| 2007 National League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 3 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Dick Stockton, Ron Darling and Marc Fein | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi, Buck Martinez | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Ed Montague Sam Holbrook Greg Gibson Mike Everitt Mike Reilly Mark Carlson | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 3 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Don Orsillo, Joe Simpson and David Aldridge | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Gary Thorne, Steve Phillips | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Dale Scott Jim Reynolds Chuck Meriwether Jeff Kellogg Derryl Cousins Ed Hickox | ||||||||||||
The 2007 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2007 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 3 and ended on Saturday, October 6, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
- (1) Arizona Diamondbacks (Western Division champions, 90–72) vs. (3) Chicago Cubs (Central Division champions, 85–77): Diamondbacks win series, 3–0.
- (2) Philadelphia Phillies (Eastern Division champions, 89–73) vs. (4) Colorado Rockies (Wild Card qualifier, 90–73): Rockies win series, 3–0.[1]
Colorado earned the wild card after winning a one-game playoff with San Diego. Although the division winner with the best record normally plays the wild card team, the Diamondbacks played the Cubs, rather than the wild card Rockies, because the league did not pair teams from the same division against each other in the division series.
Both series represented the first time the opponents had met in the postseason, and the Rockies' victory was their first in any postseason series. The Diamondbacks and the Rockies met in the NL Championship Series, with the Rockies becoming the National League champion and going on to lose to the American League champion Boston Red Sox in the 2007 World Series.
- ^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which was determined by playing record. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Diamondbacks played the Cubs, rather than the wild card Rockies, because the Diamondbacks and Rockies are in the same division.