$Unique_ID{BAS00162} $Title{Postseason Play: NLCS, ALCS, and World Series 1992} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{NLCS ALCS World Series 1992 Atlanta Braves Pittsburgh Pirates Toronto Blue Jays Oakland Athletics} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: NLCS, ALCS, and World Series 1992 Frederick Ivor-Campbell Postseason Play: NLCS 1992 Atlanta Braves (W) 4; Pittsburgh Pirates (E) 3 GAME 1 AT ATL OCT 6 ----------------------------------------- PIT 000 000 010 1 5 1 ATL 010 210 10X 5 8 0 PITCHERS: DRABEK, Patterson(5), Neagle(7), Cox(8) VS SMOLTZ, Stanton(9) HOME RUNS: Lind-PIT, Blauser-ATL ATTENDANCE: 51,971 GAME 2 AT ATL OCT 7 ----------------------------------------- PIT 000 000 410 5 7 0 ATL 040 040 50X 13 14 0 PITCHERS: JACKSON, Mason(2), Walk(3), Tomlin(5), Neagle(7), Patterson(7), Belinda(8) VS AVERY, Freeman(7), Stanton(7), Wohlers(8), Reardon(9) HOME RUNS: Gant-ATL ATTENDANCE: 51,975 GAME 3 AT PIT OCT 9 ----------------------------------------- ATL 000 100 100 2 5 0 PIT 000 011 10X 3 8 1 PITCHERS: GLAVINE, Stanton(7), Wohlers(8) VS WAKEFIELD HOME RUNS: Bream-ATL, Gant-ATL, Slaught-PIT ATTENDANCE: 56,610 GAME 4 AT PIT OCT 10 ----------------------------------------- ATL 020 022 000 6 11 1 PIT 021 000 100 4 6 1 PITCHERS: SMOLTZ, Stanton(7), Reardon(9) VS DRABEK, Tomlin(5), Cox(6), Mason(7) ATTENDANCE: 57,164 GAME 5 AT PIT OCT 11 ----------------------------------------- ATL 000 000 010 1 3 0 PIT 401 001 10X 7 13 0 PITCHERS: AVERY, Smith(1), Leibrandt(5), Freeman(6), Mercker(8) VS WALK ATTENDANCE: 52,929 GAME 6 AT ATL OCT 13 ----------------------------------------- PIT 080 041 000 13 13 1 ATL 000 100 102 4 9 1 PITCHERS: WAKEFIELD VS GLAVINE, Leibrandt(2), Freeman(5), Mercker(7), Wohlers(9) HOME RUNS: Bell-PIT, Bonds-PIT, McClendon-PIT, Justice-ATL (2) ATTENDANCE: 51,975 GAME 7 AT ATL OCT 14 ----------------------------------------- PIT 100 001 000 2 7 1 ATL 000 000 003 3 7 0 PITCHERS: DRABEK, Belinda(9) VS Smoltz, Stanton(7), Smith(7), Avery(7), REARDON(9) ATTENDANCE: 51,975 Atlanta opened the series with a pair of one-sided wins but Pittsburgh pulled out a close victory in Game Three. After a third loss, the Pirates pummelled the Braves for two wins even more lopsided than their losses in the first two games. With the series now even, the stage was set for what turned out to be one of the most dramatic finishes in postseason history. In Game One Pirate Jose Lind spoiled John Smoltz's shutout with his first home run of the season in the eighth inning. But by then the Braves had scored five times and held victory firmly in hand. Game Two was even easier. By the time the Pirates came up with four runs in the seventh inning (ending Steve Avery's LCS-record streak of scoreless innings at 22-1/3), Atlanta had already compiled two four-run innings of their own (one of them on Ron Gant's grand slam). The Braves added five more runs in the last of the seventh to put the game out of reach. At home for Game Three, the Pirates pulled themselves together behind the five-hit pitching of rookie knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. Sid Bream's solo homer in the fourth inning gave Atlanta a 1-0 lead, but Pirate Don Slaught homered to even the score an inning later and a pair of sixth-inning doubles put the Pirates ahead. Ron Gant's homer for Atlanta in the top of the seventh tied the score again, but a single, double, and sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning put Pittsburgh on top to stay. A 6-4 loss in Game Four brought the Pirates to the brink of elimination, but in Game Five they counterattacked, driving out Atlanta starter Steve Avery in the first inning with five hits (four of them doubles) and four runs, on their way to a 7-1 victory. With their feet still at the chasm's edge, the Pirates unloaded on Atlanta's Tom Glavine for eight runs in the second inning of Game Six before the first out was recorded, and pushed the assault to a 13-4 conclusion and a tied series. While the Pirates scored single runs in the first and sixth innings of the final game, Pirate starter Doug Drabek (who had taken losses in Games One and Four) held Atlanta scoreless through eight innings. Then, in the last of the ninth, leadoff Brave Terry Pendleton doubled. He moved to third as David Justice reached on a grounder bobbled by the usually sure-handed second baseman Jose Lind. A walk to Sid Bream filled the bases. Stan Belinda replaced Drabek on the mound and retired Ron Gant on a fly to left, but Pendleton scored Atlanta's first run after the catch. Damon Berryhill walked to reload the bases, and pinch hitter Brian Hunter popped out. Had there been no error, the game would have been over, with Pittsburgh waving the pennant. Instead, little-used pinch hitter Francisco Cabrera lined the ball safely to left, scoring Justice with the tying run and Bream with a repeat pennant for Atlanta. ATL (W) ============================================================================== PLAYER, POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Avery, p .