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2016 National League Championship Series

Baseball championship seriesDatesOctober 15–22MVPJavier Báez and Jon Lester (Chicago)UmpiresTed Barrett, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Ángel Hernández, Alfonso Márquez, Paul Nauert (Games 1–2) and Bill Welke (Games 3–6)BroadcastTelevisionFS1(English)Fox Deportes(Spanish)TV announcersJoe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci(English)Carlos Álvarez and Duaner Sánchez(Spanish)RadioESPN(English)ESPN Deportes(Spanish)Radio announcersDan Shulman and Aaron Boone(English)Eduardo Ortega, José Francisco Rivera, and Orlando Hernández(Spanish)NLDSChicago Cubs over San Francisco Giants (3–1)Los Angeles Dodgers over Washington Nationals (3–2)← 2015NLCS2017 →The 2016 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball’s 2016 postseason in which the overall #1 seed Chicago Cubs defeated the third-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in six games for their first National League (NL) pennant since 1945, and the right to play in the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians.

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