2022 National League Championship Series
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| Dates | October 18–25 | |||||||||
| Umpires | Lance Barrett, Ted Barrett (crew chief), Doug Eddings, Adam Hamari, Brian Knight, Todd Tichenor, Quinn Wolcott | |||||||||
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| Television | FS1 (Games 1–3 and 5–7) Fox (Games 2, 4 and 7) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi and Doug Glanville | |||||||||
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The 2022 National League Championship Series is the best-of-seven playoff between the San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2022 World Series.
The series began on October 18 with a potential Game 7 scheduled for October 25, with the only planned off day being October 20. Fox and FS1 will be televising all games in the United States.[1] This is the first time in MLB history that two Wild Card teams will face each other in the League Championship Series (prior to 2022, only one Wild Card team per league could advance to the Division Series; as such, it was not possible for two Wild Card teams to face each other in the LCS until 2022) and any team seeded below #3 has home field advantage in a League Championship Series.[citation needed] The Phillies and Padres have the worst combined winning percentage in League Championship Series history.
Background
The San Diego Padres qualified for the postseason as the fifth seed wild card entrant. In the Wild Card Series, they defeated the New York Mets in three games. In the Division Series, they defeated the National League West division winner Los Angeles Dodgers, who held the best regular season record of 111–51 at the time of the postseason, in four games. The Padres made it to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 1998.[2]
The Philadelphia Phillies qualified for the postseason as the sixth seed wild card entrant. In the Wild Card Series, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals, who was the National League Central division winner at the time and locked into the third seed of the postseason. In the Division Series, they defeated the defending World Series champion and National League East division winner Atlanta Braves in four games. The Phillies made it to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2010.[3]
This is the first postseason meeting between the Padres and the Phillies. Philadelphia won four of the seven regular-season games against San Diego.[4] Brothers Aaron Nola, of the Phillies, and Austin Nola, of the Padres, would be the first pair of brothers to face each other as pitcher and batter in the postseason.[5]
Summary
Philadelphia leads the series, 1–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 18 | Philadelphia Phillies – 2, San Diego Padres – 0 | Petco Park | 2:43 | 44,826[6] |
| 2 | October 19 | Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres | Petco Park | 4:35 pm ET | - |
| 3 | October 21 | San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies | Citizens Bank Park | 7:37 pm ET | - |
| 4 | October 22 | San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies | Citizens Bank Park | 7:45 pm ET | - |
| 5 | October 23† | San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies | Citizens Bank Park | 2:37 pm ET | - |
| 6 | October 24† | Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres | Petco Park | 8:03 pm ET | - |
| 7 | October 25† | Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres | Petco Park | 8:03 pm ET | - |
† If necessary
Game summaries
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Zack Wheeler (1–0) LP: Yu Darvish (0–1) Sv: José Alvarado (1) Home runs: PHI: Bryce Harper (1), Kyle Schwarber (1) SD: None Attendance: 44,826 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: PHI: Aaron Nola (0–0) SD: Blake Snell (0–0) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Diego | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: SD: TBD PHI: TBD Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Diego | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: SD: TBD PHI: TBD Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "MLB announces 2022 playoff schedule". MLB.com.
- ^ "Padres rally to stun Dodgers, advance to NLCS". October 16, 2022.
- ^ "Phils knock out reigning-champ Braves, reach 1st NLCS since '10". MLB.com.
- ^ "San Diego Padres vs Philadelphia Phillies Preview". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Nola brothers to make MLB history in Game 2 of NLCS". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ "Phillies 2, Padres 0 Final Score". MLB.com. October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
