1991 NL Championship Series Game 1

October 9, 1991

 The 1991 NL Championship Series opened up in Pittsburgh today between the Pirates and the Atlanta Braves. The best of 7 Series starts in Pittsburgh because of the Pirates better regular season record. But Atlanta had a better record going head-to-head against Pittsburgh. The Braves were 9-3 this year against the Pirates. Atlanta was the only team Pittsburgh had a losing record against this season.
  In today's game Pittsburgh starter Zane Smith went 7 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits. Led by Jay Bell's 3 hits the Pirates banged out 11 hits in their 4-1 victory over Atlanta.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Atlanta Braves At 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates            10/9/1991
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Smith LF          2  1  0  0 .000     G.Redus 1B          4  2  2  0 .500  
  J.Blauser 2B        4  0  1  0 .250     J.Bell SS           4  1  3  1 .750  
  T.Pendleton 3B      4  0  0  0 .000     B.Bonilla RF        4  1  2  1 .500  
  R.Gant CF           3  0  1  1 .333     B.Bonds LF          3  0  1  1 .333  
  D.Justice RF        2  0  0  0 .000     A.Van Slyke CF      4  0  2  0 .500  
  B.Hunter 1B         4  0  0  0 .000     S.Buechele 3B       4  0  1  0 .250  
  G.Olson C           3  0  1  0 .333     M.Lavalliere C      4  0  0  0 .000  
C-T.Gregg PH          1  0  0  0 .000     J.Lind 2B           3  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Belliard SS       3  0  1  0 .333     Z.Smith P           2  0  0  0 .000  
D-J.Treadway PH       1  0  0  0 .000   B-C.Espy PH           1  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Leibrandt P       2  0  0  0 .000     R.Mason P           0  0  0  0 ----  
A-M.Lemke PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  M.Freeman P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  A.Pena P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  M.Stanton P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  J.Clancy P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
E-S.Bream PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      33  4 11  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Leibrandt In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Smith In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Olson In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Belliard In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Clancy In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  1
Pirates......... 1 0 1  0 1 0  1 0    -  4 11  1
 
Braves (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Leibrandt LOSS(0-1)     6       8   3   2   1   2   0   3.00
M.Freeman                 0 1/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  27.00
A.Pena                    0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
M.Stanton                 0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
J.Clancy                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8      11   4   3   1   4   0
 
Pirates (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
Z.Smith WIN(1-0)          7       4   1   1   1   4   0   1.29
R.Mason SAVE(1st)         2       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    9       4   1   1   1   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 57,860 DATE- Wednesday, October 9th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Runge, Eric Gregg, Joe West, Mike Winters
T- 2:20
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 8  Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 2  Pirates: 0
ERRORS- G.Olson, J.Bell
DOUBLES- R.Gant(1st), G.Olson(1st), J.Bell(1st), B.Bonilla(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Bell(1st)
RBIs- R.Gant(1st), J.Bell(1st), B.Bonilla(1st), B.Bonds(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Smith(1st), J.Bell(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Gant
WALKS- L.Smith, B.Bonds
HIT BY PITCH- L.Smith, D.Justice-2
STRIKE OUTS- L.Smith, J.Blauser, B.Hunter, R.Belliard, S.Buechele-2, J.Lind,
             C.Espy
GIDP- M.Lavalliere, J.Lind
2-out RBI- B.Bonds, B.Bonilla
RLISP 2-out- B.Hunter, D.Justice, A.Van Slyke, C.Leibrandt, B.Bonds-2, G.Olson
TEAM RISP- Braves: 1 for 7  Pirates: 2 for 7
 
At Three Rivers Stadium the Pittsburgh Pirates outscored the Atlanta Braves 4
to 1.
 
Zane Smith(1-0) pitched well for Pittsburgh in their victory.  He went 7
innings and surrended up 4 hits and 1 walk.  Roger Mason was great in relief
and recorded his 1st save.  
 
Charlie Leibrandt(0-1) suffered the loss.  He allowed 3 runs and 8 hits in 6
innings.