This was the NLCS everyone had anticipated: the pitching-rich Braves against the balanced Reds' attack. In Game 1 at Riverfront, Pete Schourek and Tom Glavine dueled to a standoff. For 8 innings, Glavine allowed just one run while Schourek shut out the Braves through 8 himself. But in the top of the 9th, Chipper Jones--who else--singled, moved to third on McGriff's hit, and scored on a force play to tie the game. Then, in the 11th, Mike Deveraux delivered the go-ahead single. The Reds had runners on the corners with one out in the bottom half, but Reggie Sanders grounded into the team's 5th double play of the game and the Braves won, 2-1. Game 2 was practically a carbon copy as the two teams dueled to a 2-2 standstill after 9. The Reds had an ample chance to go ahead in the 8th when Larkin was on third with no out, but was left stranded there. In contrast, the Braves took advantage of their opportunities, scoring 4 in the 10th, capped by Javy Lopez's three run blast. The 6-2 win put the Braves in a commanding position, up 2-0 in games going home. Back in the deep south for Game 3, Greg Maddux kept the Reds' offense on a power outage, holding them to one run through eight. Home runs by Charlie O'Brien and Chipper sealed the 5-2 win, and the Braves were up 3-0 in the series. Steve Avery, 7-13 on the season with a 5.50 ERA, joined in on the Braves' fun with 6 shutout innings of his own in Game 4. Then, in the 7th, Deveraux broke the game open with a three-run blast for Atlanta. The Braves won, 6-0, to sweep the Reds and head to their third World Series in the 1990s. As for the Reds, it would be 15 years before they would get back to the playoffs.
The 'New Red Machine' didn't quite live up to that billing in this NLCS; the Braves totally outclassed and outworked the Reds all series. Reggie Sanders epitomized the Reds' struggles by striking out 12 times in this series, fittingly the last out of the series as well as the Braves broomed past the Reds with relative ease.
This was Davey Johnson final season as Reds manager, as he will sign to be the Orioles manager next season. The Reds will name Ray Knight to be their new manager
This was the NLCS everyone had anticipated: the pitching-rich Braves against the balanced Reds' attack.
In Game 1 at Riverfront, Pete Schourek and Tom Glavine dueled to a standoff. For 8 innings, Glavine allowed just one run while Schourek shut out the Braves through 8 himself. But in the top of the 9th, Chipper Jones--who else--singled, moved to third on McGriff's hit, and scored on a force play to tie the game. Then, in the 11th, Mike Deveraux delivered the go-ahead single. The Reds had runners on the corners with one out in the bottom half, but Reggie Sanders grounded into the team's 5th double play of the game and the Braves won, 2-1.
Game 2 was practically a carbon copy as the two teams dueled to a 2-2 standstill after 9. The Reds had an ample chance to go ahead in the 8th when Larkin was on third with no out, but was left stranded there. In contrast, the Braves took advantage of their opportunities, scoring 4 in the 10th, capped by Javy Lopez's three run blast. The 6-2 win put the Braves in a commanding position, up 2-0 in games going home.
Back in the deep south for Game 3, Greg Maddux kept the Reds' offense on a power outage, holding them to one run through eight. Home runs by Charlie O'Brien and Chipper sealed the 5-2 win, and the Braves were up 3-0 in the series.
Steve Avery, 7-13 on the season with a 5.50 ERA, joined in on the Braves' fun with 6 shutout innings of his own in Game 4. Then, in the 7th, Deveraux broke the game open with a three-run blast for Atlanta. The Braves won, 6-0, to sweep the Reds and head to their third World Series in the 1990s.
As for the Reds, it would be 15 years before they would get back to the playoffs.
The Reds' last postseason series appearance until 2010.
“New Red Machine” indeed
Although they did play a game 163 for the NL WC in 1999, that they lost to the Mets
The 'New Red Machine' didn't quite live up to that billing in this NLCS; the Braves totally outclassed and outworked the Reds all series. Reggie Sanders epitomized the Reds' struggles by striking out 12 times in this series, fittingly the last out of the series as well as the Braves broomed past the Reds with relative ease.
Reds sure hit into many doubleplays this NLCS
The beginning of back-to-back-to-back LCS losses for manager Davey Johnson
And he also lost the 1988 NLCS.
This was Davey Johnson final season as Reds manager, as he will sign to be the Orioles manager next season.
The Reds will name Ray Knight to be their new manager
David Wells (Reds) will be traded in the offseason to the Orioles
And thus we are denied an All Ohio World Series
1999 was the other season that we got close to an All Ohio World Series
Reggie Sanders couldn’t do anything in that series