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The Mets joined the NL in 1962 as an expansion team, before the leagues were split into divisions, and when the Braves were still in Milwaukee.Due to Major League Baseball wishing to keep the Cardinals and Cubs together in the same division when each league was split into divisions in 1969, Atlanta was forced to join the National League West and were led by Hank Aaron.
The Braves then took a 3–1 lead in the third after the rain delay. Braves manager Eddie Haas stuck with his starter Rick Mahler following the second delay. In the top of the fourth, Mets rallied for four runs to take a 5–3 lead, thanks in part to a Wally Backman RBI single into center field off Braves reliever Jeff Dedmon.
The 1969 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the East Division champion New York Mets and the West Division champion Atlanta Braves.It was the opening semifinal round on the National League side of the inaugural edition of the MLB postseason.
The Braves–Mets rivalry is a rivalry between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets, who are both members of the National League (NL) East division. The rivalry was particularly fierce during the late 1990s and early 2000s, [ 72 ] as both teams competed for postseason berths and, most notably, faced each other in the 1999 NLCS .
They will host the New York Mets (89–73), who clinched a spot in the postseason via a thrilling 8–7 victory against the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of a doubleheader on September 30, a game which saw 12 runs being scored in the last two innings. New York, who was 11 games under .500 at one point in the season, is returning to the postseason ...
The 1999 National League Championship Series (NLCS), was held to determine the champion of the National League in Major League Baseball’s 1999 postseason.The 30th in NL history, it was held between two East Division rivals, the division champion and overall number one seed Atlanta Braves and the wild card New York Mets in a rematch of the very first NLCS from 1969.
The Braves initially took a 3–0 series lead, seemingly on the verge of a sweep, but the Mets rallied in Game 4 and Game 5. [124] Despite the Mets' resilience, the Braves eventually won the series in Game 6 with Andruw Jones securing a dramatic walk-off walk, earning their 5th National League pennant of the decade. [ 124 ]
Game 2 was an offensive duel - the Mets jumped out to an 8–0 lead, and while the Braves cut their lead to as low as three, the Mets still held on to win by an 11–6 score. When the series shifted to Queens, Nolan Ryan helped lead the Mets' to the pennant in Game 3 with a solid seven-inning performance, winning his first postseason game.