NL Division Series: Reds vs. Giants

Game 5: Pablo Sandoval sprays champagne in the locker after the Giants advance to the NLCS.

Game 5: Buster Posey, center, and his teammates celebrate on the field after winning the NLDS against the Reds.

Game 5: Ryan Ludwick rounds the bases after a solo home run in the sixth inning to cut the lead to 6-3.

Game 5: Giants teammates Marco Scutaro, Pablo Sandoval and Angel Pagan lineup to congratulate Buster Posey on his grand slam.

Game 5: Buster Posey's grand slam in the fifthe inning gave the Giants a 6-0 lead.

Game 5: Matt Cain, who pitched a no-hitter earlier this season, got the start for the Giants.

Game 5: Reds starter Mat Latos has said publically how much he 'hates' the Giants.

Game 4: Pablo Sandoval hits a monster home run in the seventh inning to give the Giants an 8-3 lead.

Game 4: Giants' Tim Lincecum made the longest relief outing of his career - 4 1/3 innings.

Game 4: Reds manager Dusty Baker signals to the bullpen - one of four pitching changes in the game.

Game 4: Giants right fielder Gregor Blanco is congratulated by Angel Pagan after a two-run home run during the second inning.

Game 4: Reds' Joey Votto scores on a bases loaded walk in the first inning to tie the score at 1-1.

Games 4: Giants starting pitcher Barry Zito allows two earned runs in 2 2/3 innings before he was removed from the game.

Game 4: Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval hits a double in the first inning off Reds' Mike Leake.

Game 3: The Giants' Joaquin Arias races out of the batter's box after hitting a grounder to third in the top of the 10th inning. Arias beat the throw to first base allowing San Francisco to take a 2-1 lead against the Reds.

Game 3: Reds third baseman Scott Rolen bobbles the ball on a slow-hit grounder by the Giants' Joaquin Arias in the top of the 10th inning. Rolen's error allowed San Francisco's Buster Posey to score the game-winning run.

Game 3: Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo celebrates after recording the last out in the bottom of the 10th inning in San Francisco's 2-1 win over the Reds in Cincinnati.

Game 3: Reds starter Homer Bailey, who no-hit the Giants through 5 2/3 innings, allowed just one run and one hit, while striking out 10 in seven innings.

Game 3: Gregor Blanco (7) is congratulated by teammates Marco Scutaro, center, and Pablo Sandoval, right, after scoring the Giants first run in the third inning.

NL outfielder: Jay Bruce, Cincinnati Reds

Game 3: Scott Rolen (27) congratulates teammate Zack Cozart after Cozart scores the game's first run in the bottom of the first.

Game 3: Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, right, tags out the Reds' Brandon Phillips on an attempted steal of third base in the bottom of the first inning in Cincinnati.

Game 3: A man holding up a sign runs onto the field before the start of the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.

Game 2: The Reds' Joey Votto slides into home past Giants catcher Buster Posey in the fourth inning. Votto went 3-for-4 and scored two runs in the 9-0 rout.

Game 2: Giants center fielder Angel Pagan scales the wall but is unable to catch the home run hit by the Reds' Ryan Ludwick during the second inning.

Game 2: Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker, right, congratulates starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo after the Reds rolled past the Giants 9-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Game 2: Reds starter Bronson Arroyo was masterful against the Giants, allowing only one hit in seven innings and striking out four.

Game 2: Giants left fielder Xavier Nady, right, makes a sliding catch while avoiding third baseman Pablo Sandoval during the ninth inning.

Game 2: The Reds' Brandon Phillips knocks in a run with an RBI double in the eighth inning. Phillips went 2-for-5 to help Cincinnati role to a 9-0 win.

Game 2: The Giants brought in former Cy Young starter Tim Lincecum from the bullpen after they got down early. Here, Lincecucm celebrates after striking out the last batter of the sixth inning.

Game 1: Giants shorstop Marco Scutaro unsuccessfully attempts to tag Brandon Phillips in the eighth inning.

Game 1: Reds outfielders Jay Bruce, Chris Heisey and Drew Stubbs celebrate after the game.

Game 1: Giants catcher Buster Posey touches home plate after his solo home run in the sixth inning.

Reds third baseman Scott Rolen tries to throw out Hunter Pence in the fourth inning.

Game 1: Giants left fielder Gregor Blanco can only watch as Brandon Phillips' two-run homer clears the wall in the third inning.

Game 1: Brandon Phillips is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after his two-run homer in the third opened the scoring.

Game 1: Giants fans at AT&T Park show their support.

Game 1: Reds starter Johnny Cueto was forced to leave the game after only eight pitches with back spasms.

Game 1: Giants first baseman Brandon Belt makes a sprawling catch in the first inning.