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Rafael Belliard, ss-3,2b-1 .000 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Damon Berryhill, c .167 7 24 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 Jeff Blauser, ss .208 7 24 3 5 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 Sid Bream, 1b .273 7 22 5 6 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 Francisco Cabrera, ph .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Marvin Freeman, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Gant, of .182 7 22 5 4 0 0 2 6 4 4 1 Tom Glavine, p .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Hunter, 1b-2 .200 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 David Justice, of .280 7 25 5 7 1 0 2 6 6 2 0 Charlie Leibrandt, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mark Lemke, 2b-7,3b-1 .333 7 21 2 7 1 0 0 2 5 3 0 Javier Lopez, c .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kent Mercker, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Otis Nixon, of .286 7 28 5 8 2 0 0 2 4 4 3 Terry Pendleton, 3b .233 7 30 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 Jeff Reardon, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deion Sanders, of-3 .000 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lonnie Smith, ph .333 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Pete Smith, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Smoltz, p .286 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Mike Stanton, p 1.000 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jeff Treadway, 2b-1 .667 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mark Wohlers, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL .244 234 34 57 11 2 6 32 29 28 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Avery 1 1 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 8.0 13 8 2 3 Marvin Freeman 0 0 14.73 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 6 2 1 Tom Glavine 0 2 12.27 2 2 0 0 0 7.1 13 10 3 2 Charlie Leibrandt 0 0 1.93 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 1 3 3 Kent Mercker 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 1 Jeff Reardon 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 1 0 3.0 0 0 2 3 Pete Smith 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 3 3 John Smoltz 2 0 2.66 3 3 0 0 0 20.1 14 6 10 19 Mike Stanton 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 0 2 5 Mark Wohlers 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 4 3 4.72 28 7 0 1 0 61.0 59 32 29 42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PIT (E) ============================================================================== PLAYER, POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stan Belinda, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Bell, ss .172 7 29 3 5 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 Barry Bonds, of .261 7 23 5 6 1 0 1 2 6 4 1 Alex Cole, of .200 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 Danny Cox, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Drabek, p .000 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Cecil Espy, of-2 .667 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carlos Garcia, 2b .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Jackson, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff King, 3b .241 7 29 4 7 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 Mike La Valliere, c .200 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jose Lind, 2b .222 7 27 5 6 2 1 1 5 1 4 0 Roger Mason, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lloyd Mc Clendon, of .727 5 11 4 8 2 0 1 4 4 1 0 Orlando Merced, 1b .100 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 Denny Neagle, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Patterson, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Redus, 1b .438 5 16 4 7 4 1 0 3 2 3 0 Don Slaught, c .333 5 12 5 4 1 0 1 5 6 3 0 Randy Tomlin, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Van Slyke, of .276 7 29 1 8 3 1 0 4 1 5 0 Gary Varsho, of-1 .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Wakefield, p .000 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Walk, p .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Wehner, ph .