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Bringing it home on the road: The Padres won for the third time at Turner Field to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1984 AP

California creamin'

Padres polish off Braves 5-0, head to World Series

For the first time in 14 years, the San Diego Padres are headed to the World Series. The Padres ended Atlanta's improbable comeback hopes by beating Tom Glavine and the Braves 5-0 Wednesday to win the National League championship series four games to two.

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Padres-Braves Box Score

Padres-Braves Scoring Summary

Jeff Pearlman at the NLCS

Once again, team of the '90s is going home
The team of the '90s is running out of time. After losing 5-0 to the San Diego Padres in the NLCS on Wednesday, there's only one year left for the Atlanta Braves to win a second World Series title.

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MVP Hitchcock takes suspense out of NLCS
Sterling Hitchcock has had a solid-gold postseason, and now the San Diego Padres left-hander is going to the World Series as the Most Valuable Player of the NLCS.

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Finally, Gwynn headed back to World Series
Tony Gwynn is going back to the World Series, and he's taking a whole new cast of San Diego Padres with him.

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Caminiti: No apologies for broken-bat hit
San Diego's Ken Caminiti had several key hits in the National League championship series, but none was bigger than his broken-bat single that keyed the Padres' five-run sixth inning Wednesday.
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Ratings game: Baseball steals slice of NFL audience
Baseball's postseason took another slice out of ABC's "Monday Night Football" audience. The rating for the Miami-Jacksonville game was an 11.7, the third-lowest ever, 16 percent below last year's Denver-New England game.
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Braves stun Padres again, force Game 6
For the second straight game, the resilient Atlanta Braves shocked San Diego with a late knockout punch, erupting for five runs in the eighth inning to beat the Padres and emergency reliever Kevin Brown 7-6 Monday night and send the NLCS back to Atlanta for Game 6.

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Unprecedented comeback wakes up Atlanta's fans
The fans of Atlanta are excited about the playoffs -- finally. With the Braves two victories away from an unprecedented comeback in the NLCS, fans flocked to the Turner Field tickets windows Tuesday morning, intent on making up for the city's disappointing turnouts in the first two games.
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MORE STORIES
OCTOBER 14
	• In a crazy year, Braves have reason to believe
OCTOBER 13
	• Hitchcock gets the ball in Game 6 for Padres • Face it -- Ligtenberg's new look suits Braves • Braves' Rocker can do more than pitch • Brown can't save Padres this time • Tucker gives Braves at least one more game
OCTOBER 12
	• Smoltz questions leave Braves' Neagle seeing red • Neagle reminds second-guessers that Braves won • Braves turn to Cy Young trio to rebound • Padres' pitchers finally hit a pothole • Braves still alive, rally for 8-3 win in Game 4
OCTOBER 11
	• Clock ticking for 'Team of the '90s' • Padres' Vaughn improving, but still day-to-day
OCTOBER 10
	• Yanks even ALCS with 4-0 win in Game 4 • Hitchcock's pitching, hitting too much for Braves • Braves need to make history now • Padres rally, put favored Braves in 3-0 hole • Stewart: The man behind San Diego's pitching staff

Baseball writer Jeff Pearlman previews the NLCS
• NL Division Series recap
• The Scout's View: Braves
• The Scout's View: Padres

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