Two games into the 1984 National League Championship Series, San Diego found itself in a 0-2 hole in the best-of-five matchup against the Cubs. But the Padres easily won Game 3, and then took Game 4 in dramatic fashion on a two-run walk-off blast by Steve Garvey that set up a winner-take-all Game 5.

In Game 5, the Padres quickly found themselves losing early, though this time down 3-0 after just two innings. But San Diego climbed back with two runs in the sixth inning and four in the seventh to drop the Cubs, 6-3, and propel the club into its first World Series.

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Even after Garvey's memorable home run in Game 4, the Padres knew they had an uphill battle in the deciding game because the Cubs sent Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe to the mound.

Sutcliffe was nearly unhittable for the Cubs, going 16-1 with a 2.69 ERA after being traded to Chicago in June of that season.

And Sutcliffe pitched seven shutout innings against the Padres in the Cubs' 13-0 win in the first game of the series.

San Diego countered with Eric Show, who allowed five runs over just four innings in Game 1 and didn't do much better in Game 5.

Show struggled mightily, allowing a two-run homer in the first to Leon Durham and a solo blast to Jody Davis in the second. It wasn't a good start for the Padres, and Show was replaced after just 1 1/3 innings.

But the Padres' bullpen held the Cubs in check, and their offense finally came through in the sixth inning with two runs on sacrifice flies by Graig Nettles and Terry Kennedy.

It was the seventh inning, however, where the Cubs' season would unravel behind Sutcliffe.

Carmelo Martinez walked to open the inning, was sacrificed to second by Gary Templeton and then scored when Leon Durham made a crucial error on a ground ball hit by Tim Flannery.

The Padres had tied the game, but they weren't finished. Alan Wiggins then singled, and Tony Gwynn doubled home both runs and scored on a Garvey single.

Sutcliffe was removed after Garvey's RBI single, but the damage was done. The Padres brought Goose Gossage in to pitch the last two innings, and although the Cubs had three baserunners, they couldn't score.

San Diego held on for its first pennant in franchise history, and even though the club lost in five games to the Tigers in the World Series, it was still a memorable season.