With a win and an Atlanta Braves loss, the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 NL Wild Card.
Phillies Vs. Braves: Hunter Pence Infield Hit Gives Phillies 4-3 Lead
Here’s the thing about waiting until the last day of the year to seal up a playoff appearance: You’re hoping the weird breaks of baseball all go your way. The Braves were three outs away from a one-game playoff. But after a Hunter Pence squib, the Phillies have a 4-3 lead going into the bottom of the 13th inning.
Braves reliever Scott Linebrink walked Brian Schneider with one out, and Chase Utley singled through the right side with two down. Pence then nubbed a ball to Dan Uggla’s left, and the second baseman never had a chance.
Read Article >Phillies Vs. Braves: Still Tied Into The 13th Inning
Did the Gonzalez move cost the Braves? In retrospect, it obviously gave away an out they’d like to have back. But isn’t that just hindsight?
Probably not. Here’s the run matrix. Don’t focus on the average-runs-per-inning one. Instead, look at the chance of a team scoring at all with a runner on first with no outs vs. a runner on second and one out.
Read Article >Phillies Vs. Braves: Gee, Why Not 12 Innings?
Phillies Vs. Braves: Into To The 11th Inning
There was a buy-one-random-Michael-get-the-other-one-free promotion at the Winter Meetings in the offseason, and the Phillies aren’t made of stone.
Read Article >Cardinals Crush Astros 8-0, Wait For Braves And Phillies To Finish
... well, maybe for a division series against the Phillies beginning on Friday. At the time the Cardinals completed their win over the Astros, their 90th of the season and 18th in September (against only eight September defeats), the Braves and Phillies were in extra innings in Atlanta.
As always, we await developments.
Read Article >Phillies Vs. Braves: Venters Holds On, Braves Enter Ninth With Lead
Cardinals Vs. Astros: St. Louis Extends Lead To 7-0
Phillies Vs. Braves: Philly Gets A Run Back, Braves Up 3-2
Ooh. It’s getting interesting again.
Read Article >Musician With Braves In Spirit
Jason Isbell is one of the great musicians you’ve probably never heard of.
He’s also a huge fan of the Atlanta Braves.
Read Article >Cardinals Vs. Astros: St. Louis Increases Lead To 6-0; Braves Hanging On To 3-1 Lead
Phillies Vs. Braves: Tim Hudson And Atlanta Holding 3-1 Lead
First off:
Read Article >Phillies Vs. Braves: Braves Squander Second-Inning Chance, Still 1-1
Phillies Vs. Braves: Philadelphia, Atlanta Trade First-Inning Runs
Cardinals Vs. Astros: The Starting Lineups
A lot of players have contributed to the comeback for the Cardinals, but Chris Carpenter has been one of the most important:
Read Article >Phillies Vs. Braves: The Starting Lineups
For Atlanta:
Fredi G has Diaz in lineup over Heyward because of Blanton’s numbers vs. LHBs, and he’ll have Diaz in already when Hamels enters.Okay.
Read Article >Phillies Vs. Braves, NL Wild Card Race Preview: Time, TV Schedule And More
But the Braves have struggled against the NL leaders all season, compiling a 6-11 record against Philadelphia that includes zero wins since the All-Star break.
Game date, time: 7 p.m. ET, Wednesday, September 29, 2011
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