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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- October 7-14, 1997
The Marlins defeat the Braves in 6 games to advance to the 1997 World Series against the Cleveland Indians
NLCS MVP: Livan Hernandez
0:00 Game 1
2:46 Game 2
5:44 Game 3
8:46 Game 4
10:17 Game 5
13:26 Game 6
It was great to hear those old SportCenter Anchors Again. Bring s back a lot of memories
To put this NLCS matchup into perspective: the last time the NLCS didn't involve the Atlanta Braves, the city of Miami had yet to be awarded a franchise. The Braves began their run in 1991, the same year Miami was granted a new MLB team in the Florida Marlins.
Flash forward to six years later, the Braves and Marlins now meet to decide who will go to the World Series. While the Braves won the NL East by 9 games, the Marlins won 8 of 12 from Atlanta during the regular season. And in Game 1, the Marlins capitalized on a couple of Atlanta miscues, scoring three in the first and two in the third, all unearned. Kevin Brown and the bullpen kept the Braves in check as the Marlins beat Maddux and the Braves, 5-3. In Game 2, the Braves looked to relive their "Happy Days" of the 90s by taking advantage of CHarles Johnson's first error of the season in the first. Kenny Lofton beat out an infield hit and advanced on the Johnson error. The Braves capitalized by scoring two in the first, then Ryan Klesko took Alex Fernandez deep. Tom GLavine cruised to a 7-1 win and the series was tied at 1 apiece.
The scene moved to South Florida for Game 3, and the theme of capitalizing on poor defense contiuned. Leading 2-1 in the 6th, Andruw Jones misplayed Darren Daulton's 2 out fly ball with two on that scored the tying run. Then, Charles Johnson--0 for 15 against Smoltz with 11 K's--made contact against him. It was good enough to go to the wall and score three runs and put the Marlins ahead to stay, 5-2. Then, in Game 4, the NL's lone 20-game winner, Denny Neagle, cruised to a 4-hit shutout and a 4-0 Atlanta win to even the series at 2.
With Kevin Brown unavailable to pitch due to a stomach virus and Alex Fernandez out for the playoffs (and all of 1998) to a torn rotator cuff suffered in Game 2, the Marlins turned to 21 year old Cuban defector Livan Hernandez to go opposite Greg Maddux. Livan was shaky early, putting runners on the corners with no one out, but even with Eric Gregg's large strike zone, Hernandez still needed to control his breaking ball. He proceeded to do just that, striking out the side to escape the 1st unscathed. Livan went all the way on a 2-1 Marlins win, beating Greg Maddux, and striking out 15 batters. A star was born in Miami that day as the Fish needed one win to advance to the World Series.
Back to Turner Field for Game 6, Kevin Brown was healthy enough to pocket the clincher. The Marlins jumped to a 7-3 lead after 6 innings. Brown talked Manager Jim Leyland into staying in the game to pitch the seventh. Kevin did, going all the way. And when he got Chipper Jones on a force play with two out in the 9th, the Marlins won, 7-4, to hoist the National League Pennant. Livan Hernandez was named NLCS MVP with a 2-0 record and his 15 strikeout performance. As for Jim Leyland, he was finally going to the World Series after several near-misses as a Pirates' manager. Question now is, whom will the Marlins face?
WOW, Smoltz against Charles Johnson before today = 0-15 with 11 strikeouts, wow
10:59 that is just a NASTY two-seam fastball by Maddux. WOW!!!!!!!!
wow, ESPN did a horrible job addressing the Gregg strike zone
so did nbc during the game. just embarassing
chipper jones with the fielding errors and base-running errors in this series.
Livan Hernandez and Kevin Brown, back to back complete games of over 140 pitches each in game 5 and game 6
Everyone talks about game 5 and Eric Gregg’s strike zone, but I think game 3 was just as costly. Had a 2-0 lead halfway through, Smoltz/Saunders was the biggest pitching mismatch of that series. But two defensive miscues did them in
6:02 Braves jsut got beat by the marlins in a series with a wide zone, part of the game
@@adrianselbst6777 Plus people ignores that the Braves pitching got the same zone as well.
