Giants Clinch 2014 NLCS Berth: Highlights and Twitter Reaction to Celebration

The San Francisco Giants took one step closer to a potential third World Series title in five years after beating the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Tuesday night to advance to the National League Championship Series.

San Francisco won the National League Division Series over the Nationals in four games.

The Giants scored their first run of the game after Gregor Blanco walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the second inning. They doubled the lead on a fielder's choice by Joe Panik.

Bryce Harper made it interesting, doubling home Washington's first run in the top of the fifth and tying the game with a solo home run in the seventh. However, Panik scored in the bottom half of the inning after a wild pitch by Aaron Barrett.

You can see the final out of the game below.

According to ESPN Stats & Info, this is the seventh postseason series win in a row for the Giants:

Wendy Thurm was at AT&T Park and captured the celebrations when the game was over:

Thurm also posted video of a victory lap the Giants players ran around the field:

The Giants offered fans a glimpse of the team's celebrations in the clubhouse:

Will Clark, who went to the 1989 World Series as a member of the Giants, partook in Tuesday's revelry:

San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner in particular enjoyed the postgame festivities, per Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News:

Pablo Sandoval, who drove home the tying run in the top of the ninth in Game 2, commented that the team is unyielding in its determination to win an eighth World Series title, per Fox Sports MLB:

Giants manager Bruce Bochy commended his players for the way they've played over the Wild Card Game and NLDS:

Ryder Vogelsong, son of Game 4 starter Ryan Vogelsong, watched his dad and the rest of the Giants players celebrate on the stadium's video board, per the Giants:

The win was sweet for veteran starting pitcher Tim Hudson, who's headed to the LCS for the first time in his stellar career, per SI MLB:

Hudson's wife, Kim, celebrated the four-time All-Star breaking his postseason duck:

San Francisco's victory continued the strong form of this year's Wild Card winners, per Paul Casella of MLB.com:

Teams with home-field advantage have also had the tougher time so far in the MLB postseason, per Sporting News' Jesse Spector:

CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman praised how well Bochy and Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter have tactically outwitted their more inexperienced counterparts so far in the playoffs:

The Giants will meet the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games. San Francisco and St. Louis met in the 2012 NLCS, with the Giants winning in seven games. The two franchises have alternated the National League crown over the last four years.

The historical trend favors the Giants, but with the way that this year's postseason has unfolded, trends and statistics get thrown out the window.

Game 1 is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11, with the first pitch at 8 p.m. ET.