ATLANTA -- The 1995 Braves were staring at a potential first-round exit in Dream Bracket 2: Dream Seasons before Javy Lopez drilled what could be the most dramatic homer by an Atlanta player during the computer simulation era.

Lopez’s three-run homer off LaTroy Hawkins with two outs in the ninth inning gave the 1995 Braves a 3-2 win over the 2011 Brewers in Game 7 of their first-round matchup in the National League’s Region 2 bracket.

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With the thrilling win, the 1995 Braves will now face the 2004 Cardinals in the second round. The ‘57 Braves also won their first-round matchup against the ‘01 D-backs and will go up against the ‘67 Cardinals in the next round.

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Here’s a game-by-game look at how the 1995 Braves advanced:

Game 1: Braves 8, Brewers 4
Chipper Jones hit a pair of solo home runs off Yovani Gallardo and scored on David Justice's two-run single in the seventh inning in this series opener. Braves starter Greg Maddux allowed two runs over 5 2/3 innings, and Mark Wohlers struck out three in a perfect ninth. After Ryan Braun homered off Alejandro Pena in the eighth, Lopez capped Atlanta’s two-run ninth with an RBI single off Hawkins.

Game 2: Brewers 4, Braves 0
Zack Greinke scattered four hits over six scoreless innings, and Yuniesky Betancourt got the Brewers rolling with his third-inning solo homer off Tom Glavine. Braun paced Milwaukee with three hits, and Prince Fielder drove in a pair of runs. Greinke notched eight strikeouts and did not allow an extra-base hit, while Glavine was charged with three earned runs over five innings.

Game 3: Brewers 13, Braves 3
John Smoltz exited his six-inning outing with a 3-2 lead and then watched the Brewers explode for nine runs in the seventh. After walking the first batter he faced, Greg McMichael allowed a Nyjer Morgan triple and a Braun double ahead of Corey Hart’s three-run homer. Morgan contributed five hits and finished a homer shy of the cycle. Fred McGriff had given the Braves a first-inning lead with a two-run homer off Milwaukee starter Shaun Marcum.

Game 4: Braves 10, Brewers 0
Lopez singled home a run in Atlanta’s two-run first and then further damaged Brewers starter Randy Wolf with a two-run homer in the third. While Wolf allowed five runs over just 2 2/3 innings, Steve Avery gave the Braves 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Justice hit a two-run homer in the seventh against Marco Estrada, and Chipper Jones added a two-run double in the eighth.

Game 5: Braves 1, Brewers 0
Maddux surrendered just two hits over eight scoreless innings, and Ryan Klesko provided all the necessary support with his fourth-inning RBI single. Klesko’s game-winner was one of the four hits Gallardo allowed over seven strong innings. Jonathan Lucroy accounted for three of Maddux’s 11 strikeouts.

Game 6: Brewers 12, Braves 11
George Kottaras’ ninth-inning walk-off single ended a crazy game that began with the Brewers scoring four runs off Glavine in the first inning. Mark Kotsay’s double off Wohlers set the stage for Kottaras’ pinch-hit game-winner. Betancourt and Braun both homered as part of four-hit performances. While Milwaukee exited the seventh with a 10-5 lead, things got interesting when Lopez hit a three-run homer in the eighth and Justice hit a game-tying three-run homer off John Axford in the ninth.

Game 7: Braves 3, Brewers 2
The bases were empty before Axford issued consecutive two-out walks to Justice and Klesko in the top of the ninth. This prompted the entry of Hawkins, who got ahead with a 1-2 count before allowing Lopez to line his go-ahead three-run homer over the left-center-field wall. Wohlers worked a scoreless ninth to seal the series for the Braves, who had been held scoreless by Marcum and Francisco Rodriguez through the first eight innings.