Moment: Francisco Cabrera's pinch-hit, two-out single in the bottom of the ninth knocked in the tying and winning runs of NLCS Game 7 against the Pirates. The Braves became the first team to win a decisive postseason game after trailing before the final pitch.
Performer: Lew Burdette won three games, including a shutout in Game 7, to help the Braves beat the Yankees in the 1957 World Series. Burdette threw 24 consecutive scoreless innings in the series.
Complete History
Year
Opponents
Playoff
Result
2005
Houston
Division
1-3
2004
Houston
Division
2-3
2003
Chicago
Division
2-3
2002
San Francisco
Division
2-3
2001
St. Louis Arizona
Division NLCS
3-0 1-4
2000
St. Louis
Division
0-3
1999
Houston NY Mets NY Yankees
Division NLCS World Series
3-0 2-4 0-4
1998
Chicago San Diego
Division NLCS
3-0 2-4
1997
Houston Florida
Division NLCS
3-0 2-4
1996
Los Angeles St. Louis NY Yankees
Division NLCS World Series
3-0 4-3 2-4
1995
Colorado Cincinnati Cleveland
Division NLCS World Series
3-1 4-0 4-2
1993
Philadelphia Phillies
NLCS
2-4
1992
Pittsburgh Toronto
NLCS World Series
4-3 2-4
1991
Pittsburgh Minnesota
NLCS World Series
4-3 3-4
1982
St. Louis
NLCS
0-3
1969
New York Mets
NLCS
0-3
1958
New York Yankees
World Series
3-4
1957
New York Yankees
World Series
4-3
1948
Cleveland
World Series
2-4
1914
Philadelphia A's
World Series
4-0
Note -- Team was based in Boston until moving to Milwaukee in 1953 and to Atlanta in 1966.
