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Series Summary

1991 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 9
ATL 1 Final
PIT 5
Game 2, October 10
ATL 1 Final
PIT 0
Game 3, October 12
PIT 3 Final
ATL 10
Game 4, October 13
PIT 3 Final
ATL 2 (10)
Game 5, October 14
PIT 1 Final
ATL 0
Game 6, October 16
ATL 1 Final
PIT 0
Game 7, October 17
ATL 4 Final
PIT 0

Series Summary

Game Summary

Wednesday, October 9, 1991
Start Time: 8:41 p.m. Local
Attendance: 57,347
Venue: Three Rivers Stadium
Game Duration: 2:51
Night Game, on turf

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 5 8 1
WP: Doug Drabek (1-0) • LP: Tom Glavine (0-1) • SV: Bob Walk (1)

Atlanta Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Lonnie Smith LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Mark Lemke 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Terry Pendleton 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.000
David Justice RF 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 0.667 0.750 1.667 2.417 0.000 1.000
Ron Gant CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Sid Bream 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.000 0.000
Greg Olson C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Rafael Belliard SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jerry Willard PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jeff Blauser SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Tom Glavine P 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.000 0.000
   Tommy Gregg PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Mark Wohlers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Mike Stanton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 32 1 5 1 2 7 34 0.156 0.206 0.250 0.456 0.000 1.000

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Gary Redus 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.000 0.000
Jay Bell SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.117 0.500
Andy Van Slyke CF 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0.500 0.500 1.500 2.000 0.533 2.000
Bobby Bonilla RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 0.667 0.750 0.667 1.417 0.150 0.800
Barry Bonds LF 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.033 0.300
Steve Buechele 3B 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.333 0.500 0.667 1.167 0.067 0.550
Don Slaught C 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.050
Jose Lind 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.033 0.300
Doug Drabek P 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.067 0.500
   Bob Walk P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 5 8 5 5 5 36 0.276 0.371 0.483 0.854 1.000 5.000

Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Tom Glavine, L (0-1) 6 6 4 4 3 4 1 6.00 27 110 63 39 9 15 10 10 7 0 45 -0.171 0.65 -2.46% 16.90 -1.3
Mark Wohlers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 12 7 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.005 0.19 0.08% 4.90 0.5
Mike Stanton 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 9.00 6 31 17 10 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 -0.005 0.03 -0.07% 0.66 -0.5
Team Totals 8 8 5 5 5 5 1 5.62 36 153 87 54 12 21 14 12 8 0 45 0 0 -0.171 0.50 -2.45% 12.97 -1.4

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Doug Drabek, W (1-0) 6 3 0 0 2 5 0 0.00 23 82 52 30 10 12 8 8 3 0 69 0.280 0.78 4.04% 20.49 2.7
Bob Walk, S (1) 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 3.00 11 36 21 13 4 4 2 7 4 0 0 0 0.050 0.36 0.72% 9.44 0.4
Team Totals 9 5 1 1 2 7 1 1.00 34 118 73 43 14 16 10 15 7 0 69 0 0 0.330 0.65 4.76% 16.92 3.1

