1991 NL Championship Series Game 3

October 12, 1991

  The Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff continued their dominance over the Atlanta Braves winning Game 3 of the 1991 NL Championship Series 1-0. It was the 2nd shutout in a row for the Pirates and Atlanta only scored 1 run in Game 1. Bobby Bonilla drove in the games' only run in the 1st inning off Atlanta starter Steve Avery. Avery was a hard luck loser, allowing only the 1 run and striking out 11 in 8 innings of work. John Smiley got the start for Pittsburgh and went 7 scoreless innings for the Win. The Pirate bullpen did the rest with Stan Belinda getting the Save. Pittsburgh is up 3 games to none in the best of 7 Series.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1991 Atlanta Braves           10/12/1991
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Redus 1B          5  0  0  0 .231     L.Smith LF          4  0  2  0 .200  
  J.Bell SS           4  1  1  0 .455     J.Blauser 2B        3  0  0  0 .091  
  B.Bonilla RF        4  0  2  1 .417     T.Pendleton 3B      3  0  0  0 .091  
  B.Bonds LF          3  0  2  0 .400     R.Gant CF           4  0  1  0 .455  
  A.Van Slyke CF      4  0  0  0 .250     D.Justice RF        3  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Buechele 3B       2  0  0  0 .400     B.Hunter 1B         3  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Lind 2B           4  0  1  0 .182     G.Olson C           3  0  1  0 .333  
  D.Slaught C         4  0  1  0 .250     R.Belliard SS       3  0  0  0 .200  
  J.Smiley P          3  0  1  0 .333     S.Avery P           2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Mason P           0  0  0  0 ----   A-S.Bream PH          1  0  0  0 .200  
B-O.Merced PH         1  0  0  0 .000     M.Freeman P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Rodriguez P       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  S.Belinda P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  1  8  1                 Totals      29  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Avery In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mason In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  8  0
Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  2
 
Pirates (3-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Smiley WIN(1-0)         7       4   0   0   2   2   0   0.00
R.Mason HOLD(1st)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
R.Rodriguez HOLD(1st)     0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
S.Belinda SAVE(1st)       0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   4   0
 
Braves (0-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Avery LOSS(0-1)         8       8   1   1   3  11   0   1.13
M.Freeman                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0   6.75
Totals                    9       8   1   1   3  12   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 49,701 DATE- Saturday, October 12th 1991 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Steve Rippley, Bill Hohn, Terry Tata, Jerry Crawford
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9  Braves: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Braves: 1
ERRORS- T.Pendleton, B.Hunter
DOUBLES- J.Bell(2nd)
RBIs- B.Bonilla(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Bell(2nd), B.Bonds(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Lind, G.Olson
WALKS- B.Bonds, S.Buechele-2, J.Blauser, T.Pendleton
STRIKE OUTS- G.Redus-2, B.Bonilla, B.Bonds, A.Van Slyke-3, S.Buechele, J.Lind,
             D.Slaught-2, J.Smiley, J.Blauser, T.Pendleton, D.Justice,
             R.Belliard
GIDP- J.Lind
WILD PITCHES- S.Avery-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Smiley, A.Van Slyke-4, D.Justice, R.Gant
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 9  Braves: 1 for 4
 
Bobby Bonilla had 2 base hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta
Braves 1 to 0 at Fulton County.
 
John Smiley(1-0) had a solid outing for Pittsburgh.  He went 7 innings
surrendering 4 hits and 2 walks.  The Atlanta batters didn't put up a fight
in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Stan Belinda preserved the game for Smiley, recording his his 1st save.  Steve
Avery(0-1) was charged with the loss.  Although losing the contest, he
whiffed 11 batters in 8 innings.