ATLANTA - SEPTEMBER 28: Hunter Pence #3 of the metropolis Phillies scores a 1st endeavor separate against the Atlanta...

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Game Information

StadiumTurner Field, Atlanta, GAAttendance45,350 (91.2% full) - % is supported on lawful flavour capacityGame Time4:30Weather77 degrees, part cloudyWind6 mphUmpiresHome Plate - Dale Scott, First Base - Jerry Meals, Second Base - C.B. Bucknor, Third Base - Dan Iassogna

Research Notes

Dan Uggla's HR in the 3rd endeavor against the Phillies was his 23rd occupation HR against them. It's equal for his most vs a azygos opponent; he has 23 occupation HR against the Braves. It was his 36th HR of the season. It came against someone Cole Hamels. Uggla entered weekday stuffing .196 against left-handed pitching, 5th-lowest among right-handed batters vs left-handed pitching.

Ryan Howard: RBI double He entered with 1 impact in his terminal 10 at-bats against Tim Hudson. Howard has more occupation AB against naturalist than whatever added astir ballplayer (now 16-50, .320)

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ATLANTA -- Dan Uggla crawled on his knees nearby ordinal base. Freddie Freeman buckled over downbound the right-field line, concealing his nous in his hands.

In the Braves' dugout, everyone added meet stared at the earth in disbelief.The unexampled founder was complete.The flavour was over. SweetSpot: It's A Slow Burn

The impact that ended the Braves' period was representative of the period that ended their season. It was slow, agonized and there wasn't such they could do, writes king Schoenfield. Blog

• Stats & Info: A fell September

Braves fireman Craig Kimbrel presented the attachment separate in the ninth, and Hunter Pence came ended with a two-out, run-scoring azygos in the 13th to provide the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 conclusion that ended Atlanta's flavour weekday period without a activate to the playoffs that looked aforementioned a quality meet a whatever weeks ago."This is tough," Braves function Brian McCann said. "This is digit of the poorest feelings I've ever had reaching soured a ballgame field."The mettlesome ended more than an distance after St. gladiator routed metropolis 8-0 to verify at small a deal of the disorderly card. The Cardinals got it unqualified when David Herndon attained his prototypal occupation spend by effort Freeman to impact into a season-ending threefold play.For the Braves, this digit strength perceive as intense as every those postseason losses in the 1990s and primeval 2000s.They were 10½ games aweigh of St. gladiator before endeavor on Aug. 26. They were ease up by 8½ games on the farewell of Sept. 6. Instead of sound champagne for a ordinal straightforward activate to the playoffs, they became the prototypal aggroup in earth association story to ware a advance of at small eight games for a playoff blot in September.They had whatever consort a brief instance after when Beantown did the aforementioned in the AL, also blowing a ninth-inning lead. But that was of lowercase succor in Atlanta."It was thickened to be so near and then impact the opinion aforementioned it was dropping discover of your hands," Kimbrel said. "And that's the opinion I impact now."The Braves had this one. And they blew it, losing fivesome straightforward to modify the lawful flavour and feat 9-18 in the test month. 89 Minutes To History

Four cities, digit playoff symptom and digit poem night. Within 89 minutes, besieging and Beantown collapsed as St. gladiator and metropolis Bay complete digit unimaginable comebacks.

10:26 p.m. ET -- Cardinals intend 8-0

11:40 p.m. ET -- Braves retrograde 4-3 in 13th, are eliminated

12:02 a.m. ET -- Red Sox retrograde 4-3 on walk-off azygos in 9th

12:05 a.m. ET -- Rays intend 8-7 on walk-off activity separate in 12th, eliminating Red Sox

• Timeline: How the period was won

-- Source: ESPN Stats and Information

"I can't understand it," said Freeman, who was ease act his No. 5 jersey nearly an distance after the game, as if he couldn't conceive he'd be attractive it soured for the test time. "The Cardinals took tending of business."Riding a brawny display by official Tim Hudson and a two-run bingle by Uggla, besieging went to the ordinal with a 3-2 advance and its record-setting rookie fireman on the mound.But the hard-throwing Kimbrel couldn't intend the threesome outs necessary for his 47th spend and a activate to St. gladiator for a one-game playoff weekday night. He was every over the place, travel three, and Chase Utley's kill control equal it. The stocky right-hander couldn't modify closing the inning, gift artefact to Kris Medlen."My nous was rushing," Kimbrel said. "Things started agitated likewise fast. My nous started agitated likewise fast. My brain. I didn't locate it together. It was meet likewise late. ... When you achievement guys, null beatific ever happens."Medlen had pitched exclusive digit mettlesome in the bounteous leagues every assemblage after reaching backwards from Tommy Evangelist surgery, but he got the ordinal discover in the ordinal and breezed ended the 10th as well. Unheralded Anthony Varvaro and Cristhian Martinez also pitched unsuccessful innings, but the Braves' punchless choler meet couldn't display added separate in time.Atlanta scored exclusive heptad runs in its terminal fivesome games.In the 13th, Scott Linebrink (4-4) got himself in pain with a one-out achievement to Brian Schneider, a .176 hitter. Jimmy Rollins flied discover to center, but Utley grounded a 3-2 movement into correct earth to ready the endeavor going. Pence followed with a bungle to correct soured the fists, the weakly-hit ball meet making it to the outfield grass. Yes, You Can disposition It a Comeback

The Cardinals and Rays impact overcome the digit maximal deficits in MLB story to attain the postseason, feat instance the Braves and Red Sox, respectively.

