inning saw the game's first action, with runners on second and third and one out, Freeman's two-run double gave the Dodgers the first runs of the game. In the top of the seventh, the Dodgers loaded the bases against the Padres bullpen with no outs, but only scored one run on aWill Smith sacrifice fly. Tim Hill retired the next two batters to prevent further damage. In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Padres took the lead with a five-run inning againstTommy Kahnle,Yency Almonte, andAlex Vesia. With no outs,Austin Nola drove in the Padres' first run with an infield single against Kahnle. After the Dodgers pitching change to Almonte,Ha-seong Kim doubled in a run and a single byJuan Soto tied the game at 3. Almonte then retired the next two Padres. WithJake Cronenworth at the plate, Soto proceeded to steal second and Dodgers' managerDave Roberts changed pitchers and brought Vesia into the game. Cronenworth then singled to center plating Kim and Soto to give the Padres a 5–3 lead.Robert Suárez pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the Padres and closerJosh Hader struck out the top of the order to end the series.

With the win, the 89-win Padres completed the upset of the 111-win Dodgers in four games. The only other time in MLB playoff history that a team defeated an opponent who was more than 22 wins better was in the1906 World Series when the 93-winChicago White Sox defeated the 116-winChicago Cubs. The Padres advanced to theNLCS for the first time since1998.^[36]MLB.com ranked the Padres’ upset of the Dodgers as the second greatest upset in postseason history.^[37]

In the immediate aftermath of Game 4,Los Angeles Times sportswriterBill Plaschke called the Dodgers' series loss to the Padres "the biggest disappointment in Dodger history."^[38] Many Dodger fans have agreed with this sentiment, and some fans have even regarded the series loss as worse than any other series loss in franchise history, including the team's devastating series loss to theWashington Nationalsthree years prior.^[39]

2022NLDS (3–1):San Diego Padres beatLos Angeles Dodgers

This was the second postseason meeting between Philadelphia and Atlanta, following their1993 National League Championship Series match-up, which was won by Philadelphia in six games. During the regular season, the Braves finished in first place in theNational League East, while the Phillies finished 14 games back in third place.

The first matchup of the series featuredRanger Suárez for the Phillies going againstMax Fried for the Braves. Philadelphia jumped out to an immediate 2-0 lead on a pair of RBI singles byNick Castellanos andAlec Bohm. The Braves got on the board with a solo home run byTravis d'Arnaud to lead off the second, but the Phillies answered back in the third with a Bohm sacrifice fly and aJean Segura RBI single. Castellanos tacked on two more runs in the fourth with a bases-loaded single andEdmundo Sosa drove in another on a sacrifice fly in the fifth to push the game to a 7–1 lead. Neither starter made it out of the fourth inning as the bullpens for both teams took over. d'Arnaud continued his fine day with a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth to get Atlanta back in the game as both bullpens held through the ninth. Atlanta threatened a comeback asMatt Olson launched a three-run homer to bring the game within one, but Castellanos made a game-saving catch in right field andZach Eflin induced a d'Arnaud groundout to seal a thrilling Game 1 victory for the Phillies.^[40]

Game 2 was delayed by 2 hours and 55 minutes due to rain.

20-game winnerKyle Wright went up againstZack Wheeler in Game 2 as the Braves looked to even up the series. Both pitchers looked sharp as they both cruised through five scoreless innings, but Atlanta broke through with three runs on three straight singles by Matt Olson,Austin Riley, and Travis d'Arnaud in the sixth. Wright finished his night with no runs and six strikeouts over six innings while Wheeler was tagged for three runs and five strikeouts over six. The Braves bullpen shut down the Phillies for the last three innings asKenley Jansen finished off the game with a perfect ninth to even the series 1-1.

Spencer Strider squared off againstAaron Nola in the first postseason game in Philadelphia since2011. After a quiet first two innings, the Phillies offense exploded for six runs in the third.Bryson Stott got the scoring started with an RBI double before Snitker intentionally walkedKyle Schwarber to get toRhys Hoskins who was 1-for-19 with 7 strikeouts in the postseason thus far. Hoskins crushed the first pitch for a three-run homer and spiked his bat in celebration as the Phillies grabbed a 4-0 lead.^[41] Strider did not make it out of the inning, getting pulled after another hit byJ. T. Realmuto ended his night with2+1⁄3 innings pitched.Dylan Lee came on in relief and, with the first pitch he threw, gave up a two-run homer toBryce Harper to extend the lead to 6-0.Michael Harris II drove in the Braves' only run in the sixth with an RBI single, but Nola closed out the inning and finished his night with one run and six strikeouts over six innings. The Phillies scored three more in the seventh with a Harper RBI double and a two-run single fromNick Castellanos andConnor Brogdon slammed the door with a perfect ninth to give the Phillies a 2-1 series lead.

The Braves turned toCharlie Morton, who owned a 5-0 record and 0.73 ERA in elimination games,^[42] to save their season and force a Game 5 as the Phillies tabbed midseason acquisitionNoah Syndergaard to end it. Once again, the Phillies offense got started early asBrandon Marsh crushed a three-run home run in the second off of Morton after he was hit in the elbow on a line-drive byAlec Bohm.Orlando Arcia responded with a solo home run in the third to get the Braves on the board, butJ. T. Realmuto answered with an inside-the-park home run, the first in the postseason by a catcher,^[43] off ofCollin McHugh who came on in relief of the injured Morton.Matt Olson cut the lead in half with a solo homer in the fourth, but the Phillies broke the game open with three consecutive RBI singles off the bats of Rhys Hoskins, Realmuto, and Bryce Harper in the sixth inning. Travis d'Arnaud hit a solo homer in the seventh, but that was the last time Atlanta scored as the Phillies bullpen pitched a clean eighth and ninth, punctuated by a Bryce Harper solo homer in the eighth. With the win, the 87-win Phillies defeated the 101-win and defending World Series champion Braves to advance to theNational League Championship Series for the first time since2010.^[44]

2022NLDS (3–1):Philadelphia Phillies beatAtlanta Braves

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