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL .255 231 35 59 20 3 5 32 29 42 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stan Belinda 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 2 Danny Cox 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 1 Doug Drabek 0 3 3.71 3 3 0 0 0 17.0 18 7 7 10 Danny Jackson 0 1 21.60 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 2 0 Roger Mason 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 2 1 Denny Neagle 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 5 3 0 Bob Patterson 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 1 Randy Tomlin 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 1 0 Tim Wakefield 2 0 3.00 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 14 6 5 7 Bob Walk 1 0 3.86 2 1 1 0 0 11.2 6 5 7 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 3 4 4.45 20 7 3 0 0 60.2 57 30 29 28 ============================================================================== Postseason Play: ACLS 1992 Toronto Blue Jays (E) 4; Oakland Athletics (W) 2 GAME 1 AT TOR OCT 7 ----------------------------------------- OAK 030 000 001 4 6 1 TOR 000 011 010 3 9 0 PITCHERS: Stewart, RUSSELL(8), Eckersley(9) VS MORRIS HOME RUNS: Baines-OAK, McGwire-OAK, Steinbach-OAK, Winfield-TOR, Borders-TOR ATTENDANCE: 51,039 GAME 2 AT TOR OCT 8 ----------------------------------------- OAK 000 000 001 1 6 0 TOR 000 020 10X 3 4 0 PITCHERS: MOORE, Corsi(8), Parrett(8) VS CONE, Henke(9) HOME RUNS: Gruber-TOR ATTENDANCE: 51,114 GAME 3 AT OAK OCT 10 ----------------------------------------- TOR 010 110 211 7 9 1 OAK 000 200 210 5 13 3 PITCHERS: GUZMAN, Ward(7), Timlin(8), Henke(8) VS DARLING, Downs(7), Corsi(8), Russell(8), Honeycutt(9), Eckersley(9) HOME RUNS: Alomar-TOR, Maldonado-TOR ATTENDANCE: 46,911 GAME 4 AT OAK OCT 11 ----------------------------------------- TOR 010 000 032 01 7 17 4 OAK 005 001 000 00 6 12 2 PITCHERS: Morris, Stottlemyre(4), Timlin(8), WARD(9), Henke(11) VS Welch, Parrett(8), Eckersley(8), Corsi(9), DOWNS(10) HOME RUNS: Alomar-TOR, Olerud-TOR ATTENDANCE: 47,732 GAME 5 AT OAK OCT 12 ----------------------------------------- TOR 000 100 100 2 7 3 OAK 201 030 00X 6 8 0 PITCHERS: CONE, Key(5), Eichhorn(8) VS STEWART HOME RUNS: Winfield-TOR, Sierra-OAK ATTENDANCE: 44,955 GAME 6 AT TOR OCT 14 ----------------------------------------- OAK 000 001 010 2 7 1 TOR 204 010 02X 9 13 0 PITCHERS: MOORE, Parrett(3), Honeycutt(5), Russell(7), Witt(8) VS GUZMAN, Ward(8), Henke(9) HOME RUNS: Carter-TOR, Maldonado-TOR ATTENDANCE: 51,335 Oakland had competed in three League Championship Series in the previous four years and won them all. Toronto in its first fifteen seasons of existence had competed three times in the LCS and never won. In the first game of the 1992 matchup, the Athletics scored first on Mark McGwire's two-run homer and the next batter, Terry Steinbach, pushed the score to 3-0 with another home run. Toronto's Pat Borders and Dave Winfield retaliated with solo homers in the fifth and sixth innings to narrow the gap, and the Blue Jays tied the score in the eighth when Winfield, who had doubled with two outs, came home on John Olerud's single. But in the top of the ninth, Harold Baines led off with the game's fifth home run to put Oakland back into the lead, and A's reliever Dennis Eckersley preserved it for his tenth LCS save. After this encouraging beginning, though, the A's went into a three-game decline. In Game Two, fireballer David Cone held Oakland scoreless through eight innings while the Jays built a 3-0 lead on Kelly Gruber's two-run homer in the fifth inning and a third score two innings later. Oakland finally touched Cone for a run in the ninth, but reliever Tom Henke smothered the threat. The A's recovered from an early deficit in Game Three to tie the score in the fourth inning, but fell behind on Candy Maldonado's leadoff homer in the sixth and never regained the lead. In Game Four the A's rocked Toronto starter Jack Morris for five runs in the fifth, and added another in the sixth to take a 6-1 lead. But in the eighth, reliever Eckersley, who came on with one run in and two on, yielded singles on his first two pitches to let in two more runs, and in the ninth gave up a leadoff single and a game-tying home run to Roberto Alomar. Toronto finally took the lead in the eleventh as Derek Bell fouled off several pitches before drawing a walk, took third on Maldonado's single, and scored on Pat Borders' fly to left. Reliever Tom Henke held the lead. Down three games to one, Oakland came out slugging in Game Five. Ruben Sierra homered for a pair of runs in the first inning and the A's added a third run two innings later. Dave Winfield homered in the Toronto fourth, but the A's took advantage of two Toronto errors to score three more runs an inning later, putting the game out of the Blue Jays' reach. But they couldn't sustain their comeback. Joe Carter's two-run homer in the first inning of Game Six, and Candy Maldonado's three-run blast two innings later, highlighted a 9-2 Toronto romp that ended the team's string of failed opportunities and carried the American League pennant to Canada for the first time. TOR (E) ============================================================================== PLAYER, POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roberto Alomar, 2b .423 6 26 4 11 1 0 2 4 2 1 5 Derek Bell, of .