Leyland moved on to manage the Detroit Tigers to two World Series losses in 2006 and 2012 (including 3 straight ALCS appearances from 2011–13) before retiring following the 2013 season. Jackson gave up a single to Brian Hunter, then walked Ron Gant. Don Slaught followed with a walk and Jose Lind hit a triple after that, scoring both runners ahead of him and making it an 8-3 game. Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. On the NL side, the Cardinals defeated — you guessed it — the Astros. The Pirates were in the NLCS for the third year in a row after losing to the eventual World Series champion Cincinnati Reds in 1990 and the Braves in 1991. He moved on to the Florida Marlins, where his team beat Cox's Braves in the NLCS and went on to win the World Series in 1997. The victory was picked up by Jeff Reardon, who pitched the ninth inning. That year, the Tampa Bay Rays won Game 7 of the ALCS after blowing a 3–1 lead to the Boston Red Sox. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. They were the Marlins opponents in the 2003 World Series, and they got there thanks to Aaron Boone’s dramatic walk-off home run in extra innings in Game 7. [6], Tuesday, October 6, 1992 (8:42 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. That was the night Steve Bartman became famous for reasons that haunted Cubs fans until their World Series victory in 2016. He was joined by his ace from this series, Tom Glavine, who was elected as a player that same year and won 305 games in his career. [16] A 2006 study by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pronounced Cabrera's game-winning single the eighth-"clutchest" hit in MLB history. The team the 2020 Astros are trying to match in the record books. The series ended in dramatic fashion; in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, with Atlanta down 2–1 and the bases loaded, the Braves' Francisco Cabrera cracked a two-run single that scored David Justice and Sid Bream. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. By the time the 11th inning rolled around, Mariano Rivera had thrown three scoreless innings of relief for New York. In 1997, the Braves fell to Leyland's Marlins in the NLCS and in 1998, they were defeated by the San Diego Padres. [3] However, Atlanta went 19–6 in June and 16–9 in July and pulled away from the rest of the NL West by winning 15 of their first 18 games in August. 1992 NLCS (4–3): Atlanta Braves over Pittsburgh Pirates. To date, this is the Pirates' most recent NLCS appearance. Drabek had struggled in his two starts, failing to make it past the fifth inning in either matchup. Who will experience the thrill of victory? [17] The move gave both Smoltz and Drabek a different target to hit for strikes as Marsh had a consistent strike zone that was much tighter than McSherry's. Gant hit a deep fly ball that was caught by Bonds, enabling Pendleton to score and put the Braves on the board. Belinda was able to get Hunter to pop out, which brought the Braves down to their final out and put the Pirates one step closer to erasing the 3-1 deficit and advancing to their first World Series since their 1979 championship. Entering the bottom of the ninth, Drabek had only allowed five hits in eight shutout innings and the Pirates were three outs away from advancing to their first World Series since 1979. Bonds went to the San Francisco Giants, where he played for the remainder of his career and eventually set baseball's all-time single season and career home run record with 762. Game 6 saw the series return to Atlanta, with Tom Glavine taking on Tim Wakefield in a Game 3 rematch. Pressure beyond the moment made it imperative for the Pirates to break through and win the pennant in 1992. The series ended in dramatic fashion; in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, with Atlanta down 2–1 and the bases loaded, the Braves' Francisco Cabrera cracked a two-run single that scored David Justice and Sid Bream.