Devereaux hit a three-run home run to put the Braves up 5–0. After a double and intentional walk, Dave Burba relieved Jackson and Luis Polonia's RBI single made it 6–0 Braves. Bobby Cox took no chances and used closer Mark Wohlers to finish off the Reds in the ninth. The shutout victory completed a surprisingly easy sweep of Cincinnati and sent the Braves to their third World Series in five years. The Reds offense only managed to score five runs in four games off Atlanta's pitching staff, even with the fact that the first two contests went to extra-innings. This was the only NLCS to end in a four-game sweep until 2007, when the Colorado Rockies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in four games. Former Brave Ron Gant would play against his former team with the Reds, then again the next year as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. This was the final game for manager Davey Johnson with the Reds. Composite box 1995 NLCS (4–0): Atlanta Braves over Cincinnati Reds Aftermath Two weeks after sweeping the Reds, the Braves won the franchise's third World Series and their first in Atlanta, beating the Cleveland Indians in six games. In one of the more awkward situations in MLB history, Reds owner Marge Schott announced early in the 1995 season that manager Davey Johnson would not return in 1996, regardless of how the Reds did. Schott named former Reds third baseman Ray Knight (who had played for Johnson on the '86 Mets championship team) as bench coach, with the understanding that he would take over as manager in 1996. This might have been a surprise to the rest of baseball world, but it was not in Cincinnati as Schott and Johnson had a poor relationship even from the start of Johnson's tenure as Reds manager in 1993. The Reds took a dive under Ray Knight in 1996 and he was eventually fired in 1997. Johnson was quickly hired to manage the Baltimore Orioles for the 1996 season, but would find himself in another tenuous situation, as he and Orioles owner Peter Angelos would not get along. Similar to his situation with Marge Schott, Johnson would be fired after the 1997 season despite two AL Championship Series appearances. Meanwhile, Schott was banned from day-to-day operations of the Reds by MLB from 1996 through 1998 due to statements in support of German domestic policies