Never in the history of major league has a team started a playoff game by dominating: the Cardinals of St. Louis scored 10 points Wednesday night, from the initial round, to finally humiliate the Braves by the score of 13 at 1, in Atlanta.
The Cards have secured their qualification for the championship series of the National, where they will face the Nationals of Washington.
As a result of this discomfort, the Braves lost the series 3-2 and find themselves on vacation. The winter may be long for some players, including pitchers Mike Foltynewicz and Max Fried, after such a thaw. We must also have a thought for the director general of Braves, the Montrealer Alex Anthopoulos.
Memories of 2002
These 10 Cardinals points are not just a record for the number of points scored by a club in the first set in the playoffs, but it also ties in the scoring in only one run in the playoffs.
The last time it happened on October 13, 2002, the Anaheim Angels had 10 points in the final of the seventh in a 13-5 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Angels took advantage of this result to win this series of championship of the American League before eventually winning the World Series.
Foltynewicz manhandled
The Cards sent a total of 14 batters in this first run. They first mistreated Foltynewicz, who left the game as the score was 4-0 with only one withdrawal and goals completed. Fried could not close the door afterwards. Officially, Foltynewicz was awarded seven points on his record, including six deserved.
Dexter Fowler, Kolten Wong, Tommy Edman and Paul DeJong each produced two points for the Cards in this game. On the mound, starter Jack Flaherty gave up a single point in six innings.
– At the end of the match, Braves receiver Brian McCann announced his retirement after 15 seasons in Major League Baseball.
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