The Braves have played 151 postseason games since moving to Atlanta in 1966, and only twice have they pitched back-to-back shutouts.
One, of course, came this week, as the Braves blanked the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 (in 13 innings) and 5-0 to win the National League Wild Card Series. Atlanta awaits the winner of the Chicago Cubs-Miami Marlins for an NL Division Series beginning Tuesday.
The other came at the beginning of the Braves’ great run in the 1990s and early 2000s. In Games 6 and 7 of the 1991 National League Championship Series, Atlanta shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 and 4-0 to advance to its first World Series since 1958, when it was still located in Milwaukee.