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Pat Borders, c .318 6 22 3 7 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 Joe Carter, of-6,1b-2 .192 6 26 2 5 0 0 1 3 2 4 2 David Cone, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Eichhorn, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alfredo Griffin, ss-1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Gruber, 3b .091 7 22 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 Juan Guzman, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Henke, p .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Key, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manuel Lee, ss .278 6 18 2 5 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 Candy Maldonado, of .273 6 22 3 6 0 0 2 6 2 4 0 Jack Morris, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Olerud, 1b .348 6 23 4 8 2 0 1 4 2 5 0 Ed Sprague, ph .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Todd Stottlemyre, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Timlin, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Duane Ward, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devon White, of .348 6 23 2 8 2 0 0 2 5 6 0 Dave Winfield, dh .250 6 24 7 6 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL .281 210 31 59 8 1 10 30 23 29 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Cone 1 1 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 11 4 5 9 Mark Eichhorn 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 Juan Guzman 2 0 2.08 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 12 3 5 11 Tom Henke 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 3 0 4.2 4 0 2 2 Jimmy Key 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 2 1 Jack Morris 0 1 6.57 2 2 1 0 0 12.1 11 9 9 6 Todd Stottlemyre 0 0 2.45 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 0 1 Mike Timlin 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 1 0 1 Duane Ward 1 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 4 2 3.44 18 6 1 3 0 55.0 52 21 24 33 ============================================================================== OAK (W) ============================================================================== PLAYER, POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Harold Baines, dh .440 6 25 6 11 2 0 1 4 0 3 0 Lance Blankenship, 2b .231 5 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 Mike Bordick, ss-4,2b-2 .053 6 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Jerry Browne, 3b-2,of-1 .400 4 10 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 Jim Corsi, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Darling, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Downs, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Eckersley, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Fox, of-1,dh-1 .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Rickey Henderson, of .261 6 23 5 6 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 Rick Honeycutt, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carney Lansford, 3b .167 5 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Mark Mc Gwire, 1b .150 6 20 1 3 0 0 1 3 5 4 0 Mike Moore, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Parrett, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Quirk, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Randy Ready, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Russell, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruben Sierra, of .333 6 24 4 8 2 1 1 7 2 1 1 Terry Steinbach, c .292 6 24 1 7 0 0 1 5 2 7 0 Dave Stewart, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walt Weiss, ss .167 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Bob Welch, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Wilson, of .227 6 22 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 5 7 Bobby Witt, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL .251 207 24 52 5 1 4 23 24 33 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Corsi 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 3 0 Ron Darling 0 1 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 3 Kelly Downs 0 1 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 Dennis Eckersley 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 1 0 3.0 8 2 0 2 Rick Honeycutt 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 Mike Moore 0 2 7.45 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 11 8 5 7 Jeff Parrett 0 0 11.57 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 3 0 1 Jeff Russell 1 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 4 0 Dave Stewart 1 0 2.70 2 2 1 0 0 16.2 14 5 6 7 Bob Welch 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 1 7 Bobby Witt 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 1 TOTAL 2 4 4.50 23 6 1 1 0 54.0 59 27 23 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Postseason Play: World Series 1992 Toronto Blue Jays (AL) 4; Atlanta