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Template: 2007 NL East standings. 1 language. ... NL East; Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Philadelphia Phillies: 89: 73 .549 — 47–34 42–39
The 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series; the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, which was won by the Mets, 6–1.
The Cubs struck first in Game 2 when Matt Murton singled to lead off the second off of Doug Davis before Geovany Soto's home run put them up 2–0, but starter Ted Lilly in the bottom of the inning allowed a leadoff single to Chris Snyder, then walked Justin Upton before Chris Young's three-run home run two outs later put them up 3–2.
d Atlanta and New York were tied for the division title, but the Braves claimed the National League East title by winning the season series 10–9. e Miami and Arizona of the National League West were tied for the fifth seed and the second wild-card berth, but the Marlins claimed the second wild-card spot by winning the season series 4–2.
This was the first postseason under a seven-year U.S. rights agreement with Fox and TBS. TBS was awarded all Division Series games, the National League Championship Series in odd-numbered years starting in 2007, and the American League Championship Series in even-numbered years starting in 2008.
Remove Soto from the equation, and the division’s $972.75 million outlay shrinks to $207.75 million, a smaller figure than that of the AL East, AL West and NL West. That points to a bigger story.
The 2007 Nationals also set the National League record for not scoring a run in the first inning of their first 22 games. [23] On August 7, 2007, in a game against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik gave up career home run number 756 to Barry Bonds, who broke a 33-year-old record previously held by Hank Aaron. [24]
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