@@iamhungey12345 Exactly. Maddux was getting the same strike zone in that game, and the Marlins simply made the most of their opportunities, unlike the Braves.
Nah, they got robbed, there are always going to be miscues...they gave a game to FL
Klesko had the oddest full-power swing I've seen. Change my mind.
2:12 those who are late...... DO NOT GET FRUITCUP
1997 FL Marlins❤
“Gary Sheffield- he’s a lumberjack”
Braves offseason moves:
- This was Fred McGriff final season with the Braves, as he will play with the expansion Tampa Bay Rays next 1998 season.
- This was Kenny Lofton only season with the Braves, as he will sign and return to the Cleveland Indians next 1998 season.
Why did Atlanta leave McGriff unprotected?
@@redpillfreedom6692 McGriff is from Tampa, so im sure he was looking to play for the expansion Rays either way
17:39 “Hit hard, by Brown, scooped up by Counsell, to Renteria and it’s over!”
“Great play!”
Might as well win your first pennant on a gem like that.
Gregg was out to get the Braves this series. That terrible call at 2B on Lofton in game 3 had to be overturned in an age when overturns just didn't happen.
6:02 for anyone who wants to complain about the strike zone going against the braves
The umps in this series were just terrible all around
I love how Braves fans complain about Eric Gregg in game 5 yet forget the Braves were getting all the calls from the Umps in game 6 with the strikezone and still couldn't win. Go Fish!!
The Marlins were flat-out better than the Braves that season. Beat them 8 of 12 during the regular season then 4 of 6 here - they may not have won as many regular season games but head-to-head they were absolutely better than Atlanta and that is indisputable. The Braves didn't even win one series against them all year.
Atlanta's defense was just HORRIBLE!!!!!!, kinda like how their defense was horrible against the Yankees in the 1996 WS
The Braves had no business losing that series...SMH
The Orioles had worse luck in the other LCS
The Marlins matched up well against the Braves. The had won 8 of the 12 meetings during the regular season.
@@pomerlain8924 I see...That Marlins team would have been a playoff team for at least two more years had Wayne Huizenga not broken up the team
yankees, Orioles, and Atl really collapsed in 1997
The Marlins were the yankees of the east that year. Look at there lineup and payroll.
Ahh the famous OLE play by Chipper (though injured at the time)
0:35 Big Braves and Maddux fan, but a lot of his success was based on getting horrible calls like this just because he hit catcher's target. I know we still have some umps with a generous zone but it's pretty rare to see an ump call something like that a strike nowadays.
It was starting in the 2000 season that MLB made its strikezone tighter.
But 13:04 was okay!?!? STFU
Eric f'n Greg
6:02 happened to both teams all series gotta adjust marlins did braves didn't. Braves blew this series on terrible defense and an awful game 6 start from Glavine.
@@adrianselbst6777 13:32-13:42 is a prime example, as Gary Sheffield adjusted to wide strike zone that Glavine was getting, and instead of trying to pull the ball, just went with pitch and poked it to the opposite field.
Did smoltz play in this series?
Yes, he started game 3 in Florida 5:53
and he was gonna be the Braves starting pitcher if there was a game 7
The Braves have only one world series because their 90s teams could not play defense (except for walt weiss)
And their vaunted pitching staff continually came up short in the big moments.
Andruw Jones is the greatest defensive outfielder ever... he could flash the leather too
Sustained success is most difficult (overpay to resign players). Braves battled the Twins, Pirates, BlueJays, Phillies, Indians, Cardinals, Yankees, Marlins, Padres and Mets. Only the Yankees and possibly Indians stuck around for longer than 2 seasons. Everyone else had their 15 minutes and vanished. Often becoming a whipping boy.
Why did everybody wear white tshirts to playoff games?!
Everybody brings up game 5 but the way the braves played in this series, they didn’t deserve to win
Another braves flop