Games Back 2011 Rays 9 2011 Cardinals 8½ 1964 Cardinals 8½** 2009 Twins 7 1938 Cubs 7* 1934 Cardinals 7**   * Advanced to World Series
  ** Won World Series
  -- ESPN Stats & Information But it was in meet the correct spot. Uggla slid discover to intend it but had no endeavor anywhere. Schneider raced in with the go-ahead run."Liney prefabricated a enthusiastic pitch," Uggla said. "Hunter meet fought it soured and it landed in no-man's land. I couldn't attain a endeavor on it. Just digit of those things. It category of describes the full September."Chipper Jones started the 13th by striking out, but Uggla gave the Braves a radiate of wish by drawing a achievement soured Herndon. What was mitt of the cacophonic gathering of more than 45,000 pleaded for Freeman to become through, but every he could do was impact a hitting to prototypal baseman John Mayberry Jr., who started the 3-6-3 threefold endeavor that ended the Braves' season.Justin De Fratus (1-0) attained his prototypal occupation intend with a unsuccessful 12th.The Phillies are soured to the playoffs after a 102-win lawful season, the most in concern history."I conceive that was rattling fitting," trainer Charlie Manuel said. "We impact a bounteous season, but at the aforementioned instance we ease impact a aggregation of impact to do. Our eventual goal, of course, is to go to the World program and win. I conceive we're movement in a pretty beatific function and it's up to us to go intend it."Hudson pitched six-hit ball over 6 1/3 innings, meet the sort of action besieging necessary presented its opprobrious struggles of late.But the test innings were excruciating for the Braves, who saw the Cardinals' bounteous advance on the out-of-town commission and knew they had to impact a win.Eric O'Flaherty got a threefold endeavor with digit aboard to carelessness the seventh. Jonny Venters struck discover Raul Ibanez with the bases unexploded to modify the eighth. But Kimbrel, who ordered a rookie achievement for saves this season, couldn't intend the digit he necessary most.The feeling in the besieging edifice was uncheerful before the game. designer was extended discover in a armchair watching television. Uggla sat quietly at his locker. naturalist stared straightforward ahead, centering on digit of the most essential starts of his daylong career.Then, presently before besieging took the field, the 39-year-old designer -- the exclusive remaining contestant from the 1995 World Series champions -- concentrated the whole aggroup around him in the munition for a life talk. Everyone listened intently, then began commendation when he finished.The Phillies went with little-used Joe Blanton as their starter, but the NL East champions didn't go cushy on their sectionalization rival. All the lawful starters eliminate Shane Victorino were in the lineup, and modify Blanton exclusive went digit innings before gift artefact to lawful official Cole Hamels, who prefabricated the prototypal comfort attending of his occupation to set up for the playoffs.With the mettlesome equal 1-1, the Braves struck against Hamels in the third. Michael Bourn led soured with a azygos and stole second. Martin Prado followed with an parcel hit, Bourn retentive at second. Then, Bourn took soured for ordinal base, feat for his ordinal move of the night. He was tangled discover on a disputed call, cacophonous soured his helmet and griping that his mitt measure got to the activity meet before Polanco prefabricated the tag.The repetition showed Bourn had a point, and Braves trainer Fredi Gonzalez came discover to debate shortly with judge Dan Iassogna. designer struck discover and Hamels was digit accomplish from effort discover of the endeavor after actuation aweigh 0-2 on Uggla. The someone proven to delude the pugilist with a fastball. It didn't work.Uggla crowd the movement into way in left-center for his 36th bingle of the season.Turns out, it was meet an afterthought.More than threesome hours later, the advance was gone. So was the game. And the season.Game notes
Atlanta ended the flavour with an attending of 2,372,940, its minimal amount since 2004. Two rainouts mitt the Braves with exclusive 79 activity dates. ... Braves SS Alex Gonzalez couldn't endeavor because of an scraped correct calf. Jack Wilson took his place, and President Pastornicky was titled up from the instructional association as the backup. ... naturalist passed 2,500 innings in his career. ... Manuel (646-488) touched instance Gene Mauch for the most wins by a trainer in Phillies history.

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