The NLCS and ALCS, since the expansion to seven games, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: games 1, 2, 6, and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home field advantage, and games 3, 4, and 5 are played in the stadium of the team that does not. In the meantime, well, there’s a World Series champion to be crowned. In the top of the seventh, Darrell Porter singled, as did Tito Landrum. Dodger/NBC announcer Vin Scully repeated this several times during the broadcasts of Games 5 and 6. They’ve done a phenomenal job, the same with the on-field personnel, the managers, coaches, staff, and all of the people that keep the facilities safe and operational. Ozzie drilled a triple that just barely missed being a second left-handed homer, but Niedenfuer struck out Jack Clark on three fastballs to end the threat. 2015 | While filling out the application form, there will be options to select preferred backup events and to note if the team wishes to attend multiple showcases. The Milwaukee Brewers, an American League team between 1969 and 1997, and the Houston Astros, a National League team between 1962 and 2012, are the only franchises to play in both the ALCS and NLCS. Those two situations had multiple cases, but were very different. The question entering the fourth game was whether the Cards could win with their catalyst on the bench. Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog felt comfortable starting Forsch to give extra rest to his pair of 20-game winners, Andujar and Tudor. The Astros made four NLCS appearances before moving to the AL in 2013. The Astros won the 2017 World Series, and thereby provided inspiration to the city of Houston following Hurricane Ike. Next inning, Bruce Kison hit Joe Morgan with a pitch to lead off. 1984 | National League Conference Managers will have oversight of the seeding process to ensure that teams are grouped properly. Starting down the path of having fans in stadiums, and in a safe and risk-free environment, is very, very important to our game.’’. In the fifth, the Reds loaded the bases with no outs off of Larry Demery on a walk and two singles before Griffey's sacrifice fly and Cesar Geronimo's groundout scored a run each. Seeding is based on teams’ most recent, or previous, Conference records and level of competition. Prior to Scioscia's single, the Cardinals had intentionally walked Guerrero, who later scored on a bunt by Candy Maldonado. Our objective is to match top teams in one Conference against top teams from the other Conferences, and the same objective applies to teams in the middle and lower half of Conference standings. McGee singled Coleman home and was promptly caught stealing. And the resounding answer from Game 4 was "No problem!". The 2019 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series between the two winners of the 2019 National League Division Series, the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals, for the National League (NL) pennant and the right to play in the 2019 World Series. The National League Showcase Series will permit 14U-19U Boys and Girls teams from all National League Conferences to apply. “I’m hoping every day we have a much different environment next year,’’ Manfred said. 1997 | From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was predetermined before the season. Bill Campbell retired the Dodgers in order in the ninth en route to a 12–2 Cardinals' win that tied the series at two. [2] The winners are listed in several locations: In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. Their World Series sweep was the first by an NL team since the Cincinnati Reds swept the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 series and the first NL sweep not by the Reds since 1963, when the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees. The Dodgers were led by Pedro Guerrero, and their talented pitching staff with a team ERA of 2.96. Now, is it possible the extra inning rule with a runner on second base starts in the 12th inning?