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Yet another classic from the Hall-of-Famer Braves Franchise History
1957: Lew Burdette’s third victory of the World Series, a 5-0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Champion
1996: Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves and a tie of the NLCS. Todd Stottlemyre gets the victory.
1998: The San Diego Padres win their third in a row over the Atlanta Braves, 4-1, in the NLCS, as Sterling Hitchcock and four relief pitchers hold the Braves in check.
2001: Atlanta take a two-games-to-none lead in their National League Division Series with the Astros behind Tom Glavine’s 1-0 victory. Shortstop Julio Lugo’s throwing error aids the winning run, which crosses the plate on a double play.
MLB History
1999: The Boston Red Sox set an all-time postseason record by scoring 23 runs in defeating the Cleveland Indians, 23-7. The win ties their American League Division Series at two games apiece. Boston gets 24 hits in the contest, including five by Mike Stanley and four each by John Valentin and Jason Varitek. Valentin hits a pair of home runs with seven RBI, while Jose Offerman and Trot Nixon have two RBI each.
2015: The Mets are cruising along with a 2-1 lead behind rookie Noah Syndergaard in the 7th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS when Chase Utley barrels into SS Ruben Tejada to break up a potential inning-ending double play. He not only succeeds, but also breaks Tejada’s leg in the process while the Mets vainly argue for an interference call. Major League Baseball will hand Utley a two-game suspension for his unnecessarily violent slide, but in the meantime, Los Angeles takes advantage of the controversial play to score four runs in the inning and ends up a 5-2 winner, evening the series. After the season, MLB will adopt a rule banning such slides, often called the “Chase Utley Rule”.
2016: The Giants stave off elimination with a 6-5 win over the Cubs in Game 3 of the other NLDS. Jake Arrieta gives the Cubs an early lead with a three-run blast off Madison Bumgarner, and the game is closely fought until Joe Panik ends it after five hours and four minutes by driving in Brandon Crawford from second base with a double in the 13th inning.
2019: The Phillies fire manager Gabe Kapler after two disappointing seasons at the helm when they were expected to be contenders but finished around .500 both years.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
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Yet another classic from the Hall-of-Famer Braves Franchise History
1957: Lew Burdette’s third victory of the World Series, a 5-0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Champion
1996: Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves and a tie of the NLCS. Todd Stottlemyre gets the victory.
1998: The San Diego Padres win their third in a row over the Atlanta Braves, 4-1, in the NLCS, as Sterling Hitchcock and four relief pitchers hold the Braves in check.
2001: Atlanta take a two-games-to-none lead in their National League Division Series with the Astros behind Tom Glavine’s 1-0 victory. Shortstop Julio Lugo’s throwing error aids the winning run, which crosses the plate on a double play.
MLB History
1999: The Boston Red Sox set an all-time postseason record by scoring 23 runs in defeating the Cleveland Indians, 23-7. The win ties their American League Division Series at two games apiece. Boston gets 24 hits in the contest, including five by Mike Stanley and four each by John Valentin and Jason Varitek. Valentin hits a pair of home runs with seven RBI, while Jose Offerman and Trot Nixon have two RBI each.
2015: The Mets are cruising along with a 2-1 lead behind rookie Noah Syndergaard in the 7th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS when Chase Utley barrels into SS Ruben Tejada to break up a potential inning-ending double play. He not only succeeds, but also breaks Tejada’s leg in the process while the Mets vainly argue for an interference call. Major League Baseball will hand Utley a two-game suspension for his unnecessarily violent slide, but in the meantime, Los Angeles takes advantage of the controversial play to score four runs in the inning and ends up a 5-2 winner, evening the series. After the season, MLB will adopt a rule banning such slides, often called the “Chase Utley Rule”.
2016: The Giants stave off elimination with a 6-5 win over the Cubs in Game 3 of the other NLDS. Jake Arrieta gives the Cubs an early lead with a three-run blast off Madison Bumgarner, and the game is closely fought until Joe Panik ends it after five hours and four minutes by driving in Brandon Crawford from second base with a double in the 13th inning.
2019: The Phillies fire manager Gabe Kapler after two disappointing seasons at the helm when they were expected to be contenders but finished around .500 both years.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
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