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The Mets entered with a slight lead but faltered as the Braves swept the series. [132] Atlanta claimed the NL East division title and first-round bye, by winning the season series against the Mets. [132] Since the Mets joined the league, both teams have won two World Series titles. The Braves have captured six NL pennants, while the Mets have ...
This was the Braves' first World Series appearance since 1999, tenth in franchise history, and sixth while in Atlanta. [10] The Braves entered the series with three prior World Series titles, one as the Atlanta Braves in 1995 and one while based in each of their previous cities of Boston ( 1914 ) and Milwaukee ( 1957 ).
In the first World Series games played in the Bronx in 15 years, the Braves blew out the Yankees by a 12–1 score, and then prevailed in Game 2 by a 4–0 shutout thanks to a stellar pitching performance by Greg Maddux to go up 2–0 in the series headed back to Atlanta. However, the Yankees would take Game 3 by a 5–2 score to get on the ...
This was the first of five World Series appearances for the Braves during the 1990s, they would return to the World Series the following year, only to lose to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games. They also appeared in the World Series in 1995 (defeated the Indians 4–2), 1996 (lost to the Yankees 4–2), and 1999 (lost to the Yankees 4–0).
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Shortly thereafter, the Braves announced that they had signed Harris to an eight-year, $72 million contract, with club options that max out at $102 million over 10 years.
2024 season: 89-73, 2nd in NL East Let’s take a look at the season that was for the 2024 Atlanta Braves, the questions the team must address this winter and the early outlook for 2025.
In Atlanta, the Yankees shocked the Braves, as they held them to only three runs scored in the first two games to go up 2–0 in the series headed to the Bronx. The only close battle of the series occurred in Game 3, as the game remained tied at 5 going into extra innings until New York's Chad Curtis hit a walk-off solo home run to put the ...