An all-time upset occurred in the Major League Baseball postseason.
The Atlanta Braves, who ranked first in the overall major league winning rate with 104 wins and 58 losses this season, lost 1-3 to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the "National League Division Series" at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 13th (Korea Standard Time). With the loss, Atlanta failed to advance to the league championship series with a record of one win and three losses.
Philadelphia advanced to the postseason with 90 wins and 72 losses this season as the No. 1 wild card in the National League. Philadelphia, which defeated Miami (84-78), the second-ranked wild card in the National League in the wild card series, caused a stir by sinking giant Atlanta in the division series. Philadelphia (87-75 at the time) also defeated Atlanta (101-61 at the time) 3-1 in the division series last season. It is the first time in major league history that Philadelphia has met and defeated a team that has more than 10 wins in the regular season in the postseason for two consecutive years. Philadelphia had 14 wins fewer than Atlanta for the second consecutive year, but it turned the tables in the postseason.
The elimination of Atlanta, which ranked first in major league winning percentage, came as a shock to many baseball fans. This is not the only thing The two teams, Baltimore (101 wins, 61 losses) and Dodgers (100 wins, 62 losses), which topped the American League's winning percentage, both withdrew without a single win in the postseason. Atlanta, Baltimore, and the Dodgers, which have won a total of 305 games in the regular league, have only won 1 win and 9 losses in the postseason.
Baltimore had the most wins in the American League, but was beaten by Texas (90 wins and 72 losses), which swept Tampa Bay (99 wins) in the second place in the American League in the wild card series with two wins. He finished the fall baseball helplessly without winning a single win.
The Dodgers also ranked second in the National League's winning rate, but did not win a single victory over Arizona (84 wins and 78 losses), which advanced to the postseason with a third-place wild card chin-up in the postseason. Arizona defeated Milwaukee (92-70), the winner of the Central Division, by two wins in the wild card series, and held the Dodgers to three wins in the division series. The difference in winning percentage between Dodgers (.617) and Arizona (.519) reached 98, which is the sixth-largest postseason upset in major league history.
With Atlanta, Baltimore, Dodgers, Tampa Bay and Milwaukee all eliminated in the first round, all teams ranked first to fifth in major league winning percentage failed to advance to the league championship series. Texas and Houston (90-72) in the American League and Philadelphia and Arizona in the National League have advanced to the league championship series, the first time since the league championship series was introduced in 1969. In 1981 and 2020, none of the league championship teams recorded more than 91 wins, but 1981 was a shortened season due to a strike by the players' union, and in 2020, a shortened season due to COVID-19 took place. In both seasons, there were teams that won more than 91 games based on 162 games. 토토사이트
The four teams, which caused an upset, will resume their journey to the World Series title, starting with the American League Championship Series between Houston and Texas on the 16th and the National League Championship Series between Philadelphia and Arizona on the 17th. Houston is trying to win the World Series for the second time in a row, while Texas is trying to win the World Series for the first time. Philadelphia will try to win for the first time in 15 years since winning in 2008, while Arizona will try to win for the first time in 22 years since 2001.