1974 NLCS
Jenkins & Ryan matched up in game one and the Braves would break open a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 4th with 4 runs on RBI hits from Joe Torre, Bobby Pfeil & Nolan Ryan. Ryan would go 8 innings, giving up a 5-3 lead to close John Papa in the 9th. We would load the bases in the 9th but Luzinski flied out to left to end the game and give the Braves a 5-3 win and a 1-0 series lead.
In game two, the Braves would go up 4-1 after 5 innings before we came back with 2 runs in the 6th. Jerry Patterson would hold us there through 8 and once again in the 9th we would threaten off of John Papa, putting runners at the corners with 1 out before Rod Carew hit into a double play to end the game. They win 4-3 and lead the series 2-0. Our backs are against the wall as we head back to Philly.
Mike Krukow & Wenty Ford matched up in game 3 and the Braves stayed hot by scoring in the first two innings to take a 2-1 lead. That score would hold till the 7th when they would chase Krukow and add 5 more runs of the next few innings off of our pen and win game 3 by a 7-2 score to complete the sweep.
Well that sucked. What can I say, we lose a couple close games and that was that, another disappointing finish to our season.