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Atlanta Braves postseason history with the St. Louis Cardinals is not pretty

By Matthew Browning

ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 05: Country singer Travis Tritt performs the national anthem before the Atlanta Braves take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Wild Card playoff game at Turner Field on October 5, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 05: Country singer Travis Tritt performs the national anthem before the Atlanta Braves take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Wild Card playoff game at Turner Field on October 5, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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8 Oct 2000: A view of the St. Louis Cardinals celebrating their victory at the National Leage Division Series game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. The Cardinals defeated the Braves 7-1.Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule Jr. /Allsport
8 Oct 2000: A view of the St. Louis Cardinals celebrating their victory at the National Leage Division Series game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. The Cardinals defeated the Braves 7-1.Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule Jr. /Allsport /

1996 NLCS

The Braves won the first game 4-2 behind John Smoltz’s eight innings of two earned run ball, but then lost the next three games to fall behind three games to one in the series.

In Game 5, the offense exploded in a 14-0 victory.

Chipper Jones went 2-for-3 with three RBI, Fred McGriff went 2-for-6 with a home run and three RBI, and then Javy Lopez also added a home run.

Greg Maddux was lights out in Game 6, allowing an earned run, while striking out seven in the Braves 3-1 win to even the series at three.

Much like Game 5, it was all offense for the Braves in Game 7 as they cruised to a 15-0 victory.

McGriff continued his torrid play, going 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBI, Lopez went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI, Andruw Jones went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Tom Glavine hit a three-run triple to go with his seven innings of shutout ball.

This is where the Braves success against the Cardinals in the postseason ends.

2000 NLDS

The vaunted rotation of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Kevin Millwood were anything but in this series, as they gave up a combined 16 earned runs.

In the first inning of Game 1, the Cardinals scored six runs that included five singles, an intentional walk and an error.

The Atlanta Braves committed three errors in the game and lost 7-5.

In Game 2, the Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, thanks to RBI from Chipper Jones and Brian Jordan.

But the Cardinals answered right back with a three-run homer from Will Clark. They added two more in the third off a two-run double from Ray Lankford.

The Cardinals won 10-4.

Fernando Vina’s two-run single in the seventh inning blew open Game 3 and the Cardinals cruised to a 7-1 win and the series sweep.

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