"Nippy Jones leads off the bottom of the 10th and takes Tommy Byrne's low pitch for a ball, but he argues that the ball hit him on the foot. He shows home plate umpire Augie Donatelli a smudge of shoe polish on the ball, and Donatelli reverses his call. Two batters later, Johnny Logan ties the game with a double off Bob Grim, then Eddie Mathews blasts a walk-off two-run homer to tie the series, which the Braves will win in seven games."
"2013 :The Dodgers are also a win away from winning their Division Series after beating up the Braves, 13-6. The Dodgers score 10 runs between the second and fourth innings to break the game wide open despite a shaky start by Hyun-Jin Ryu. Carl Crawford and Juan Uribe homer, Hanley Ramirez has a double and a triple, and Yasiel Puig has three hits as the Dodgers' batters overwhelm Braves starter Julio Teheran."
"1948 - In the opening game of the World Series, the Boston Braves beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians, 1-0, with only two hits and the benefit of a disputed call on a pick-off attempt in the eighth inning by Feller."
The Boston Braves won the 1948 World Series opener 1-0 over Cleveland with only two hits and a disputed eighth-inning pick-off call. In 1957 the Braves staged a controversial comeback in Game 4 when a disputed shoe polish HBP reversed a call, leading to a walk-off two-run homer by Eddie Mathews and a series victory in seven games. The 1969 Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 7-4 at Shea Stadium to clinch the NL pennant. In 2013 the Dodgers routed the Braves 13-6, scoring ten runs between the second and fourth innings. In 2019 the Braves rallied with two outs in the ninth of NLDS Game 3, and in 2020 Atlanta defeated Miami 9-5 in Game 1 of the Division Series as both teams produced big innings.
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