Final: Phillies 8, Braves 3
The Atlanta Braves won the National League East with 101 wins, the same amount that landed the New York Mets a trip to the playoffs as the senior circuit’s top Wild Card representative. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Phillies snuck in as the final Wild Card team, with 87 wins.
But, as the old sports radio cliche goes, get into the tournament and anything can happen.
The Mets were upset by the San Diego Padres in the first round. And after a first-round bye, the defending World Series Champion Braves were knocked off in four games by the team appropriately nicknamed The Fightins’.