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: Mike Stanton (1; Don Slaught).
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Pirates’ Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 6,(2-2) SBBFFX O ATL Lonnie Smith Doug Drabek 2% 52% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O ATL Mark Lemke Doug Drabek 1% 54% Groundout: 2B-P (2B-1B) 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O ATL Terry Pendleton Doug Drabek 1% 55% Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CFBBX O PIT Gary Redus Tom Glavine -2% 52% Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) CBBBCFS O PIT Jay Bell Tom Glavine -1% 51% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b1 0-0 2 — 7,(3-2) BCBCFBX R PIT Andy Van Slyke Tom Glavine 11% 62% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF) 1.0
b1 1-0 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBB PIT Bobby Bonilla Tom Glavine 1% 63% Walk 0.0
b1 1-0 2 1– 2,(1-0) B1X PIT Barry Bonds Tom Glavine 2% 65% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Bonilla to 3B -0.0
b1 1-0 2 1-3 7,(3-2) B1C11BBS>F>B PIT Steve Buechele Tom Glavine 2% 67% Walk; Bonds to 2B 0.0
b1 1-0 2 123 1,(0-0) X O PIT Don Slaught Tom Glavine -6% 61% Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B) 0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 1.
Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Pirates’ Doug Drabek facing 4-5-6
t2 0-1 0 — 5,(2-2) SBBFS O ATL David Justice Doug Drabek 2% 64% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 0-1 1 — 3,(2-0) BBX O ATL Ron Gant Doug Drabek 2% 65% Popfly: SS 0.0
t2 0-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX ATL Sid Bream Doug Drabek -1% 64% Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B) 0.0
t2 0-1 2 1– 2,(0-1) CX O ATL Greg Olson Doug Drabek 2% 66% Popfly: P 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 1.
Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 8-9-1
b2 1-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O PIT Jose Lind Tom Glavine -2% 64% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
b2 1-0 1 — 5,(2-2) BFBSS O PIT Doug Drabek Tom Glavine -1% 63% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 1-0 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O PIT Gary Redus Tom Glavine -1% 62% Foul Popfly: 2B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 1.
Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Pirates’ Doug Drabek facing 8-9-1
t3 0-1 0 — 4,(1-2) FFBS O ATL Rafael Belliard Doug Drabek 3% 65% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
t3 0-1 1 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Tom Glavine Doug Drabek 2% 67% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t3 0-1 2 — 5,(2-2) BBSFX O ATL Lonnie Smith Doug Drabek 1% 68% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 2-3-4
b3 1-0 0 — 5,(3-1) BBBCX PIT Jay Bell Tom Glavine 3% 71% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.5
b3 1-0 0 1– 5,(3-1) B1B1C11BX R PIT Andy Van Slyke Tom Glavine 11% 82% Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Bell Scores 1.0
b3 2-0 0 -2- 2,(1-0) BX R PIT Bobby Bonilla Tom Glavine 6% 88% Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Van Slyke Scores; Bonilla to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm 0.5
b3 3-0 0 -2- 7,(3-2) SFBBFBB PIT Barry Bonds Tom Glavine 1% 89% Walk 0.0
b3 3-0 0 12- 5,(2-2) CFBBS O PIT Steve Buechele Tom Glavine -2% 87% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 3-0 1 12- 3,(0-2) CSS O PIT Don Slaught Tom Glavine -2% 85% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 3-0 2 12- 2,(1-0) BX O PIT Jose Lind Tom Glavine -2% 83% Groundout: P-1B -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 3.
Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-3, Pirates’ Doug Drabek facing 2-3-4
t4 0-3 0 — 4,(0-2) CSFX O ATL Mark Lemke Doug Drabek 2% 85% Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Lemke out at 3B/RF-SS-3B 0.0
t4 0-3 1 — 4,(3-0) BBBB ATL Terry Pendleton Doug Drabek -2% 83% Walk 0.0
t4 0-3 1 1– 3,(1-1) SBX ATL David Justice Doug Drabek -4% 79% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Pendleton to 2B 0.0
t4 0-3 1 12- 3,(0-2) CFX O ATL Ron Gant Doug Drabek 5% 83% Lineout: LF 0.0
t4 0-3 2 12- 3,(1-1) BCX O ATL Sid Bream Doug Drabek 4% 87% Flyball: LF (LF Line) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 3.
Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-0, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 9-1-2
b4 3-0 0 — 4,(1-2) FFBX O PIT Doug Drabek Tom Glavine -1% 86% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
b4 3-0 1 — 3,(1-1) CBX O PIT Gary Redus Tom Glavine -1% 86% Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B) 0.0
b4 3-0 2 — 4,(1-2) BCFX O PIT Jay Bell Tom Glavine 0% 85% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 3.
Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-3, Pirates’ Doug Drabek facing 7-8-9
t5 0-3 0 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Greg Olson Doug Drabek 2% 88% Popfly: CF (Short CF) 0.0
t5 0-3 1 — 4,(2-1) BCBX O ATL Rafael Belliard Doug Drabek 1% 89% Flyball: RF (RF Line) 0.0
t5 0-3 2 — 6,(3-2) BCBFBX ATL Tom Glavine Doug Drabek -1% 88% Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF) 0.0
t5 0-3 2 1– 4,(1-2) BFCS O ATL Lonnie Smith Doug Drabek 2% 90% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 3.
Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-0, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 3-4-5
b5 3-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CBSX O PIT Andy Van Slyke Tom Glavine -1% 89% Lineout: LF 0.0
b5 3-0 1 — 3,(1-1) FBX O PIT Bobby Bonilla Tom Glavine -1% 88% Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B) 0.0
b5 3-0 2 — 7,(3-2) BBBCFFX O PIT Barry Bonds Tom Glavine 0% 88% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 3.
Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-3, Pirates’ Doug Drabek facing 2-3-4
t6 0-3 0 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Mark Lemke Doug Drabek 2% 90% Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B) 0.0
t6 0-3 1 — 6,(3-2) CBBBFS O ATL Terry Pendleton Doug Drabek 1% 91% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 0-3 2 — 5,(3-1) BBSBB ATL David Justice Doug Drabek -1% 90% Walk 0.0
t6 0-3 2 1– 6,(1-2) FCFFBC O ATL Ron Gant Doug Drabek 2% 92% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 3.
Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-0, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 6-7-8
b6 3-0 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX PIT Steve Buechele Tom Glavine 2% 94% Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF) 0.5
b6 3-0 0 -2- 6,(1-2) FBFFFX O PIT Don Slaught Tom Glavine -1% 93% Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B) 0.0
b6 3-0 1 -2- 2,(1-0) BX O PIT Jose Lind Tom Glavine -1% 92% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Buechele to 3B 0.0
b6 3-0 2 –3 3,(1-1) BFX RO PIT Doug Drabek Tom Glavine 3% 95% Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Buechele Scores; Drabek out at 3B/CF-2B-3B 0.5
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 4.
Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-4, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 6-7-8
  Bob Walk replaces Doug Drabek pitching and batting 9th
t7 0-4 0 — 4,(2-1) …BBFX ATL Sid Bream Bob Walk -3% 93% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t7 0-4 0 1– 4,(2-1) BSBX O ATL Greg Olson Bob Walk 2% 95% Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) 0.0
  Jerry Willard pinch hits for Rafael Belliard (SS) batting 8th
t7 0-4 1 1– 5,(2-2) .BBFCS O ATL Jerry Willard Bob Walk 2% 97% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  Tommy Gregg pinch hits for Tom Glavine (P) batting 9th
t7 0-4 2 1– 4,(1-2) .CBFS O ATL Tommy Gregg Bob Walk 1% 98% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 4.
Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 4-0, Braves’ Mark Wohlers facing 1-2-3
  Mark Wohlers replaces Tommy Gregg (PH) pitching and batting 9thJeff Blauser replaces Jerry Willard (PH) playing SS batting 8th
b7 4-0 0 — 5,(2-2) ..BFFBX PIT Gary Redus Mark Wohlers 0% 98% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) 0.0
b7 4-0 0 1– 2,(0-1) C1B PIT Jay Bell Mark Wohlers 0% 98% Redus Steals 2B 0.0
b7 4-0 0 -2- 3,(1-1) C1B.X O PIT Jay Bell Mark Wohlers 0% 98% Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Redus to 3B 0
b7 4-0 1 –3 4,(2-1) BCBX OO PIT Andy Van Slyke Mark Wohlers -1% 97% Fly Ball Double Play: LF (Short LF Line); Redus out at Hm/LF-C 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 4.
Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-4, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 1-2-3
t8 0-4 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX O ATL Lonnie Smith Bob Walk 1% 98% Lineout: SS (Deep SS) 0.0
t8 0-4 1 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O ATL Mark Lemke Bob Walk 1% 99% Lineout: 1B 0.0
t8 0-4 2 — 5,(2-2) BBCSX O ATL Terry Pendleton Bob Walk 0% 99% Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 4.
Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 4-0, Braves’ Mike Stanton facing 4-5-6
  Mike Stanton replaces Mark Wohlers pitching and batting 9th
b8 4-0 0 — 2,(0-1) .CX PIT Bobby Bonilla Mike Stanton 0% 99% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) 0.3
b8 4-0 0 1– 8,(3-2) FSBFFBB>B PIT Barry Bonds Mike Stanton 0% 99% Walk; Bonilla to 2B 0.3
b8 4-0 0 12- 7,(3-2) BBCFB>F>X O PIT Steve Buechele Mike Stanton 0% 99% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Bonilla to 3B; Bonds to 2B 0.05
b8 4-0 1 -23 4,(3-0) IIII PIT Don Slaught Mike Stanton 0% 99% Intentional Walk 0.05
b8 4-0 1 123 6,(3-2) FBBBSX RO PIT Jose Lind Mike Stanton 0% 100% Lineout: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Bonilla Scores; Bonds to 3B 0.3
b8 5-0 2 1-3 4,(0-2) CCFS O PIT Bob Walk Mike Stanton 0% 99% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 5.
Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-5, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 4-5-6
t9 0-5 0 — 1,(0-0) X R ATL David Justice Bob Walk -1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 1.0
t9 1-5 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O ATL Ron Gant Bob Walk 1% 100% Lineout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B) 0.0
t9 1-5 1 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Sid Bream Bob Walk 0% 100% Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF) 0.0
t9 1-5 2 — 3,(2-0) BBX O ATL Greg Olson Bob Walk 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B) -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 5.