Twenty-six years later, the Braves are once again at the top of major league baseball.
Jorge Soler and Dansby Swanson hit homers, Max Fried was outstanding and Atlanta won 7-0 on Tuesday to win the World Series in six games at the expense of the Houston Astros.
The Braves had most recently competed in the World Series in 1999 when they were swept away by the New York Yankees.
As an Atlanta-based roster, the Braves won the World Series in 1995 at the expense of the Cleveland Indians.
Once again, the celebration took place in an opposing stadium. The last time the World Series was won by a home club was in 2013, when Boston converted the opportunity.
Ozzie Albies and Eddie Rosario were on base with a single and a walk on the Soler homer in third.
Two innings later, Swanson slammed another four-goal stroke, after a walk awarded to Albies. Also in fifth, Freddie Freeman produced an additional run with a double, before hitting a solo homerun in seventh.
Swanson hit a home run at Cristian Javier’s expense – like in Game 4.
Soler, a 29-year-old Cuban, hit his third long ball since the start of the series.
The bullet traveled very far beyond left field (446 feet, by calculation).
The Astros screwed up a good chance to damage in the first inning, where they had two runners on base and no out.
Jose Altuve hit a single in the infield and Michael Brantley hit the goals via a Max Fried error, on a ground where Freeman gave him a short stint.
Fried put his foot next to the pillow and Brantley pounded his right ankle. The therapist went to see Fried, but Fried stayed in the game.
Fried got away with two strikeouts and one putout, though.
Fried allowed just four hits in six innings, all singles.
The 27-year-old southpaw struck out six batters and did not allow a walk.
Fried only needed eight shots in the second and the same number in the fourth.
In the latter case, the impatience of the hitters at the local club was obvious, after a single from Carlos Correa.
Tyler Matzek followed with four strikeouts in two innings, then Will Smith took charge of the ninth.
The latest takedown was a Yuli Gurriel runner to the shortstop Dansby Swanson, who grew up in suburban Atlanta.
The retractable roof was open; by the time of the first pitch it was a very comfortable 20 degrees Celsius in Houston.
In the crowd are Lucas Giolito of the White Sox and Jack Flaherty of the Cards, Fried’s teammates at Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles.
All three pitchers were in action in inaugural games this year.
Fried excelled in the regular season (14-7 and an average of 3.04). He was also very solid against Milwaukee and Los Angeles in the playoffs.
However, its performance had been declining recently.
On October 21, he gave up five runs and eight hits in four and two-thirds innings at Dodger Stadium.
In Game Two in Houston, he allowed six runs and seven hits in five innings. The Astros won the game 7-2, with the roof open that night as well.
Luis Garcia, who had only had three days of respite, left after granting the circuit to Soler. In two and two-thirds innings, he gave up three runs, two hits and a walk.