You figure that if you score four runs in the top of an extra inning, you’ve won, right? Not so for the Marlins yesterday. The Braves came back with five in the bottom of the tenth. I can’t recall ever having seen such a line score before.
The defeat pretty much dashes the fading hopes for the Fish in the NL Wild Card race. That’s good news for every other contender, given that experience teaches that if the Fish win the Wild Card, they win the World Series.
But the NL West/Wild Card pile up among the Dodgers, Padres and Phillies sure is getting interesting! (Well, if you ignore the actual records in this year’s League of Medicorities; even the “runaway” Mets have faded badly–to the point of losing a three-game series in Pittsburgh while on the verge of clinching. They will get there, but they look less than the juggernaut that started the season.)
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Fruits and Votes grafted A Wild 9th–and 10th.
A day after that incredibly wild 10th inning in the Mariners-Braves game, we had an unbelievable 9th inning in the Padres-Dodgers game. Oh, and the 10th wasn’t too bad, either.
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It’s very nice not to see the Padres in the wild card standings.
Seed planted by Greg — 18 September 2006 @ 08:38
The Braves came back with five in the bottom of the tenth.
It was the first time in the history of the Braves franchise (1876!) that the Braves had won a game in which they trailed by four or more runs during extra innings.
I can’t recall ever having seen such a line score before.
Do you remember that crazy comeback by Cleveland against Seattle in 2001? The Racist Logos were down 12-0 in the 4th and ended up winning 15-14 in 11 innings.
Seed planted by L-girl — 18 September 2006 @ 11:29
Yes, I remember that game! But were the visitors up by multiple runs in extras?
The other game that immediately came to mind was Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS when the Astros narrowly missed overcoming a 3-run deficit in the bottom of the 16th! (They had overcome a single-run deficit in the 14th, and the Mets had overcome being down by three in the top of the 9th; what a game, and a pennant clincher at that!)
Seed planted by MSS — 18 September 2006 @ 11:47
Oh boy, I remember that one, too. The 1986 playoffs, both leagues, were among the most exciting ever. Not quite as much fun for Angels fans, I know.
But were the visitors up by multiple runs in extras?
That is just crazy. Baseball is crazy!
Seed planted by L-girl — 19 September 2006 @ 04:53
A Wild 9th–and 10th.
A day after that incredibly wild 10th inning in the Mariners-Braves game, we had an unbelievable 9th inning in the Padres-Dodgers game. Oh, and the 10th wasn’t too bad, either.
Scion grafted by Fruits and Votes — 19 September 2006 @ 09:11
The Braves franchise dates back to 1871 in the old National Association.
The National Association is generally not regarded as a major league because it was more a loose conferederation of teams that did not play an organized schedule. Still, as far as I know the Braves are the world’s oldest professional sports franchise at 136 years and counting…
Some European soccer (football) teams are about as old, but were not regarded as being fully professional until the 20th century.
Seed planted by Jack Lazorko — 21 September 2006 @ 05:41