Braves (NL), 2 GAME 1 AT ATL OCT 17 ----------------------------------------- TOR 000 100 000 1 4 0 ATL 000 003 00X 3 4 0 PITCHERS: MORRIS, Stottlemyre(7), Wells(8) VS GLAVINE HOME RUNS: Carter-TOR, Berryhill-ATL ATTENDANCE: 51,763 GAME 2 AT ATL OCT 18 ----------------------------------------- TOR 000 020 012 5 9 2 ATL 010 120 000 4 5 1 PITCHERS: Cone, Wells(5), Stottlemyre(7), WARD(8), Henke(9) VS Smoltz, Stanton(8), REARDON(8) HOME RUNS: Sprague-TOR ATTENDANCE: 51,763 GAME 3 AT TOR OCT 20 ----------------------------------------- ATL 000 001 010 2 9 0 TOR 000 100 011 3 6 1 PITCHERS: AVERY, Wohlers(9), Stanton(9), Reardon(9) VS Guzman, WARD(9) HOME RUNS: Carter-TOR, Gruber-TOR ATTENDANCE: 51,813 GAME 4 AT TOR OCT 21 ----------------------------------------- ATL 000 000 010 1 5 0 TOR 001 000 10X 2 6 0 PITCHERS: GLAVINE VS KEY, Ward(8), Henke(9) HOME RUNS: Borders-TOR ATTENDANCE: 52,090 GAME 5 AT TOR OCT 22 ----------------------------------------- ATL 100 150 000 7 13 0 TOR 010 100 000 2 6 0 PITCHERS: SMOLTZ, Stanton(7) VS MORRIS, Wells(5), Timlin(7), Eichhorn(8), Stottlemyre(9) HOME RUNS: Justice-ATL, L.Smith-ATL ATTENDANCE: 52,268 GAME 6 AT ATL OCT 24 ----------------------------------------- TOR 100 100 000 02 4 14 1 ATL 001 000 001 01 3 8 1 PITCHERS: Cone, Stottlemyre(7), Wells(7), Ward(8), Henke(9), KEY(10), Timlin(11) VS Avery, P.Smith(5), Stanton(8), Wohlers(9), LEIBRANDT(10) HOME RUNS: Maldonado-TOR ATTENDANCE: 51,763 Atlanta outscored Toronto in the Series 20 runs to 16, but the Blue Jays eked out four one-run victories to bring Canada its first world baseball championship. In the fourth inning of Game One, Atlanta's Tom Glavine gave up a leadoff homer to Joe Carter for the game's first run, but held the Jays to just one single the rest of the way. For five innings, meanwhile, Toronto starter Jack Morris shut out the Braves. But in the top of the sixth he gave up a three-run homer to catcher Damon Berryhill. This was all the Braves got, but it was more than enough for the win. The next night, though, down 4-5 in the ninth inning, Toronto pinch hitter Derek Bell drew a walk from Braves closer Jeff Reardon, and pinch hitter Ed Sprague lined Reardon's first pitch over the left field wall for the runs the Jays needed to even the Series. Toronto moved ahead with another close victory in Game Three, the first World Series game ever played outside the United States. Atlanta threatened in the fourth inning when, with two on and none out, David Justice drove the ball to deep center. But in the defensive play of the Series, center fielder Devon White leaped high to snare the ball. Baserunner Terry Pendleton was ruled out for passing Deion Sanders on the basepath, and third baseman Kelly Gruber tagged Sanders, who was diving back into second base, to complete what seemed to be a triple play. The umpire didn't see the tag, however, and called Sanders safe. Still, no Brave scored, and Blue Jay Joe Carter homered for the game's first run in the last of the fourth. Atlanta tied the game in the sixth and took the lead in the top of the eighth. Gruber homered to re-tie it in the bottom of the inning, and after the Jays had filled the bases in the last of the ninth, Candy Maldonado tagged Reardon for a hit over the drawn-in outfield to bring home the winning run. The Jays pushed their Series advantage to 3-1 in Game Four. Catcher Pat Borders opened the Toronto third with a home run, and Gruber scored from second on Devon White's seventh-inning single to push the Blue Jay lead to 2-0. The Braves got to Toronto starter Jimmy Key for a run in the eighth, but relievers Duane Ward and Tom Henke combined to stop them from scoring again. In the fifth game the Blue Jays, who wanted to clinch the title at home, twice came from one run down to even the score. But in the fifth inning, after the Braves had once again built a one-run lead, Lonnie Smith extended it with a grand slam home run that sent the Series back to Atlanta. Toronto scored a run in the first inning of Game Six. Atlanta tied the game in the third, but Candy Maldonado's leadoff homer in the fourth restored the advantage to Toronto. In the bottom of the ninth, the Braves scrabbled back to tie it up again. The score remained knotted at 2-2 until the top of the eleventh, when Toronto's Dave Winfield delivered runners from second and first with a two-out double into the left field corner. As it turned out, the Jays needed both runs, for Atlanta scored in the bottom of the eleventh on a single, error, and ground out. But with two out and the potential tying run on third, Otis Nixon, attempting a bunt single, just failed to reach safely, and the Series was over. TOR (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER, POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roberto Alomar, 2b .208 6 24 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 Derek Bell, ph .000 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Pat Borders, c .450 6 20 2 9 3 0 1 3 2 1 0 Joe Carter, of-4 .273 6 22 2 6 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 David Cone, p .500 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Mark Eichhorn, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alfredo Griffin, ss .