The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball franchise based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The franchise competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves played home games at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium from 1966 to 1996, and Turner Field from 1997 to 2016. Since 2017, their home stadium has been SunTrust Park, located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia. The Braves play spring training games at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. The "Braves" name, which was first used in 1912, originates from a term for a Native American warrior. They are nicknamed "the Bravos", and often referred to as "America's Team" in reference to the team's games being broadcast on the nationally available TBS from the 1970s until 2007, giving the team a nationwide fan base. The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006. One of the nation's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs, the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships, more than any other NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees. The team has won 19 National League pennants, third-most of any team. St. Louis has also won 14 division titles in the East and Central divisions. In 1881, entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased the Brown Stockings barnstorming club, renamed it the St. Louis Browns, and made it a charter member of the American Association (AA) baseball league. The team won four league championships, qualifying them to play in the era's professional baseball championship tournament, a forerunner of the modern World Series. In two of these championships, the Browns met the Chicago White Stockings, launching the enduring Cardinals–Cubs rivalry.
Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals Score
By the time the nightmare first inning ended for the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, there were mock cheers from the capacity crowd at SunTrust Park. Just one frame into a decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series, sarcasm was all Braves fans had left as the St. Louis Cardinals put 10 runs – yes, 10 – on the board. Though it might be theoretically possible for a team to have a worse start to a series-deciding game, the Braves did their best to put themselves into history books for all the wrong reasons – and the Cardinals took full advantage. It all started when Braves catcher Brian McCann dropped strike three on leadoff hitter Dexter Fowler, eventually leading to a walk. That was a bad omen for Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz, who didn’t walk a single batter in seven innings during his winning start in Game 2. Mike Foltynewicz was removed in the first inning.
