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Series Summary

1996 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 9
STL 2 Final
ATL 4
Game 2, October 10
STL 8 Final
ATL 3
Game 3, October 12
ATL 2 Final
STL 3
Game 4, October 13
ATL 3 Final
STL 4
Game 5, October 14
ATL 14 Final
STL 0
Game 6, October 16
STL 1 Final
ATL 3
Game 7, October 17
STL 0 Final
ATL 15

Series Summary

Game Summary

Saturday, October 12, 1996
Start Time: 3:17 p.m. Local
Attendance: 56,769
Venue: Busch Stadium II
Game Duration: 2:46
Day Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Donovan Osborne (1-0) • LP: Tom Glavine (1-1) • SV: Dennis Eckersley (4)

Atlanta Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Marquis Grissom CF 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 0.231 0.259 0.385 0.644 0.000 0.583
Mark Lemke 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 0.227 0.320 0.273 0.593 0.000 0.083
Chipper Jones 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.350 0.417 0.500 0.917 0.000 0.333
Fred McGriff 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.211 0.333 0.421 0.754 0.000 0.250
Javy Lopez C 4 0 3 0 0 0 4 0.438 0.471 0.688 1.158 0.000 0.500
Jermaine Dye RF 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.091 0.087 0.227 0.314 0.000 0.250
Andruw Jones LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.000
   Terry Pendleton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.000
   Greg McMichael P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jeff Blauser SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.095 0.174 0.095 0.269 0.000 0.000
Tom Glavine P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 0.000 0.000
   Mike Mordecai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Mike Bielecki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Ryan Klesko LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.188 0.316 0.375 0.691 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 33 2 8 2 3 8 38 0.242 0.289 0.273 0.562 0.000 2.000

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Royce Clayton SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0.429 0.556 0.429 0.984 0.500 0.500
Ray Lankford CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.077 0.188 0.077 0.264 0.000 0.000
   Rick Honeycutt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Dennis Eckersley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ron Gant LF 4 2 2 3 0 1 4 0.391 0.462 0.870 1.331 0.500 2.500
Brian Jordan RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.292 0.346 0.542 0.888 0.000 0.000
Gary Gaetti 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 0.227 0.227 0.500 0.727 0.000 0.000
John Mabry 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.300 0.364 0.400 0.764 0.000 0.000
Tom Pagnozzi C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.227 0.261 0.273 0.534 0.000 0.000
Mike Gallego 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.000 0.000
Donovan Osborne P 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Mark Petkovsek P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Willie McGee CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.091 0.167 0.091 0.258 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 3 7 3 0 8 31 0.233 0.258 0.433 0.691 1.000 3.000

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 (1-1) 6 7 3 3 0 5 2 2.84 25 111 72 43 4 25 7 12 5 0 51 -0.042 0.79 -0.86% 24.68 0.1
Mike Bielecki 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 3 13 8 3 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.025 0.32 0.43% 10.14 0.5
Greg McMichael 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.38 3 11 8 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.032 0.42 0.56% 13.27 0.5
Team Totals 8 7 3 3 0 8 2 3.38 31 135 88 47 9 30 8 14 7 0 51 0 0 0.015 0.71 0.13% 22.17 1.1

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals 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
Donovan Osborne, W (1-0) 7 7 2 2 3 6 0 4.91 31 107 69 42 9 18 12 10 7 0 58 0.172 1.18 2.87% 37.08 1.6
Mark Petkovsek, H (1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.60 4 17 11 6 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0.178 4.33 3.11% 135.75 0.5
Rick Honeycutt, H (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.45 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.075 2.89 1.30% 90.60 0.2
Dennis Eckersley, S (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2 4 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.092 1.79 1.60% 56.27 0.3
Team Totals 9 8 2 2 3 8 0 2.00 38 129 85 50 14 21 14 13 8 0 58 2 1 0.517 1.58 8.88% 49.56 2.7

