1991 NL Championship Series Game 4

October 13, 1991

 The Atlanta Braves finally got on the scoreboard after 28 scoreless innings by getting 2 runs in the 3rd inning of tonight's game. But Pittsburgh prevailed in the end and defeated the Braves 5-3 to complete the sweep of the 1991 National League Championship Series. Atlanta's bats finally came alive in this game and the score was tied 3-3 in the 8th inning before Barry Bonds hit a solo homerun to give the Pirates a 4-3 lead. Gary Redus added a solo shot in the 9th and Stan Belinda closed out the game, and the Series, for Pittsburgh.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1991 Atlanta Braves           10/13/1991
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Redus 1B          5  1  1  1 .222     L.Smith LF          5  1  2  0 .267  
  J.Bell SS           5  0  2  0 .438     T.Pendleton 3B      4  0  1  0 .133  
  B.Bonilla RF        3  1  1  0 .400     R.Gant CF           3  1  1  0 .429  
  B.Bonds LF          3  3  2  1 .462     D.Justice RF        4  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Van Slyke CF      4  0  2  2 .313     B.Hunter 1B         4  1  2  1 .167  
  S.Buechele 3B       3  0  0  1 .308     G.Olson C           2  0  2  1 .455  
  M.Lavalliere C      4  0  1  0 .273   C-T.Gregg PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Lind 2B           4  0  0  0 .133   F-F.Cabrera C         0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Tomlin P          1  0  0  0 .000     M.Lemke 2B          1  0  0  1 .000  
  B.Landrum P         0  0  0  0 ----   D-S.Bream PH          1  0  0  0 .167  
B-C.Espy PH           1  0  0  0 .000   G-K.Mitchell SS,2B    0  0  0  0 ----  
  B.Patterson P       0  0  0  0 ----     R.Belliard SS       3  0  0  0 .154  
  R.Mason P           0  0  0  0 ----   E-J.Blauser PH,2B,SS  1  0  0  0 .083  
H-O.Merced PH         1  0  0  0 .000     J.Smoltz P          2  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Belinda P         0  0  0  0 ----   A-J.Treadway PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          M.Freeman P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          M.Stanton P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          J.Berenguer P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        I-J.Willard PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  5  9  5                 Totals      33  3  8  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Landrum In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Olson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lemke In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Belliard In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Gregg In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Bream In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Mason In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Berenguer In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  2 0 1  0 1 1  -  5  9  0
Braves.......... 0 0 2  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
 
Pirates (4-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Tomlin                  4 2/3   7   3   3   4   3   0   5.79
B.Landrum                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
B.Patterson WIN(1-0)      1       0   0   0   1   0   0   0.00
R.Mason HOLD(2nd)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
S.Belinda SAVE(2nd)       1       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       8   3   3   5   5   0
 
Braves (0-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Smoltz                  6       6   3   3   3   5   0   4.50
M.Freeman                 0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   4.50
M.Stanton LOSS(0-1)       1 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   1   4.50
J.Berenguer               1       1   1   1   0   2   1   9.00
Totals                    9       9   5   5   3   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,970 DATE- Sunday, October 13th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jerry Layne, John McSherry, Bob Davidson, Gerry Davis
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6  Braves: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Braves: 1
DOUBLES- J.Bell(3rd), B.Bonds(1st), L.Smith(1st), R.Gant(2nd), G.Olson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Redus(1st), B.Bonds(1st)
RBIs- G.Redus(1st), B.Bonds(2nd), A.Van Slyke-2(3rd), S.Buechele(1st),
      B.Hunter(1st), G.Olson(1st), M.Lemke(1st)
STOLEN BASES- A.Van Slyke(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lemke
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Buechele
WALKS- B.Bonilla, B.Bonds, R.Tomlin, T.Pendleton, R.Gant-2, G.Olson, M.Lemke
STRIKE OUTS- G.Redus-2, J.Bell, S.Buechele-2, J.Lind, O.Merced, D.Justice,
             M.Lemke, R.Belliard, J.Smoltz, J.Willard
GIDP- B.Bonds
WILD PITCHES- J.Smoltz-2
2-out RBI- M.Lemke, G.Olson, G.Redus
RLISP 2-out- B.Hunter-2, J.Lind-3, J.Smoltz, R.Belliard-2, B.Bonilla-2, M.Lemke
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 2 for 11  Braves: 2 for 9
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Jay Bell robbed Terry Pendleton of a base hit.
          Top 9th: Jeff Blauser robbed Jay Bell of a base hit.
 
Left fielder Barry Bonds slammed a homerun and scored 3 times at Fulton County
as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 5 to 3.
 
