In the 2010 National League Championship Series, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to continue on to the 2010 World Series. The Giants-Phillies playoff series began on Saturday, October 16, 2010, with all games of the best-of-seven series airing on FOX. The winner of the 2010 NLCS, the Giants, continued on to face the Texas Rangers and play for the championship.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=10

As the Phillies entered the 2010 MLB Playoffs with the better regular-season record, they had home-field advantage in the series. The Giants took game one with a score of 4-3 on October 16, 2010, in Philadelphia. The second game, which stayed in Philadelphia, followed on Sunday, October 17, 2010, as the Phillies evened the series at one. The series shifted to San Francisco for games three and four, on October 19 and October 20, respectively, as San Francisco took the 3-1 series lead with a 3-0 win in game three and a 6-5 win in game four. Game five remained in San Francisco and was played on Thursday, October 21, 2010, as Philadelphia remained alive with a 4-2 win. The Phillies' luck ran out in game six on October 23 when the San Francisco Gaints won the series with a 3-2 victory.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=10

During the 2010 regular season, the Giants and Phillies met six times and split the series equally with three wins each. San Francisco won the first two games at home, but lost the third, also played in San Francisco in April. When the teams met in Philadelphia in August, the Phillies won the first two and lost the third.http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=301016122

After finishing the regular season with a 97-65 record, the Philadelphia Phillies played the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Division Series.http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings The Phillies defeated the Reds in three games, including a notable game one in which pitcher Roy Halladay became just the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history to throw a no-hitter in the Postseason.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_10_06_cinmlb_phimlb_1

The San Francisco Giants completed the 2010 regular season with a 92-70 record and won the National League West Division.http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings The Giants played the Braves in the National League Division Series, winning the series in four games. They took the first game at home with a score of 1-0, then lost the second game 5-4. When the series traveled to Atlanta, San Francisco took both games three and four to earn the win.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=10