On October 3, 2012, the final day of the 2012 regular season, Teddy finally won his first race, breaking a 525-race losing streak with help from the Phillie Phanatic. The victory marked the first time the Nationals earned a playoff appearance since moving to Washington in 2005 and the first playoff appearance by a Washington, D.C., MLB team, since the Washington Senators played in the 1933 World Series. The Rough Rider then won the next three races, all in the 2012 National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. However, the ninth-inning collapse by the Nats in the fifth and final game ended the season.