The deciding run was scored by Pittsburgh in the top of the 8th.  Bonds
blasted a solo shot.  Pittsburgh rapped out 9 hits for the night.  
 
Bob Patterson(1-0) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the victory. Patterson
got help from Stan Belinda who earned his 2nd save.  Mike Stanton(0-1) was
given the loss in relief.  He surrendered 1 hit and no walks in 1 and 1/3
innings.  
 

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.  
 

1991 NL Championship Series Game 2

October 10, 1991

 Doug Drabek and the Pirate bullpen combined to shutout the Atlanta Braves 4-0 tonight in Pittsburgh. The Pirates scored isolated runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th innings while out hitting Atlanta 11-7. Drabek (pictured) went 7 2/3 innings for the Win. Tom Glavine took the loss. The Series will now shift to Atlanta with Pittsburgh holding a 2-0 edge.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Atlanta Braves At 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates           10/10/1991
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Smith LF          4  0  0  0 .000     G.Redus 1B          4  0  1  0 .375  
  J.Blauser 2B        4  0  0  0 .125     J.Bell SS           3  1  1  0 .571  
  T.Pendleton 3B      4  0  1  0 .125     B.Bonilla RF        4  1  1  0 .375  
  R.Gant CF           4  0  3  0 .571     B.Bonds LF          4  1  1  0 .286  
  D.Justice RF        3  0  0  0 .000     A.Van Slyke CF      4  0  1  1 .375  
  S.Bream 1B          3  0  1  0 .250     S.Buechele 3B       4  1  3  0 .500  
B-B.Hunter PH,1B      1  0  0  0 .000     M.Lavalliere C      3  0  2  2 .286  
  G.Olson C           3  0  1  0 .333     J.Lind 2B           4  0  1  1 .143  
C-T.Gregg PH          1  0  0  0 .000     D.Drabek P          3  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Belliard SS       4  0  1  0 .286     B.Patterson P       0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Glavine P         1  0  0  0 .000     S.Belinda P         0  0  0  0 ----  
A-J.Treadway PH       1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  A.Pena P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  K.Mercker P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  M.Freeman P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  M.Stanton P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
D-M.Lemke PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  0  7  0                 Totals      33  4 11  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Glavine In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bream In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Olson In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Stanton In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  0
Pirates......... 0 1 1  0 0 1  0 1    -  4 11  3
 
Braves (0-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Glavine LOSS(0-1)       6       8   3   3   0   2   0   4.50
A.Pena                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
K.Mercker                 0 2/3   1   1   1   0   1   0  13.50
M.Freeman                 0       1   0   0   0   0   0  27.00
M.Stanton                 0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    8      11   4   4   0   3   0
 
Pirates (2-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Drabek WIN(1-0)         7 2/3   6   0   0   2   4   0   0.00
B.Patterson HOLD(1st)     0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
S.Belinda                 1       1   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
Totals                    9       7   0   0   2   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 54,384 DATE- Thursday, October 10th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Dana Demuth, Greg Bonin, Bruce Froemming
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Braves:10  Pirates: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Pirates: 2
ERRORS- J.Bell, D.Drabek-2
DOUBLES- B.Bonilla(2nd)
TRIPLES- J.Bell(2nd), A.Van Slyke(1st)
RBIs- A.Van Slyke(1st), M.Lavalliere-2(2nd), J.Lind(1st)
STOLEN BASES- R.Gant(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Glavine, J.Bell
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Lavalliere
WALKS- L.Smith, D.Justice
STRIKE OUTS- L.Smith-2, J.Blauser, G.Olson, T.Gregg, R.Belliard, A.Van Slyke-2,
             D.Drabek
GIDP- J.Blauser, G.Olson
2-out RBI- A.Van Slyke, M.Lavalliere
RLISP 2-out- B.Bonds, G.Redus, S.Buechele, L.Smith-2, G.Olson-2, B.Hunter,
             J.Lind-2
TEAM RISP- Braves: 1 for 8  Pirates: 4 for 14
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Rafael Belliard robbed Barry Bonds of a base hit.
 
Mike Lavalliere had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated
the Atlanta Braves by a score of 4 to 0 at Three Rivers Stadium.
 
Pittsburgh went ahead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning plating one
baserunner on 3 hits.  That was all the offense they were to need.
Pittsburgh ended up with 11 hits for the game while Atlanta had 7.  
 
Doug Drabek(1-0) allowed no runs in 7 and 2/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. Tom Glavine(0-1) was the loser.  He surrendered 8 hits and no walks
in 6 innings.  
 

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.