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MLB teams have overcome 3–1 deficits 14 times (including one 3–0 deficit), six of which occurred in the World Series. [1] This does not count the 1903 World Series, during which the Boston Americans (or Puritans, or Pilgrims, depending on the source, and later known as the Red Sox) came back from a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three, as that was a best-of ...
The 2004 Boston Red Sox, seen here at the White House, were the first MLB team to win a game seven after being down 3–0 in a series.. Three major North American professional sports leagues have playoff series that can reach a seventh game: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL).
To date, no NBA team has ever come back from a 3–0 postseason deficit. However, the Boston Celtics nearly came back from a 3–0 hole against the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA playoffs. In the lead up to Game 7 of that series, David Ortiz offered words of advise to the Celtics. [101]
The Braves clinched the pennant in Game 7 in a 15–0 rout to become the first team to ever come back from a 3–1 series deficit in the NLCS. The Braves’ 14-0 and 15-0 victories in games five and seven respectively were the two largest in LCS history, surpassing the eleven run margin of victory set by the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the ...
Game 1 winners have won all eight wild-card series, seven of them in sweeps, with only the 2022 New York Mets taking Game 2 off the Padres before falling in Game 3.
They are one game back of the Padres for the No. 5 seed, and own the head-to-head tiebreaker should the clubs finish deadlocked. The No. 5 seed will likely face the Mets, while the No. 6 seed ...
Major League Baseball is the oldest of North America's major professional sports organizations, with roots dating back to the 1870s. The final series to determine its champion has been called the "World Series" (originally "World's Championship Series" and then "World's Series") as far back as the National League's contests with the American Association starting at the beginning of the 1880s.
One year and 10 days ago, the Yankees played their final game of the 2023 regular season. They lost 5-2 in Kansas City to a 106-loss Royals team.