Donovan Osborne faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.
WP: Donovan Osborne (1).
HBP: Tom Glavine (1; John Mabry).
IBB: None.
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, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) FX ATL Marquis Grissom Donovan Osborne -4% 46% Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B) 0.5834
t1 0-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) B>X O ATL Mark Lemke Donovan Osborne 2% 48% Groundout: 3B-1B; Grissom to 2B 0.0833
t1 0-0 1 -2- 3,(0-2) CSB ATL Chipper Jones Donovan Osborne -3% 46% Wild Pitch; Grissom to 3B 0.0833
t1 0-0 1 –3 5,(1-2) CSB.FX RO ATL Chipper Jones Donovan Osborne -2% 44% Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Grissom Scores 0
t1 1-0 2 — 6,(3-2) BCBBCB ATL Fred McGriff Donovan Osborne -1% 43% Walk -0.0
t1 1-0 2 1– 5,(2-2) FFBBX ATL Javy Lopez Donovan Osborne -3% 40% Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); McGriff to 3B 0.25
t1 1-0 2 -23 1,(0-0) X O ATL Jermaine Dye Donovan Osborne 5% 45% Lineout: SS -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
b1 0-1 0 — 4,(2-1) BCBX STL Royce Clayton Tom Glavine 4% 49% Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B) 0.5
b1 0-1 0 1– 6,(3-2) CB1SBB>X O STL Ray Lankford Tom Glavine -4% 45% Popfly: SS (Deep 3B) 0.0
b1 0-1 1 1– 5,(3-1) CBB1BX RR STL Ron Gant Tom Glavine 18% 63% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Clayton Scores 1.5
b1 2-1 1 — 7,(3-2) BFBBFFX O STL Brian Jordan Tom Glavine -1% 61% Popfly: 2B (SS-2B) 0.0
b1 2-1 2 — 4,(2-1) BFBX STL Gary Gaetti Tom Glavine 1% 62% Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF) 0.0
b1 2-1 2 1– 4,(1-2) BCCH STL John Mabry Tom Glavine 2% 64% Hit By Pitch; Gaetti to 2B 0.0
b1 2-1 2 12- 5,(1-2) CCBFX O STL Tom Pagnozzi Tom Glavine -4% 60% Lineout: 1B -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 7-8-9
t2 1-2 0 — 5,(2-2) BCSBS O ATL Andruw Jones Donovan Osborne 2% 63% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 1-2 1 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Jeff Blauser Donovan Osborne 2% 64% Lineout: RF (Deep CF-RF) 0.0
t2 1-2 2 — 5,(1-2) CBFFS O ATL Tom Glavine Donovan Osborne 1% 66% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 8-9-1
b2 2-1 0 — 2,(0-1) SX O STL Mike Gallego Tom Glavine -2% 64% Groundout: P-1B (P’s Left) 0.0
b2 2-1 1 — 6,(2-2) CCBFBC O STL Donovan Osborne Tom Glavine -1% 62% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b2 2-1 2 — 11,(3-2) CFBBBFFFFFX STL Royce Clayton Tom Glavine 2% 64% Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Clayton to 2B/Adv on E6 (throw to 1B) 0.0
b2 2-1 2 -2- 2,(0-1) CX O STL Ray Lankford Tom Glavine -3% 61% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 1-2-3
t3 1-2 0 — 5,(1-2) BFFFS O ATL Marquis Grissom Donovan Osborne 3% 64% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 1-2 1 — 3,(1-1) CBX ATL Mark Lemke Donovan Osborne -3% 61% Single to 3B (Ground Ball) 0.0
t3 1-2 1 1– 5,(2-2) CFBBX O ATL Chipper Jones Donovan Osborne 3% 64% Popfly: SS (Deep SS) 0.0
t3 1-2 2 1– 4,(1-2) CB11CX O ATL Fred McGriff Donovan Osborne 3% 67% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 3-4-5
b3 2-1 0 — 5,(2-2) FBBCS O STL Ron Gant Tom Glavine -2% 65% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 2-1 1 — 4,(2-1) FBBX O STL Brian Jordan Tom Glavine -2% 63% Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B) 0.0
b3 2-1 2 — 3,(0-2) FCT O STL Gary Gaetti Tom Glavine -1% 62% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 5-6-7
t4 1-2 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O ATL Javy Lopez Donovan Osborne 3% 65% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t4 1-2 1 — 3,(0-2) CSC O ATL Jermaine Dye Donovan Osborne 2% 67% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t4 1-2 2 — 3,(2-0) BBX O ATL Andruw Jones Donovan Osborne 1% 69% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 6-7-8
b4 2-1 0 — 5,(2-2) BCCBX STL John Mabry Tom Glavine 3% 72% Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF) 0.0
b4 2-1 0 1– 4,(1-2) BFCS O STL Tom Pagnozzi Tom Glavine -3% 69% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 2-1 1 1– 1,(0-0) 1X OO STL Mike Gallego Tom Glavine -5% 64% Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P’s Right) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 8-9-1
t5 1-2 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBC O ATL Jeff Blauser Donovan Osborne 3% 67% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t5 1-2 1 — 3,(0-2) CSX O ATL Tom Glavine Donovan Osborne 2% 69% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t5 1-2 2 — 3,(1-1) FBX ATL Marquis Grissom Donovan Osborne -2% 68% Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t5 1-2 2 1– 5,(3-1) FB1BBB ATL Mark Lemke Donovan Osborne -3% 65% Walk; Grissom to 2B 0.0
t5 1-2 2 12- 3,(1-1) FBX O ATL Chipper Jones Donovan Osborne 6% 71% Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 9-1-2
