Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hinga te Phillies i te kaari mohoao Colorado Rockies i te National League Division Series (NLDS), e toru nga keemu ki te kotahi, i ahu whakamua ki te National League Championship Series (NLCS). Ka tutaki anō ki te Los Angeles Dodgers, ka eke ki te tukinga anō tuatahi o te NLCS i ngā tau e rua mai i
2004-05 raupapa, ka tutaki a Houston ki a St. Louis, me te 3rd LCS tukinga i roto i nga tau hoki-ki-hoki mai i te 2000 (ko tetahi i te 2003-04 ALCS i waenga i New York me Boston), i wikitoria nga Phillies i te NLCS, e wha nga keemu ki te kotahi, ka noho ko te roopu tuatahi ki te whakahoki ano hei toa o te National League mai i te 1995<unk>96 Atlanta Braves. I wikitoria a Ryan Howard i te NLCS MVP mo tana mahi whakaeke kaha i te raupapa. I whakataurite a Howard i te rekoata a Lou Gehrig mo te waa-i muri mai ma te whai i te iti rawa i te RBI i roto i nga keemu e waru i te NLDS me te NLCS. I riro ratou i te toa tuatahi o te Ao Series ki te hoki ki te World Series i te tau e whai ake nei mai i te 2000<unk>01 New York Yankees.