Braves History
1991 – Behind another brilliant performance by pitcher Steve Avery, the Atlanta Braves win the third 1 – 0 game-score of the National League Championship Series to force a seventh game in Pittsburgh. Catcher
Greg Olson doubles home the only run of the game in the 9th inning, as Ron Gant collects his sixth stolen base of the Series for a new playoff record.
1996 – The Atlanta Braves, behind Greg Maddux, even the National League Championship Series at three games apiece with a 3 – 1 victory over the Cardinals.
1999 – The New York Mets trip the Atlanta Braves, 3 – 2, to stay alive in the NLCS. John Olerud has all three New York runs with a solo home run in the 6th inning, and a two-run single off John Rocker in the 8th. Brian Jordan and Ryan Klesko hit back-to-back homers in the 8th for the Braves’ two runs. Rick Reed, the Mets starter, shuts out Atlanta over the first seven innings on a single hit.
2001 – Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks stops his postseason losing streak with a 2 – 0 win over Atlanta in Game 1 of the NLCS. Johnson allows three hits and strikes out 11. Reggie Sanders and Luis Gonzalez drive home runs for the Diamondbacks.
2021 – The Braves win Game 1 of the NLCS, 3 – 2, over Los Angeles with Austin Riley driving in the winning run on a single off Blake Treinen in the bottom of the 9th. Both teams score twice in the first four innings, including exchanging solo homers in the 4th, by Will Smith for the Dodgers and Riley.
MLB History
1923 – Soon after Babe Ruth receives his World Series winner’s share of $6,160.46, insurance agent Harry Heilmann, who beat Ruth for the batting title by ten points, sells him a $50,000 life insurance policy. Beneficiaries are Mrs. Ruth and adopted daughter Dorothy.
1960 – In its first structural change since 1900, the National League votes to admit Houston and New York into the Senior Circuit. The two expansion teams will begin play in 1962.
1984 – Gene Mauch, who resigned as the California Angels manager after the 1982 season, is hired again.
1985 – Major League Baseball gets its first intrastate World Series since 1974, as the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their respective playoff series.
2008 – The Red Sox stage the largest postseason comeback since the 1929 World Series. Down three games to one in the 2008 ALCS, they trail 7 – 0 entering the bottom of the 7th before rallying to beat the Rays, 8 – 7, to stay alive.
2019 – The Angels hire Joe Maddon, who spent 31 years in their organization before managing the Rays and Cubs, as their new manager, replacing Brad Ausmus.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
