abstract:In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determines which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The Division Series consists of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team.
In Game One of the NationalLeagueDivisionSeries between the Reds and Giants, Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman began warming up with his team batting in the top of the ninth inning while holding a 3-1 lead.
Leading the list: the Cincinnati Reds of 1973, a powerful group led by Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Tony Perez that took a tough NationalLeague West division over the Dodgers and Giants before getting upset in the NL Championship Series by the New York Mets, three games to two.