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Gruber, 3b .105 6 19 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 Juan Guzman, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Henke, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Key, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manuel Lee, ss .105 6 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Candy Maldonado, of-5 .158 6 19 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 Jack Morris, p .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 John Olerud, 1b .308 4 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Ed Sprague, 1b-1 .500 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 Todd Stottlemyre, p .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pat Tabler, ph .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Timlin, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Duane Ward, p .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Wells, p .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devon White, of .231 6 26 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 Dave Winfield, of-3,dh-3 .227 6 22 0 5 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL .230 196 17 45 8 0 6 17 18 33 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Cone 0 0 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 10.1 9 4 8 8 Mark Eichhorn 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 Juan Guzman 0 0 1.13 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 8 1 1 7 Tom Henke 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 2 0 3.1 2 1 2 1 Jimmy Key 2 0 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 1 0 6 Jack Morris 0 2 8.71 2 2 0 0 0 10.1 13 10 6 12 Todd Stottlemyre 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 0 0 4 Mike Timlin 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 Duane Ward 2 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 1 6 David Wells 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 2 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 4 2 2.80 25 6 0 3 0 54.2 44 17 20 48 ============================================================================== ATL (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER, POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Avery, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rafael Belliard, ss-3,2b-1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damon Berryhill, c .091 6 22 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 11 0 Jeff Blauser, ss .250 6 24 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 Sid Bream, 1b .200 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Francisco Cabrera, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Gant, of-3 .125 4 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 Tom Glavine, p .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Brian Hunter, 1b-3 .200 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 David Justice, of .158 6 19 4 3 0 0 1 3 6 5 1 Charlie Leibrandt, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Lemke, 2b .211 6 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 Otis Nixon, of .296 6 27 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 Terry Pendleton, 3b .240 6 25 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 Jeff Reardon, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deion Sanders, of .533 4 15 4 8 2 0 0 1 2 1 5 Lonnie Smith, dh-3 .167 5 12 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 Pete Smith, p .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Smoltz, p-2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Mike Stanton, p .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Treadway, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Wohlers, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL .220 200 20 44 6 0 3 19 20 48 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Avery 0 1 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 11 5 3 11 Tom Glavine 1 1 1.59 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 10 3 4 8 Charlie Leibrandt 0 1 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 0 Jeff Reardon 0 1 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 1 1 Pete Smith 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 John Smoltz 1 0 2.70 2 2 0 0 0 13.1 13 4 7 12 Mike Stanton 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 1 0 5.0 3 0 2 1 Mark Wohlers 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 2 4 2.65 16 6 2 1 0 54.1 45 16 18 33 ==============================================================================