b5 2-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CBCC O STL Donovan Osborne Tom Glavine -2% 69% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b5 2-1 1 — 9,(2-2) FCBFBFFFX O STL Royce Clayton Tom Glavine -2% 67% Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF) 0.0
b5 2-1 2 — 5,(2-2) BBCCX O STL Ray Lankford Tom Glavine -1% 66% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 4-5-6
t6 1-2 0 — 4,(1-2) BSFC O ATL Fred McGriff Donovan Osborne 4% 70% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t6 1-2 1 — 5,(3-1) FBBBX ATL Javy Lopez Donovan Osborne -4% 66% Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS) 0.0
t6 1-2 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O ATL Jermaine Dye Donovan Osborne 5% 70% Lineout: RF (Deep RF) 0.0
t6 1-2 2 1– 4,(3-0) BBBB ATL Andruw Jones Donovan Osborne -3% 67% Walk; Lopez to 2B 0.0
t6 1-2 2 12- 1,(0-0) X O ATL Jeff Blauser Donovan Osborne 7% 74% Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Braves’ Tom Glavine facing 3-4-5
b6 2-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBX R STL Ron Gant Tom Glavine 11% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
b6 3-1 0 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Brian Jordan Tom Glavine -1% 83% Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF) 0.0
b6 3-1 1 — 3,(2-0) BBX STL Gary Gaetti Tom Glavine 1% 85% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
b6 3-1 1 1– 6,(3-2) F1BFBBX O STL John Mabry Tom Glavine -1% 84% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Gaetti to 2B -0.0
b6 3-1 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X O STL Tom Pagnozzi Tom Glavine -2% 81% Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF) -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 3.
Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-3, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 9-1-2
  Mike Mordecai pinch hits for Tom Glavine (P) batting 9th
t7 1-3 0 — 3,(0-2) .FFX O ATL Mike Mordecai Donovan Osborne 3% 85% Groundout: P-1B (P’s Left) 0.0
t7 1-3 1 — 5,(2-2) FBBSX O ATL Marquis Grissom Donovan Osborne 2% 87% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t7 1-3 2 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Mark Lemke Donovan Osborne 1% 89% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 3.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Braves’ Mike Bielecki facing 8-9-1
  Mike Bielecki replaces Mike Mordecai (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b7 3-1 0 — 6,(3-2) .BSSBBX O STL Mike Gallego Mike Bielecki -1% 88% Lineout: CF 0.0
b7 3-1 1 — 3,(0-2) CFC O STL Donovan Osborne Mike Bielecki -1% 87% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b7 3-1 2 — 4,(2-1) BCBX O STL Royce Clayton Mike Bielecki -1% 86% Lineout: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 3.
Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-3, Cardinals’ Donovan Osborne facing 3-4-5
t8 1-3 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX ATL Chipper Jones Donovan Osborne -7% 79% Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B) 0.25
t8 1-3 0 1– 4,(1-2) BFFX ATL Fred McGriff Donovan Osborne -11% 69% Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Jones to 2B 0.25
  Mark Petkovsek replaces Donovan Osborne pitching and batting 9th
t8 1-3 0 12- 6,(3-2) .FFBBB>X ATL Javy Lopez Mark Petkovsek -14% 55% Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Jones to 3B; McGriff to 2B 0.25
t8 1-3 0 123 3,(0-2) SSX RO ATL Jermaine Dye Mark Petkovsek 10% 65% Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Jones Scores 0.25
  Terry Pendleton pinch hits for Andruw Jones (LF) batting 7th
t8 2-3 1 12- 4,(2-1) .BBSX O ATL Terry Pendleton Mark Petkovsek 11% 76% Lineout: 2B 0.0
t8 2-3 2 12- 4,(1-2) CFBS O ATL Jeff Blauser Mark Petkovsek 11% 87% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Braves’ Greg McMichael facing 2-3-4
  Greg McMichael replaces Terry Pendleton (PH) pitching and batting 7thRyan Klesko replaces Mike Bielecki (P) playing LF batting 9th
b8 3-2 0 — 3,(0-2) ..KKS O STL Ray Lankford Greg McMichael -1% 85% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 3-2 1 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O STL Ron Gant Greg McMichael -1% 84% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b8 3-2 2 — 4,(1-2) CSBS O STL Brian Jordan Greg McMichael -1% 83% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 3.
Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 2-3, Cardinals’ Rick Honeycutt facing 9-1-2
  Rick Honeycutt replaces Ray Lankford (CF) pitching and batting 2ndWillie McGee replaces Mark Petkovsek (P) playing CF batting 9th
t9 2-3 0 — 1,(0-0) ..X O ATL Ryan Klesko Rick Honeycutt 7% 91% Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
  Dennis Eckersley replaces Rick Honeycutt pitching and batting 2nd
t9 2-3 1 — 3,(0-2) .CSC O ATL Marquis Grissom Dennis Eckersley 5% 96% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t9 2-3 2 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Mark Lemke Dennis Eckersley 4% 100% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 3.